by Sue Clarke

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While they were watching him, they suddenly heard him yell, "Aaagh!" and then he disappeared under the water. Steve was standing on the bank of the river. He looked at the water and saw the dark shape of a fish. It was huge and seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. Then they saw Ramses' head above the water and the mouth of a huge fish with sharp teeth.
"Help!" shouted Ramses. "A puffer fish!"

Steve picked up a sharp stick and threw it at the water. It speared the fish and it sank in the water. Ramses climbed back to the river bank.
"You saved my life!" he said. Puffer fish are very dangerous - they are poisonous and kill you if they bite.

They returned to the house and Ramses told his mother and father what had happened. They kissed Steve and thanked him again and again for saving their son. 

That evening they invited all their family and friends to a huge feast. They all sat in the garden behind the house and ate all kinds of meat and incredible fruit. They presented the children with beautiful lotus flowers.

At the end of the feast they were tired.
"We must try to get back home," said Lauren.
When everyone in the house was asleep, they left the house quietly and walked through the village to the place near the Pyramid where they had arrived.
"I think it was near here," said Katie.

They found a hole in the pile of rocks near the entrance to the Pyramid. Steve and Boff went first. They looked into the hole - and disappeared! Then Katie and Lauren followed. They felt dizzy and everything swirled around in the air. They were flying again .. though time and space.. through the timewarp.

They landed with another bump and found themselves on the ground in the field. Steve fell flat on his face. When he looked up he saw Benjie sitting there waiting and wagging his tail.

"We're back!" cried Lauren. "Did we really go back in time and space or was it all a dream?"
Katie looked down at the beautiful lotus flower she was holding.
"No," she said, "we definitely are time travellers!"

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