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But today she took the shortest route because she was eager to get home and tell her newsShe ran fast and easily through the streets of EmberEvery corner, every alley, every building was familiar to herShe always knew where she was, though most streets looked more or less the sameAll of them were lined with old two-story stone buildings, the wood of their window frames and doors long unpaintedOn the street level were shops

This goes nowhere, she thoughtBut a few steps farther along, she found she could stand up straight again, and a few steps beyond that she turned a corner, and suddenly the candlelight shone on a wide path, with a high ceiling and a smooth floorLina gave a wild shout"Here it is!" she cried"It's here! There's a path!" Doon's voice came from far awayShe couldn't tell what he was sayingShe made her way back toward the boat, and when it came in sight she yelled again, "I found a path! A path!" Doon scrambled out and waded ashore, carrying PoppyHe set her down, and then he and Lina took hold of the boat and chanel logo earrings hauled it as far as they could up the slope of rockPoppy caught the excitementShe shouted gleefully, waving her fists like little dubs, and stomped around, glad to be on her feet againShe found a pebble and plunked it into the water, crowing happily at the splash it made"I want to see the path," said Doon"Go up that way," Lina told him, "and around the pile of rocksI'll stay here and take things out of the boat Doon went, taking another candle from the box in the boatLina sat Poppy down in a kind of nook 244 formed by a roundish boulder and a hollow in the wall"Don't move from here," she saidThen cheap chanel purses she pulled Doon's bundle from under the seat of the boatIt was damp, but not soakedMaybe the food inside would still be all rightShe was hungry all of a suddenShe'd had no dinner, she rememberedIt must be the middle of the night by now, or maybe even morning again She carried Doon's bundle ashore, along with the boxes of candles and matches, and as she set them down, Doon came backHis eyes were glowing, the reflection of a tiny flame dancing in each one"That's it for sure," he said"We've made it" Then his eyes shifted"What's Poppy got?" he asked Lina whipped aroundIn Poppy's hands was something dark and new omega watches rectangularIt was more like a packet of some kindShe was plucking and pulling at itShe lifted it to her mouth as if to tear it with her teeth--and Lina jumped to her feetPoppy, startled, dropped the packet and began to cry "It's all right, never mind" Lina said, retrieving what Poppy had been about to chew on"Come and have some dinner nowHush, we're going to have dinnerI'm sure you're hungry In the light of Doon's candle, with Poppy squirming on Lina's lap, they examined Poppy's findThe packet was wrapped in slippery, greenish material and 245 bound up with a strapIt wasn't wrapped very well

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But most of the time life proceeded as it always hadGrown people did their work, and younger people, until they reached the age of twelve, went to schoolOn the last day of their final year, which was called Assignment Day, they were given jobs to do The graduating students occupied Room 8 of the Ember SchoolOn Assignment Day of the year 241, this classroom, usually noisy first thing in the morning, was completely silentAll twenty-four students sat upright and still at the desks they had grown too big for The desks were arranged in four rows of six, one behind the otherIn the last row sat a slender girl named Lina MayfleetShe was winding a strand of her long, dark hair around her finger, winding and unwinding it again and againSometimes she plucked at a thread chanel j 12 on her ragged cape or bent over to pull on her socks, which were loose and tended to slide down around her anklesOne of her feet tapped the floor softly In the second row was a boy named Doon HarrowHe sat with his shoulders hunched, his eyes squeezed shut in concentration, and his hands clasped tightly togetherHis hair looked rumpled, as if he hadn't combed it for a whileHe had dark, thick 5 eyebrows, which made him look serious at the best of times and, when he was anxious or angry, came together to form a straight line across his foreheadHis brown corduroy jacket was so old that its ridges had flattened out Both the girl and the boy were making urgent wishesDoon's wish was very specificHe repeated it over and over again, his lips moving slightly, as if replica cartier tank he could make it come true by saying it a thousand timesLina was making her wish in pictures rather than in wordsIn her mind's eye, she saw herself running through the streets of the city in a red jacketShe made this picture as bright and real as she could Lina looked up and gazed around the schoolroomShe said a silent goodbye to everything that had been familiar for so longGoodbye to the map of the city of Ember in its scarred wooden frame and the cabinet whose shelves held The Book of Numbers, The Book of Letters, and The Book of the City of EmberGoodbye to the cabinet drawers labeled "New Paper" and "Old Paper Goodbye to the three electric lights in the ceiling that seemed always, no matter where you sat, to cast the shadow of your head over the page you were black fendi spy writing onAnd goodbye to their teacher, Miss Thorn, who had finished her Last Day of School speech, wishing them luck in the lives they were about to beginNow, having run out of things to say, she was standing at her desk with her frayed shawl 6 clasped around her shouldersAnd still the mayor, the guest of honor, had not arrived Someone's foot scraped back and forth on the floorThen the door rattled open, and the mayor walked inHe looked annoyed, as though they were the ones who were late "Welcome, Mayor Cole," said Miss ThornShe held out her hand to him The mayor made his mouth into a smile"Miss Thorn," he said, enfolding her hand The mayor was a vast, heavy man, so big in the middle that his arms looked small and danglingIn one hand he held a little cloth chanel earrings stud bag He lumbered to the front of the room and faced the studentsHis gray, drooping face appeared to be made of something stiffer than ordinary skin

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