The Secrets of the Stone: A Lottie Lipton Adventure
The thief must have been fast just a few minutes in front of them The footprints led them toward a vast main hall and Lottie knew precisely where they would stop Having grown up in the museum she knew the layout better than anyone and often boasted that she could navigate it blindfolded She tried it once but came very close to knocking over an ancient Roman vase She didn’t try it again The main exhibit in the hall was The Rosetta Stone gasped Uncle Bert In the center of the room was a large black rock on a platform covered in three different types of white writing The rope barrier around it had been knocked over The stone 8
seemed unharmed but Uncle Bert ran toward it and fussed over it like it was a toddler who had fallen over in the street There there he whispered soothingly Reg and Lottie exchanged a glance and then burst out laughing You big softie said Reg It’s not hurt it’s a rock Never understood what’s so special about it anyway Lottie knew all about the stone having heard the tour guides talk about it It has the same message in three different types of writing engraved on it Egyptian hieroglyphs Demotic and ancient Greek Experts were able to use it to learn to read 10
hieroglyphs So the stone is a great big code breaker unlocking the world of the ancient Egyptians Right said Reg So it’s pretty important then That’s putting it mildly said Uncle Bert Lottie my dear can you put the rope barrier back up please Lottie bent over to retrieve the rope from the floor and noticed something on the stone She lowered herself down and lay on her back looking up at the side of the stone There’s a secret message written on here The thief must have known exactly where to look and how to reveal it They’ve uncovered 11
