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DIARY Of HONORS | • Dexas And The Atlantean Adventure | Chapter 4 | Decoding The Riddle
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Scene/ Chapter- 4  
Decoding The Riddle

Next day

Robert was still thinking when about he would reach there, when, Jorge came to his room.

Jorge: Bro, What are you doing?

Robert: Um... Nothing Bro... Hey bro, can I see your grandpa? I mean his picture, if any.

Jorge:...

Robert: Please Bro!

Jorge: ... OK...



Jorge, unwillingly, brought Robert to his store room. The room was comparatively too dark, also a Pungent, rotten egg-like smell was released from the room.

Jorge Switched on the light which glowed after two-three fluctuations, but the bulb was lit dimmed. Jorge brought Robert towards his grandpa's only framed photo. Jorge gave a caress with a towel over the photo to clean it.

With his keen sight, Robert recorded Jorge's grandpa's gestures in his portrait. It was eventually the old-aged picture of him, which had been captured in the year 1990, which was written at the upper right corner of the picture, Robert felt that the appearance of a great scientist was proven by Gilliamp, without the lab coat, anyone would recognise him a Casual old gentleman, who was appearing as bald in his forehead to mid-head part, thereafter small white & hairs appeared. His golden Spectacles were quite like Mahatma Gandhi in India. His moustache added a quite good - Polite looking gesture.

Robert captured his face on his smartphone.
Robert flashed off his handset, when reached over the photo, he then saw in the upper right corner of the picture, there had been written something. But, he didn't show much interest in the portrait to Jorge.

As he had the picture of Gilliam. He returned home immediately. He zoomed the picture of Gill, to read the quote written on the picture.
He would have hoped that he might get à clue to solve the Atlantean mystery.

Though, sigh! it was a riddle.

“To my right
there may be a light
of a nimble height”
[Then...]
“Take then left
You would see a grandma
who has wept.”
[Ok then...]

“Walk forth dude
Don't be Rude
Until you get a portrait of food!

Push it as hard as you can
Ignore its wetly dumpy part
O ’ Young Man

AND SEE THE MAGIC BEGINS ”

Robert got an Idea! He left his house and walk forth towards Jorge's house. It was just 2 houses after his house.

To ignore Jorge, he carefully entered his house through the second door of his house, where the backyard had started.  Aunt Emma was not in the home. Probably,  Jorge would be upstairs as assumed so.

He entered the Storeroom maintaining the Pin-drop Silence.

"Going through the riddle... I have to look for a light Source at his prortrait's right, I mean my left," he murmured.

The room was full of old and gold things with a dim light. Unfortunately, there was only a light source the bulb on the right side of Robert.

Though he started Searching for a light Source.
There were old cupboard shelves, walls with shelves, walls with torn wallpaper,  though with some wall hanging portraits which were protected by a smooth layer of old dust.

These portraits bore the pictures of Jorge's family, a cute picture of a puppy, a bright picture of happy Sun,...etc.

"... What! A picture of happy Sun ?" Robert Confide to himself," there may be a light of a nimble height..."

"Eureka, I have got it, this is the light Source... it's left... Okay...It would Strike the wall in that Side "

Now he became confused because the wall consisting 12 images of grandma but all were categorised as 'weeping'.

"Who has wept.. that the grandma is the picture should be of the condition of after weeping... that means !... This! This! Eureka! It's the picture... Odd one out! haha "

He had brought himself close to the picture. " "Walk forth dude, don't be rude"

"In the films, I have seen that in this type of awkward situation; the hero either follows the eye direction of a person or the hand direction".

Miraculously, her bunch of long white hairs indicated a direction. Robert decided to follow that direction and walked forth.

But... it met the same wall, bearing Gill's portrait and beside it, it was a portrait of a burger, a 3D burger.

Robert decided to touch it, it was very dampy and sticky. Though he has pushed it, " ignore its wetly and dumpy part ".

Miraculously, the whole burger was like it had gone inside the portrait like it was a switch.
The stairs came out from the picture of Gill, leading into a dark passage. Robert noted all these in his pocket diary and followed the passage. He left the triangular Storeroom.


© Sahitya Mukherjee......✒️