TABLE OF CONTENTS The Faun’s Cave Navel of the Ancient World Lost and Found What about Monsters Going Under Dangers on Land and Sea Ancient Disasters The Minotaur Creatures of the Sea Saving the Day
Chapter One THE FAUN’S CAVE Grace stood with her father and her younger brother Jaden in front of the cave opening They stared at the triangle of darkness opening into the pale gray cliff Dad said What do you think we’ll find inside It doesn’t look that big Grace said The top of the triangle was only ten or 15 feet high They’d gone to a lot of trouble to reach that little hole in the cliff They’d flown to Greece two days earlier The previous afternoon they’d caught a bus from the big city of Athens to a small mountain town In the morning they’d taken a taxi then walked to the cave Grace had been expecting something more impressive after all that travel Let’s go Jaden darted for the opening Dad grabbed Jaden’s shoulder before he could get away No running ahead It could be dangerous Jaden was eight two years younger than Grace and his middle name should have been Trouble Dad kept his hold on Jaden and went into the cave Grace followed close behind Dangerous how
spooky howling sound and it echoed throughout the cave Grace shivered but only because it was cold and damp inside the cave She was not scared even if it was dark and creepy There’s no such thing as ghosts or monsters Hold on let me get the flashlight Jaden stay with us Dad rummaged in his backpack He pulled out a light and a beam speared through the darkness Dad shone the flashlight up and around the cave The small entrance had opened into a large chamber and the flashlight beam barely reached the ceiling The cave was much more interesting inside than it had looked from the outside Monsters Jaden said Or ghosts Listen He made a Dad’s voice rumbled strangely in the large space This was a shrine long ago a place where they worshipped the god Pan
