The Questioneers Book 3: Iggy Peck and the Mysterious Mansion
Three White Marble CATS WHIMSY HAPPINESS WONDER a bit Like Bricks
Chapter 2 The eyes stared back at Iggy from the face of a white marble cat with the word happiness carved into its base It stood beside two other stone cats One titled whimsy and the other wonder Iggy touched the cool stone of the third cat They look like you Bricks he said Bricks hissed and arched his back Iggy laughed
Don’t be scared he said They can’t hurt Iggy stopped short A glimpse of something white caught his eye A few feet behind the cats a slab of vine-covered marble jutted from the forest floor He stepped closer Iggy reached through the vines and his fingers touched cold marble His hand trembled as he pulled back the vines revealing a weathered marble slab with faint letters c sherbert and h sherbert 1918 Iggy gasped It’s a gravestone Iggy whispered Another gravestone stood to the left It seemed newer its lettering unmelted by time and rain It simply read pierre glace Nearby the remains of a small cottage stood like an ancient ruin Long abandoned Long forgotten Bricks hissed again and bristled his fur Iggy nodded It is spooky he said picking up Bricks Let’s get home 6
Iggy looked around It was much darker now The wind was chillier and stronger A storm was brewing He had lost track of time He always did when he was thinking about architecture which was all the time But he couldn’t help it Thinking about architecture always made Iggy feel like he was doing exactly what he should be doing Even when he was supposed to be doing something else Sometimes it got him in trouble He was pretty sure that this was going to be one of those times He wasn’t supposed to go past the edge of the woods and he should have been home long ago C’mon Bricks he said We’d better Suddenly a flash of lightning lit up the forest BAM a crack of thunder split the air Bricks squirmed out of Iggy’s arms and bolted through the trees Bricks yelled Iggy chasing after him 7
