[The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit]@TWC D-Link bookThe Story of the Amulet CHAPTER 12 8/38
Let's go into THAT time--and then we shall remember HOW we found it. And then we can go back and do the finding really.' 'I see,' said Robert, and this time he did, and I hope YOU do. 'Yes,' said Anthea.
'Oh, Squirrel, how clever of you!' 'But will the Amulet work both ways ?' inquired Robert. 'It ought to,' said Cyril, 'if time's only a thingummy of whatsitsname. Anyway we might try.' 'Let's put on our best things, then,' urged Jane.
'You know what people say about progress and the world growing better and brighter.
I expect people will be awfully smart in the future.' 'All right,' said Anthea, 'we should have to wash anyway, I'm all thick with glue.' When everyone was clean and dressed, the charm was held up. 'We want to go into the future and see the Amulet after we've found it,' said Cyril, and Jane said the word of Power.
They walked through the big arch of the charm straight into the British Museum. They knew it at once, and there, right in front of them, under a glass case, was the Amulet--their own half of it, as well as the other half they had never been able to find--and the two were joined by a pin of red stone that formed a hinge. 'Oh, glorious!' cried Robert.
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