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Chapter 44

“Reading is Fundamental”

Imagine that the Library of Alexandria has never been destroyed, and had grown proportionately through the years.

That is the library of Invenshall.

“Why didn’t we do this the last time?” almost every one of the seven said it at least twice in the next two hours.

They retrieved maps of Washington DC, and then floor plans for the White House that included security installments of the Secret Service.

“How is this here?” Jason asked Kathrine Cheshire, the librarian in charge of this section.

“Every thing published in the world is on call here,” she said, “We call it up as it is needed. It will go back to your world as soon as you are finished with it.”

“Everything in the world?” Harriett asked, “Even blueprints that have been destroyed for security reasons?”

“If it has been published,” Cheshire said, “When it is destroyed it is moved to a third dimension we call our ‘Special Collection.” Would you like to see the papyrus rolls that were made to design the pyramids?”

“Sometime I would,” Dorothy said, then, looking around her she answered, “Egyptology is a hobby.”

Ima sighed, “Wow, there is so much to learn here.”

“Since no one dies,” Chance observed, “There is a lot of time to fill.”

“You should see the movie theater,” Flower told them through a smile, “I have seen films I never knew existed.”

“She sat through the 9 hour version of Von Stroheim’s ‘Greed.’” Harry Dante gushed, “Twice!”

“They destroyed the original, and only about 90 minutes existed,” she defended herself.

“Look at this,” Chance exclaimed, “We have about 6 ways to get to the Oval Office without detection.”

He laid the blueprints out on the table and pointed to the varied access points.

“If we blink in here, here, here, here and here,” Jason said, pointing, “We will have a clear track.”

“But, we have to know the rooms we are going to,” Sebastian counseled, “We can’t go somewhere we can’t picture.”

“Here you go,” Harriett said as she laid down a movie reel, “This is a walking tour of the White House made about 3 years ago as an introduction for Secret Service agents.”

“I think we’re going to the movies!” Dorothy smiled.

“I do hope they show a cartoon,” Willy Wood said.

“Looney Toon?” Sebastian asked.

“Mighty Mouse,” little Dorothy said, “And no comments!”

Everybody laughed.

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