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journey to the center of the Earth chapter 1 the mysterious message was a

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quiet afternoon in Hamburg when Professor Otto Liden Brock, famous scientist and man with an

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impatient character, returned home with an old book under his arm, he had just bought it from an

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antique dealer, I, his nephew Axel, was used to his sudden enthusiasms but this time he seemed more

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agitated than usual inside the book hidden between the pages we found a yellowed sheet written

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with strange signs "it's an encrypted message" exclaimed the professor with eyes that they shone he spent

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hours studying it without drinking or eating "I tried to calm him down but it was impossible curiosity

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consumed him finally by observing carefully he understood something it was an ancient Icelandic code with effort and a bit

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of luck we managed to decipher it together the words that appeared left us breathless

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they spoke of a passage to the center of the Earth hidden inside an extinct volcano in Iceland

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the professor had no doubts we had to leave immediately I tried to protest but he was already

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up packing papers and instruments that night he didn't sleep and if it was true if

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there really was a path that leads to the heart of our planet a shiver ran down my

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spine we had just opened the door of a mystery chapter 2 preparations for the adventure

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the next day the professor's house looked like a crazy laboratory compasses ropes picks maps

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and supplies occupied every corner lidenbrock was unstoppable I on the other hand was full of doubts

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a journey to the center of the Earth seemed madness but opposing it was useless when my uncle

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had an idea in his head nothing stopped him after a few days we were already traveling towards Iceland

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the island of ice and fire we crossed rough seas dirt roads and desolate landscapes

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until we arrived in Reikavik the capital there the professor looked for an expert guide and found Hans

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a tall man silent and strong as a rock he didn't speak much but his eyes said

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we could trust with Hans at our side we headed towards the Sneffels volcano mentioned in the

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message it was huge imposing covered in snow but now inactive for centuries according to the message only

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on a specific day of the year when the shadow of a certain peak touched the crater we could

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find the entrance we camped at the foot of the volcano waiting for that moment the sun

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was high the shadows were getting longer the professor was watching impatiently I was holding my breath the moment

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of truth was about to arrive chapter 3 inside the volcano finally the awaited day arrived the

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sun was high in the sky and the professor with the manuscript in his hands was observing the crater

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carefully suddenly he pointed to a large rock there is the shadow of Scartaris the entrance it's

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below us" he said enthusiastically without wasting time we began the descent the crater was deep

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slippery and dark the sun's rays disappeared as we descended lower and lower between walls

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of lava rock and absolute silence each step rumbled like thunder hans drove calmly

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without ever making mistakes the professor wrote down every detail I tried to stay calm but

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fear grew inside me and if we never found the way back if we ended up buried

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down there after hours of walking through narrow and slippery tunnels we would we stopped to rest the professor

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was happy as a child I was destroyed by fatigue I drank a sip of water and looked up

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the sky was now only a memory just when I thought that nothing could surprise me more Hans

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showed us a fork in the tunnel two roads two opposite directions but which one led to the center

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of the Earth the silence was broken only by a distant echo chapter 4 lost underground in front

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of us two tunnels opened up the professor without hesitation chose the right path "according to

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the calculate this is the right way" Hans said confidently I followed him I followed them full of

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doubts we walked for now in an unreal silence interrupted only by our steps and the noise

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of the drops of water falling from the rocks the heat increased and the air became

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heavier and heavier then suddenly the tunnel ended in a closed wall a dead end the

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furious professor refused to go back but it was the only choice so reluctantly we resumed the

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I walk backwards and that's exactly when it happened while I was looking for water I took a

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side path and got lost I called out I screamed no response my heart was beating hard only underground without

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light or direction the silence was deafening I walked randomly for hours without knowing where I was going

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the water was over hope also then an idea if I had shouted in a narrow tunnel the echo

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could have carried the sound to the other liden Brock I shouted waited after a long silence

