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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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