Resort Mystery - The Super Sleuth Trio

Author: Liu Dongyu, Wen Biao / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: "Welcome to visit the mysterious land where the royal family of ancient Egypt once lived! The magnificent and spectacular pyramids will amaze you and leave you in awe. At the same time, under the clear blue sky of Arabia, you will step into our five-star hotel and enjoy our first-class service." Xiawa (whose real name is Xiawa, but we always call her Xiawa) shouted loudly. After finishing, she said to us, "This advertisement is practically written for our family! It's fantastic! What do you think?" Mom took a travel brochure free of charge from her hand. "It sounds good," Mom flipped through it, saying, "I hope it hasn't been fully booked yet. It's summer vacation right now." "Can we really go on vacation to Egypt?" I was so excited I could barely speak, "Now, I can let that group in my class have a good look. Besides, if I give this trip as a birthday gift to Dad, he'll be overjoyed! Mom, didn't you say that fifty is a big birthday, half a century?" Mom smiled, but her focus seemed a bit scattered. "Should we get vaccinated? Against things like cholera or malaria? I read about it somewhere." Xiawa said as she picked up another travel brochure from a pile of books and magazines on the table. She flipped through it loudly. Mom didn't say anything and kept writing a series of numbers on a scrap of paper, her face growing paler with each number. Through the open window, I saw Dad coming home. He might not believe it if he heard us celebrate his fiftieth birthday in this way. A trip to Egypt would be like archaeology to me, but before I could find the right analogy, Mom already pulled us back from our fantasies. "I've looked at the price list," she shrugged, saying to us, "Sorry, gentlemen and ladies, our family can't afford it." "But" Xiawa got agitated, "David and I can" We don't know what our sister's brilliant idea was, because Dad had already walked into the kitchen. Mom quickly and skillfully shoved the travel brochure into the pile of old books and magazines. "Are you cleaning up the room?" he asked us, "Is there something wrong? Why are you all so secretive? Want me to tell you about the latest news from the museum? We received a batch of stone tablets today, from" P1-2