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Pluto, I think you’re right. We are!” William cried out. He was so
excited he accidentally swallowed his gum. “We’re drilling into rock.” Toby could hear a low rumbling noise and he could feel the machine grinding against things. It got dreadfully hot as the machine tunnelled underground. Soon, they were all mopping their faces, almost fainting from heat exhaustion. To Toby’s great relief, after about ten minutes of travel, a ceiling fan came on and a cool breeze blew around the capsule. William wiped the sweat out of his eyes and laughed. “This is like a weird dream. Imagine us going to the centre of the earth. What an adventure this is going to be!” Toby agreed. |
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