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Leonie jumps up, pushes a little table over to the bookshelf, and climbs up on it. Carefully, she removes the dusty books from the upper left corner and passes them to Ilvie.

“Do you see anything?” asks Ilvie with excitement.

“Hmm … No. There’s nothing here,” Leonie answers sadly.

“But there has to be something there!” responds Ilvie. She is so sure they’ve found the answer to the riddle.

“Wait!” calls Leonie, knocking carefully on the wall. “It sounds very ­different when I knock over here! I think there’s a kind of little wooden door with a hollow space behind it! But … by the toothless Sphyraena, I’m too short, I can’t reach it!”

“Wait, I’ll help you!” cries Ilvie, climbing onto the table. “I’ll give you a leg up!”

‘Waaahhhhh!’ twinkles Theo, holding his hands in front of his face. ‘I can’t look, notevenalittle! What you’re doing is very dangerous!’

“Then look away, little monkey,” says Ilvie with determination. “We’re so close now. Surely the treasure map is here somewhere!”

“Ha! There’s the little door!” cries Leonie with excitement. “Darn it, I can’t get it open!”