Having opened the door in the cliff with the magic password, the two chums stole slowly inside. Immediately they were over the threshold, the door closed slowly behind them. “Gracious!” cried Gwen. “There is no going back now." Cautiously the two made their way down a steep spiral stairway, full of wonderment as to what was going to happen to them next. “Can you see the bottom?” whispered Gwen. “Yes,” replied Richard. “It’s just down below.” Richard's and Gwen’s adventure in Gnomeland became stranger and stranger. They eventually reached the bottom of the spiral stairway and then discovered themselves in a huge hall. But if they had been puzzled how to reach the stronghold of the Gnomes before, they were doubly so now, for the hall was broken by many archways. Here was a pretty fix. Which archway was the one to take? “This is certainly very awkward,” said Richard, gazing curiously around.

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Having opened the door in the cliff with the magic password, the two chums stole slowly inside. Immediately they were over the threshold, the door closed slowly behind them. “Gracious!” cried Gwen. “There is no going back now." Cautiously the two made their way down a steep spiral stairway, full of wonderment as to what was going to happen to them next. “Can you see the bottom?” whispered Gwen. “Yes,” replied Richard. “It’s just down below.”

stranger. They eventually reached the bottom of the spiral stairway and then discovered themselves in a huge hall. But if they had been puzzled how to reach the stronghold of the Gnomes before, they were doubly so now, for the hall was broken by many archways. Here was a pretty fix. Which archway was the one to take? “This is certainly very awkward,” said Richard, gazing curiously around.