The Secrets of Droon 1 : The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet
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Eric Hinkle ran past his mother on his way through the kitchen.
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He was heading to the back door.
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"Neal and I are going to play soccer in the yard" he said.
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"Julie's coming,too. Gotta go."
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"Stop." His mother blocked the door.
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"Didn't you forget something, Eric?"
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She held out her hand.
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She was holding empty garbage bags.
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Eric looked at his mother.
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He looked at the garbage bags.
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All of a sudden, he re-membered
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"Oh, no! Iforgot about the basement!"
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Knock, knock. Eric sighed.
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He pulled the door open.
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Neal Kroger stepped into the kitchen.
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Neal liced at the end of Eric's street.
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He was Eric's best friend.
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"Hey, what's up?" Neal asked.
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"Ihave to clean the basement," Eric grumbled.
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Mrs. Hinkle gave Eric the garbage bags.
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"You know your father wants to start re-modeling the basement soon.
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This was sup-posed to be your special job."
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Neal made a face at Eric. "That doesn't sound like much fun."
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"According to my dad, it's not sup-posed to be fun," Eric replied.
"츮 ƺ ϸ, װ ž," ϰ ߴ.
"It's sup-posed to be done."
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"Give it two hours," Mrs. Hinkle said.
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She pointed to the clock. it was two o'clock.
׳ ð踦 ״. 2 ̾.
"Two whole hours?" Eric headed for the basement door.
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"Hey, I'll help," said Neal.
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"We'll be sort of a team. Maybe we'll find some cool stuff."
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Eric smiled.
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Neal is a true friend, he thought.
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He'll even help clean up junk.
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"Okay. Come on."
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Eric flicked on the light.
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The two boys tramped down to the basement.
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On the right side of the stairs was the playroom.
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It had paneling on the walls, bookcases, a toy chest, a big sofa, and even a television.
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"This looks pretty clean," Neal said, peeking in.
"̰ ſ ̴µ," 鿩ٺ ߴ.
"if my basement was like this, I'd live down here."
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Eric liked the palyroom, too.
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It was a great place to hang out on rainy days.
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