The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Mexican Idol
Glyphs of the Maya days Each of the twenty days of the month had a name
Name-glyphs of the eighteen Maya months including the five-day unlucky Uayeb period
CHAPTER 1 A New Toy WILL it bite me asked little Sue Hollister Yikes replied redheaded Ricky How can a toy snake bite anybody Especially chimed in Holly twirling one of her pigtails if it’s purple with yellow spots and has a smiling face The two sisters four and six years old and their brother who was seven were looking into the window of a toy shop at the airport a few miles outside of Shoreham their hometown It was an exciting afternoon for the whole family including Mother and Daddy and Pete and Pam because Uncle Russ Hollister was coming from the West Coast with a big secret Dark-haired Sue who loved secrets kept her bright eyes on the long velvety cotton snake Oh I wish we could have her she said How do you know the snake’s a her asked Ricky wrinkling his freckled nose Cause her name is Mathilda replied the younger girl And how do you know that asked Holly 7
