Discoveries in the Overworld: Lost Minecraft Journals, Book One
2 Discoveries in the Overworld I can’t believe we really found diamonds said Toby It was becoming increasingly difficult to find diamonds in the Overworld and this was a lucky find When they placed the last gemstone in their inven tories Harriet dug her pickaxe deep into another layer of the mineshaft But Toby just stood there I doubt we’ll find any more diamonds here We should just take what we have and move on Seriously Harriet kept digging deeper Yes insisted Toby We should stick to our plan We want to reach the jungle before nightfall Jack held a map in his hands It looks the jungle is still far away We should leave I hear there’s a lot of treasure there Harriet was annoyed We don’t even know if there’s a jungle temple with treasure But we do know that there are diamonds in this mineshaft I think we’ve already unearthed all the diamonds Toby looked over his inventory Harriet and Toby would have kept arguing if Jack hadn’t interrupted Watch out Silverfish crawled on the floor toward them They put their pickaxes away and grabbed their diamond swords to strike at the swarm There are so many of them Harriet called out as she swung her sword at the seemingly endless silverfish crawling at their feet Should we search for a spawner asked Jack I’m not sure Harriet replied breathlessly I think we need to destroy these first
Discoveries 3 The group used all of their strength to battle the sil verfish until the room went still I think I got the last of them said Jack Looking around for any last stragglers Toby spotted something in the corner of the mineshaft Hey what’s that The trio walked over to the corner and Harriet said It looks like an enchanted book That will come in very handy for our treasure hunting She leaned over to pick it up and leafed through the first few pages of the book This isn’t an enchanted book at all It looks like some body’s journal Do you think somebody is living in this mineshaft Jack looked around the dark and creepy mineshaft for a bed Harriet studied the book No I think this journal is old Who wrote it asked Toby as he stood behind Harriet trying to get a good look at it Harriet turned the book to look at the journal’s spine I don’t know But it has a warning on the cover It says Do not open this book Anyone who reads this will be cursed Really Let me see said Jack Toby laughed What a threat How would they know if we read it Jack didn’t see anything funny about it and didn’t understand why Toby was laughing I wouldn’t laugh curses should be taken seriously Reading this book could be really dangerous
4 Discoveries in the Overworld You’re such a scaredy-cat Nothing is going to happen to us if we just read it said Toby How do you know Jack countered Because there are no such things as curses Right Harriet Harriet hesitated She wanted to agree with Toby but she wasn’t totally one hundred percent sure She had never read a book that had a warning on its cover She was conflicted I’m not sure Although I’ve never been cursed I can’t know that curses don’t exist Toby grabbed the book from Harriet’s hands Well unlike both of you I’m not afraid to read it Toby don’t shouted Harriet She was more afraid than she’d realized Jack looked nervous Toby was about to open the journal anyway when a silverfish crawled next to his foot and bit him Ouch Watch out Harriet lunged at the silverfish with her diamond sword Jack was right the book is cursed Put it back Toby glared at her That silverfish has nothing to do with me reading the journal It’s just a coincidence Harriet wanted to believe Toby He made sense but she was still worried The book didn’t say what exactly would happen if they read it so she began to imagine all sorts of ways they could be cursed What if we read the journal and are destroyed by a creeper and respawn in the Nether That’s impossible We weren’t even in the Nether Toby held the book open in front of him Please don’t read it begged Jack
Discoveries 5 I am going to read it now just to prove that you can’t be cursed from reading a book But that’s somebody’s personal journal said Jack Even if we aren’t cursed it’s still wrong to read some one’s private writing Toby paused for a moment He knew Jack was right He wouldn’t want anyone reading his diary In fact he’d never let anyone know he even kept a diary That was a secret It was full of all the things he could never to say to other people in real life He closed the book Thank you Harriet let out a sigh of relief Why do you think this person Toby looked at the cover William the Explorer left his personal journal in this abandoned mineshaft Jack stared at him Did you say William the Explorer Yes Toby pointed to the very bottom of the cover The Journal of William the Explorer Haven’t you heard of him before asked Jack Harriet and Toby stood silently watching Jack Toby looked down at the brown journal William the Explorer was the greatest explorer in the Overworld ever He went missing a long time ago People have been searching for him for ages Nobody has been able to find him That journal will be very valuable Maybe it can even lead us to him Does this mean you want me to read it Toby was confused Jack paused He was too excited about having discov ered the journal of the famous William the Explorer to worry about curses I think we have to read it Maybe it
