WORD PUZZLE #1 from THE TIMEDOOR
SEPT/OCT 2006 Chapter Two: The Second Visitor
A S Y R E R E C R O S L I V E
Q R T L M K D I D Y O U R U N
M X C U T Y P R G J A L B S T
Y A P L F N S W Q V B H N I A
Z D G R O P E F T Y N S M T I
G Y J I A N W L A O P Q O D T
D F G C C A H A I O L A L E R
T H R E E T I M E S D D L M E
Z B B N I F I P K S T H Y R P
G N M M E S E M S T I A A O U
H J J W P S D D E A P L S F R
B V S O A S F T Y D O B K N G
W R O F T Y Y I E T O G E I N
N R U I I R W Z S A K O D M I
T N V X R E L S A M E T R A K
“The curious thing about a magic timedoor is that it will open and close to a particular place only three times, then
it is gone forever,” Artemas said. “The one I created already opened and closed once. King Rupert and I have two
more chances to return or we’ll be trapped in your world forever.”
Christopher wondered if that’s why King Rupert had been so worried, or was there something more. He decided to
pose the question he had asked earlier. “King Rupert, why did you enter our world in the first place?”
The king sat silently. He glanced at Artemas, who only shrugged his shoulders in reply. Finally King Rupert cleared
his throat and addressed the children. “It seems I can’t keep the truth hidden from you any longer. And since this is
your world, you deserve an explanation. You see, Artemas and I went through the timedoor to–uh–hide from
someone.”
“Someone?” Molly asked. “Who?”
“Maybe you should start from the beginning,” Artemas suggested.
“That is probably best,” the king agreed, then lowered his voice as he began his tale. “Artemas and I were hiding from
an evil sorcerer named Malaban who lives about a day’s journey from my kingdom. He recently marched his army to
my lands to attack, temporarily laying siege to my castle. Luckily my own soldiers fended off Malaban’s troops and
turned them away. At least that’s the last news I heard before I left through the timedoor. If Malaban had brought his
entire guard we may not have been so fortunate.”
“If your soldiers were winning, then why did you run through the timedoor?” Christopher asked.
“You would have run too if you were being chased by a sorcerer who has a fancy for turning people into rocks or
toads or dragonflies,” the king said grimly. “Malaban was chasing me through the corridors of my castle shortly after I
had spoken to Ulric, my chief guard. He is the one who informed me that we were defeating Malaban’s troops.”
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