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"What kind of person would be inside a pyramid?" asked Annie.

"I don't know," said Jack. "Maybe the book can help us."

"It looks like a scepter," said Jack.

He flipped through the book. At last he found a picture of a person in a pyramid. He read: Tomb robbers often carried off the treasure buried with mummies. False passages were sometimes built to stop the robbers.

It was a gold stick. About a foot long. A dog's head was carved on one end.

"It's a thing kings and queens carry," said Jack. "It means they have power over the people."

"What's this?" said Annie. She lifted something from the floor. "Look. The mummy dropped this thing."

"Shush!" said Jack. "Are you nuts?"

"But the mummy --"

The white figure moved swiftly past them. Then disappeared into the shadows.

"That was no mummy," said Jack. "It was a person. A real person."

"What's that?" asked Annie.

"Come back, mummy!" Annie called. "We found your scepter. Come back! We want to help you!"

"A mummy," said Annie. "Back from the dead!"

"F-forget it," stammered Jack. "Mummies aren't alive." He picked up the Egypt book.

Jack pulled Annie down.

She was made of air.

"Jack! Look!" said Annie.

Jack held out the scepter. His hand was trembling.

He put the Egypt book into his pack. He pulled out his notebook and pencil.

"But what if the robber comes back," said Annie. "We'd better leave."

"Yikes. A tomb robber?" said Annie.

Jack felt a whoosh of cold air. He looked up. A wave of terror went through him.

"Here, Jack," Annie whispered. "Give her this." She handed him the gold scepter.

"Jack --" said Annie.

Jack closed the book. "No live mummy," he said. "Just a tomb robber."

"Yeah, a robber who steals stuff from tombs."

He gasped. The scepter passed right through the lady's hand.

She wore flowers in her black hair. Her long white dress had many tiny pleats. Her gold jewelry glittered.

No. It was a lady. A beautiful Egyptian lady.

"Right," said Jack. "But first I want to write something down."

He started writing in his notebook: tomb robber

It wasn't a tomb robber.

The lady stopped in front of them.

"Just a second," said Jack. He kept writing: tomb robber tried to steal

Another figure was moving slowly toward them.