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  Dr. Prynne had mentioned that conditions here probably would be opposite, and obviously they were. It had been after three in the morning when he left the other beach, and here it seemed about that time in the afternoon. The sea, which had been on his left, was now on the right. As for people …

  There were none. The race of man hadn’t evolved here yet. He was aware of that instantly by the cleanliness of the beach and the untouched look of everything. Black Luis had said this was a lonesome place, but that was because Black Luis had been the only human here that first time.

  It wasn’t lonesome now. Ronnie saw the footprints leading across the sand to the trees. “Hey, where’s everybody?” he called happily.

  “Probably stuffing themselves on mangoes,” said Marlowe from somewhere behind him. “Follow the tracks, brother Blue, and I’ll show you the camp. And don’t turn around, for I’m terribly exposed here.”

  “But isn’t it about time we—”

  “No!” Marlowe shrieked. “Don’t you dare look back! Or haven’t you learned that ghosts can bite?”

  About the Author

  Alexander Key (1904–1979) started out as an illustrator before he began writing science fiction novels for young readers. He has published many titles, including Sprockets: A Little Robot, Mystery of the Sassafras Chair, and The Forgotten Door, winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Key’s novel Escape to Witch Mountain was adapted for film in 1975, 1995, and 2009.

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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

  Copyright © 1967 by Alexander Key

  Cover design by Jesse Hayes

  ISBN: 978-1-4976-5253-8

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