Show Tales From A irr- Mysterious Cat Professor Curtis Slowly the workers raised the lid of the ancient Inside lav the been untouched for more than LYING beside the cats was a small Professor Curtis carefully lifted it out and put it into his For the next few hours archaeologist examined ancient Egyptian burial must be a passageway into a larger he Somewhere in this pyramid a pharaoh's son was But he could find no trace of an said Rex Curtis later that as his father told him about the day's wish I'd been I'll take you out to the site said the you can help There was a package next to the cat mummies that was probably a supply of cat food to feed them in the I brought it home to run some HE LIFTED the package out and carefully There was a crumbly brown Professor Curtis several samples for chemical and microscopic While his father was bending over the Rex looked at the ancient cat food wonder if it's still he He picked up a few crumbs in his fingertips and went out to the HE His two Whiskers and ran over to see what he had for He held out his hand with the crumbs of ancient cat Whiskers sniffed at and then began to lick Rex's fingers you like said get you some He went back into the His father was still busy at the microscope and did not notice him come Rex scooped out a small portion of the cat food and placed it in his kittens' feeding WHISKERS and Sparkle quickly gobbled up the Later that Professor Curtis and his son Rex were in the midst of a chess The two kittens quietly entered the Whiskers rubbed against Rex's leg and Sparkle THERE WAS something in the cries of the kittens that gave both Professor Curtis and Rex strange f looked at the Whiskers and Sparkle turned and headed out the The archaeologist and his son rose and followed the Something seemed to be pulling them The kittens led Professor Curtis and Rex to the newly opened They went into the burial room where the mummies of the cats still Each in touched one of the mummies with its Then the two kittens leaped up to a ledge on the far Suddenly part of the wall swung There was a passageway leading into the depths of the EAGERLY Professor Curtis and his son The kittens slipped by them and ran on There was a dim light in the It got brighter and brighter as they moved they could see the end or the The kittens raced The professor and Rex stopped in surprise at the end of the They were looking out of the pyramid but it was broad daylight Look at all those Rex thousands of Egyptian slaves were dragging huge blocks of stone up what are they Rex LOOKS as though they are building this Professor Curtis I'm not sure how we seem to have slipped years into the JUST THEN there was a sudden hush among the workers A golden chariot drew The slaves bowed The pharoah's son stepped down from the chariot and walked up toward the Suddenly he He bent down to pick up two Rex got Whiskers and THE PHARAOH'S son petted the kittens and carried them to his Then the chariot started back down the road to the Those are my Rex BEFORE Professor Curtis could slop Rex dashed out of the entranceway and began to climb down the side of the There were shouts from Some of the guards had spotted Suddenly a spear whistled PROFESSOR Curtis climbed out after his Rex had already turned and headed back toward the entrance as a second spear hurtled They scrambled back into the Professor Curtis turned and saw a dozen guards climbing up after He and his son rushed down the passageway and finally entered the cats' burial They slammed the stone door behind EARLY THE next morning Professor Curtis returned to V the tomb He pressed on v the ledge in the nothing The door did not Although Professor Curtis and Rex searched for many they never found the secret doorway out of the tomb of the They never did find the tomb of the pharaoh's But every time they looked at the mummies of the two cats in the they their strange |