Book - A Mammoth of a Time

anything that would help. A deep thump echoed of the exterior of the car as Mum commando crawled to the top in search of a silly signal. My brother sat with his eyes resting on the floor. Suddenly in a flash a mob of angry people rushed around the block of sand. Strangely dressed and screaming and talking in a strange language together in annoyance. They pointed at it and then at us and then back at it. They then pointed up and it is then that I saw the huge block of sand that resembled this huge animal. I felt like I’d seen it in the school textbook that my teacher would have had on display during a lesson. “What in the world! No way, how? It’s the Sphinx!” Mum spoke in shock.

“Wait a second, I recognize this place. This looks like that picture that I saw in an educational history chapter published by BBC.” I rolled my eyes, “Dad, I'm sure that that was a picture book.” The people turned and looked at us incredulously before, turning and walking off. A loud sound came from behind me. “Welcome to Ancient Egypt!”