9. Research and We Search

soooo... won of the wesurcherth gabe me a buk to wook at tho i wookd thru it and fownd a picher of a hairy thkull or head or thomethin of wike a mammith wich made me thtair at it weel hard for a VEWY wong time becuz appawentwy tha groop left me at the libawy and had to com bak to git me and i waz thtill thitting in the thame chair i wuz before. thomethin abowt dat pikshur got to me wike i theem to wemember it but i dont no why. i dont think i ever thaw won befowe i got takin by thothe guyth that day at skool and i dont think ive theen won thince i can wemember agin win i got hear to the impire. tho if i do akshully wemembew it it mutht be fwom dat bit of tiem dat i cant wemembew n e thing but then how can i wemembew dat mammit if i cant wemembew thtuff fwom then? i dont git it. aww i no ith it thcawed me tho bad win i thaw it that i mutht have thtoppd bweethin cuz win gold shaked me owt of it i wuz grathpin for breth.
 
gold theemd a wittle wowwied abowt me wich ith cool. he wint to git thome partchmint tho i cud dwaw the pikshire but by the tiem he got bak matilda alweady tuk me AND THE BUK owt of the wibawy. gold finawwy fownd uth and didnt wike that matilda tuk the buk tho he wakd her upthide da hed weal gud. we thaid tomowwow we are takin da buk bak to the libawy and thee if they can help uth find owt any more infirmashin abowt thith big haiwy ewephint thing. by thith poynt i wath feewing vewy sewiouth inthted of my normle thelf. ive never felt thith way befoew. i wonder if thith ith wut wondaline feeld win she fownd owt she cud wemembew thtuff fwom bak thin to?
 
we go bak to da inn but sortafine twevor and wondaline are gon. well wate hear to thee if they git bak thoon. oh wook hear thay cum now. i dont no wut they wuz doin but sortafine akthed abowt thomebody who nose abowt alkimey or thomethin i dont no wut that ith but it thownds cool. he thayth we gotta tawk to harnold hardcote. weerd name but i juge who i am. ith that how that thaying goes? i dont no.
 
n e way we dethide to git thome diner bak at da burnd eyebrow. thith time tho i dont weawy eet all that much cuz i jutht cant thtop thtairin at dat piksher in the buk. matilda lukd at it thome more and appwentwy she can weed. i wish i cud weed but thath ok cuz ive got fwiends to weed for me. they r thmart not wike me. she thaid it menchins norskin but i dont think i ever herd of that cuz it doesnt wing her bell.
 
we go bak to da brads tail in and sweep.
 
the firtht thing the nekth day ith we go bak to da libawy to gib them tha buk bak. matilda tellth the guy at the dethk wut happind and he dint theem to happy with her. he thaid thay wud forgit abowt it if she wuk make a dontat... downshin... gib them munny. i twied to gib them thome becuz thith all happind cuz of me but the guy at the dethk towd me to thtop talkin and wet matilda do it. she didnt want to but finawy she did and then her and sortafine walkd owt. i dont think she wikes them vewy much. me and gold thtaid ther to thee if they cud help uth find n e more thtuff abowt thith crechur. they thaid they wud copy evewythin abowt it for a gold tho i gabe them won gold and thay gabe me thome paperth that wukd wike it had all the gud thtuff on it wich was cool.
 
tho now we go wook for anuther guy calld a astrogler... astraggler... i dont no how to thay it but thomethin to do with all the thtars and the sky and thtuff. well we find him and his name ith koogeg thtealvyu and he ith THOOOPER happy to tawk to uth cuz he ith vewy ekthited that thomewon wants to tawk to him abowt the sky. to be onnetht i kinda zoned owt becuz they thtarted tawking abowt things ive never herd of and i just cant figur owt why the thtars theem to tweenkle at nite inthted of jutht thtaying on wike the west of them. thethe awe the weal kweshchuns we shud be athkin thith guy but wut do i no i jutht thwing mah akth and lite fyres thometimeth.
 
well now we gotta go thee the alkimey guy. we find him to and he thellth uth won poshin of heeling wich ith gud becuz now we r gonna leave the thity and hed down to da badlanz.
 
on are way we find wots of differnt twackth of waggins and woofs and gobwins oh my. but the weerdetht thing we thaw was a chaireit that wukd wike it had bin... wike... i dont no how to thay it. it wath mithin its hole thide! wike thomethin jutht... POOFD IT AWAY! and they ith a sircle awownd it that maketh it all wuk vewy owt of pwace. i dont no wut happind hear but ith thooo weerd. and there awe THO MANY BODEETH ALL OVER THA PWACE and they dont have n e thing on them ekthep there weppinth.
 
jutht ahed a wittle more ith thome more boddees and wekage and there ith thome more of that gwound witening wike we thaw befowe we got to barka varr but thith time we dethided to instivat... venstigate... thee wats up. twevor dethided to twy to thneek up on it. win he got bak he thaid there wuz a guy wirlwing awownd killin a buncha gobwinz and thin jutht that down on hith cart and wukd at him WILE HE WATH INVITHBILE WIKE HE CUD THTILL THEE HIM! he came bak and towd uth we shud thee wut thith guy ith doin.
 
tho we just walk up wike nothin ith wong. he ith warin thome vewy fanthy close wich ith cool but win we athkd him who he wath he jutht said gud evnin my name ith dyrdarduses or thomethin and that he wath wonderin win we wud catch up.
 
well i gueth we cot up.