Movie Discovery By: Brennan McBride
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After 16 hours in the air Matt, Brennan and Steven couldn’t wait to get off the airplane in the Royal City of Babylon in southern Iraq. They were tired and ready to get to the hotel. Once inside their room they laid on the couch and watched a movie about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The movie was so inspiring that they decided they would go in search of the Hanging Gardens the very next morning.
2 They left the hotel excite on their quest but after 2 hours they decided to have lunch and try again later. Steven said they should just give up but Brennan and Matt were determine to go back and find the Hanging Gardens. So after lunch they set back out, but it was getting really hot out here.
3 “We should really get out of here it’s getting so hot I can’t breath,” said Matt “Yeah, I’m dieing,” said Steven. “How about we go take a dip in the Euphrates,” said Steven. “Let’s go,” said Brennan As they were splashing around cooling off Brennan saw something out of the counter of his eye that looked like a giant mountain. He shouted to Matt and Steven to look. All at once they jumped out of the water and started running to the spot.
4 When they got there they realized it wasn’t a mountain they had just found a Ziggurat. They couldn’t believe their luck. “But no one will believe us,” said Brennan. “How about we get a helicopter to bring it back to the hotel,” said Steven, not the brightest of the bunch. “Let’s go back to the hotel and think about it,” said Matt.
5 Why don’t we just tell an archaeologist,” said Brennan “He’ll steal all the fame,” said Matt “Okay, then how about we go back tomorrow with an axe and cut out a brick and bring it back as proof,” said Brennan “Sounds good to me,” answered Steven.
6 So the next morning they bought an axe and headed back to the Ziggurat , but when they were about to swing the axe they realize they couldn’t ruin this amazing ancient artifact. “Let’s just get an Archaeologist to help us,” said Brennan, and that’s what they did.
7 When they returned with the archaeologist the man couldn’t believe his eyes, he actually passed out from excitement. When he woke up he immediately ran off. The boys looks puzzled, but within minutes he was back with an army of archaeologists all praising the boys and giving them riches including ancient coins and souvenirs.
8 They became instantly famous within the archaeological society, but when they returned to their homes in the United States they were just their normal selves. Back at school their History teacher started describing what a Ziggurat looks like and Steven said, “That’s not really what a Ziggurat looks like.” Then Matt said, “And it’s much bigger than you described, like a big temple.” At that point, Matt and Steven turned around and winked at Brennan. The teacher said,
“Boys, how possibly would you know.” Steven reached into his pocket and pulled at an ancient Babylonian coin and toss it to the teacher and said, “You’re right I’m just guessing.”
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