Discoveries in the Overworld: Lost Minecraft Journals, Book One
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
6 Discoveries in the Overworld can help us find him He may have left it here as clue to his whereabouts What if he doesn’t want to be found asked Harriet Everybody wants to be found said Jack Okay let’s read it Harriet was quick to give in She was curious too Toby began to read the first page of the journal aloud to his friends They hovered over him staring at its worn out pages as they listened
2 JOURNAL ENTRY WARNINGS If by chance someone stumbles upon this journal they should burn it Others should never read what I write in here This book chronicles my explorations in the Overworld and only exists so I can study my past trips Like any good explorer I keep a journal of all my finds This book is for my eyes only If you find yourself in possession of this book please return it to me or burn it If you do read it you’ll be cursed You must take this warning quite seriously Please stop reading right now Please put the book down and do not continue to the next page You will suffer at great costs if you continue to read the following pages I know what I wrote is a bit repetitive but as my friend Oliver always says Sometimes you have to repeat yourself to be heard Please listen to my words and close the book You were never meant to read it 7