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a voice was far away but it was him I still had a chance chapter 5 the underground world

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following his uncle's voice he finally managed to find the right path after hours of walking

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in the dark seeing the faces of Hans and the professor was an immense relief we hugged each other without words

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we had passed our first real test we resumed our journey along a new tunnel

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that seemed to go down even deeper the air became cooler then something

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incredible happened a strange light like a blue dawn began to illuminate the tunnel we walked faster

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driven by curiosity suddenly an enormous cave opened in front of us it was immense

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like another world beneath the surface of the Earth an underground sea extended to

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the horizon the light waves moved under a stone sky on the banks

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giant mushrooms grew fossil trees and ancient plants like those of the time of the dinosaurs "it's impossible"

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I whispered "but it was all true the professor was ecstatic he decided that we would cross that

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sea to see where it led we built a raft with the materials found in the cave and

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the next day we set sail the silence was profound broken only by the lapping of the water but under

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that calm something was moving and he was watching us chapter 6 prehistoric creatures

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our raft was slowly sliding on the sea Liden Brock as my

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uncle had already christened it around us the darkness was broken only by flashes of electric light that crossed the

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rocky sky yes lightning under the ground it seemed impossible and yet everything was real we rowed in

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silence attentive to every movement of the water then suddenly a gigantic creature emerged a

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marine reptile with the head similar to that of a crocodile and the body of a whale immediately

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after a second monster emerged from another part of the sea we stopped breathless while the two

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animals were getting closer to each other they hadn't noticed us they were fighting the waves

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were growing the raft was swaying dangerously screams splashes prehistoric roars it was a clash

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between titans like in the time of the dinosaurs after a furious battle the waters calmed down

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the monsters had disappeared leaving us shocked but alive we resumed our journey more cautious than ever

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after hours of sailing a storm suddenly hit us lightning strong winds waves

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as high as houses a lightning hit the raft everything went black when I reopened my eyes I was alone

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on an unknown beach chapter 7 under lost continents I got up with difficulty on the

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beach soaked and confused the underground sea stretched behind me calm and silent as if

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nothing had happened I called my uncle I called Hans no answer I was alone again but at least I was

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alive I walked along the coast looking for traces of my companions at a certain point

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I glimpsed fresh footprints on the sand they were Hans's I wasn't sure I had almost reached them

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walking again I found myself in front of an incredible landscape giant bones scattered on the ground

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skeletons of animals that had been extinct for millions of years and then a human skull at least three times the size

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of the normal one it was possible that gigantic prehistoric men had existed down here I arrived

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in an underground forest where the vegetation was dense strange silent huge leaves

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luminous mosses then I heard voices I ran towards the sound and there I found my uncle and Hans were alive

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we hugged each other in relief and in disbelief the professor wasted no time "we are walking under a

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lost continent" he said enthusiastically "maybe Atlantis itself?" But the joy did not last long a little

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further on the earth was shaking a deep rumble rose from the ground something was about to explode

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chapter 8 the unexpected return the ground was shaking more and more strongly the walls of the cave

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boulders creaked and fell around us an eruption shouted the professor we had to escape

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but there was no way out only a narrow and steep tunnel that rose upwards with no

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alternative we threw ourselves in that direction the heat increased with every step the noise of the magma

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became deafening we climbed we climbed driven by fear and hope the walls were red hot the

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sweat covered our faces then suddenly an enormous push lifted us from the ground we were

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inside a geiser an enormous column of steam shot us upwards like rockets I don't remember anything else

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just light noise and then darkness when I reopened my eyes I was lying on the grass real grass

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real sun fresh air we were on a hill a farmer was looking at us surprised "you came out of the

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Stromboli crater" he said we had climbed up another volcano from Italy

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we had crossed the planet the professor wrote it all down with pride no one would

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ever believe it but we knew the truth we had traveled to the center of the Earth and we had

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returned several times stronger and with a secret that no one could ever have delete it