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chapter one the big caves my name is taras. i am old... 3,000 years old. i sit here, under the palace of knossos. my sister, aketa, sits next to me. she, too, is old. 3,000 years. we do not eat, we do not drink, and our eyes never close. are we dead, or alive? it is not important. we sit, and we wait. and we watch. for 3,000 years. we are the watchers. the god is here, too. the god poseidon, god of the sea, stands here in this hall. we watch his statue. it is gold, all gold. he stands here, five meters tall. his arms are gold, his hair is gold, his face is gold. and his gold eyes shine in this dark hall. we are his watchers. jim and stella, his sister, are on holiday in greece. they are staying at a hotel in iraklion, on crete. …

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re are lights in these halls. and music. the people from the palace come down here. they are small, quick people, with dark eyes and dark hair. they bring lights, and food, and water... and they dance the dance of the god. they are the god's people. no, no, i forget... they do not come now. these halls are quiet... dark and quiet. it is always night now. there is no music, no dancing. there are no people in the palace now... not after the fire and the water from the sea. they are dead... all dead. and we, aketa and i, sit in the hall of the god. we wait and we watch. we are the god's watchers. chapter two the first day at the palace of knossos. it is seven o'clock in the morning. nikos is looking for the door to the caves. jim and stella are waiting …

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of earthquakes, too. we have a lot of earthquakes in greece. don't forget that.' 'oh nikos! that's silly! the god of earthquakes? everybody knows that earthquakes...' 'no, jim. nikos is right. we don't understand everything. and don't laugh at poseidon... not here in these caves.' the years come, and the years go. 3,000 years. my sister aketa and i sit... and wait. it is dark and cold in the hall of the god. the sun never shines here. sometimes people come to these halls. they are not the god's people. they look for gold, only gold. and poseidon is angry. it is the gold of his people... and now it is the god's gold, because his people are dead. nobody can take the god's gold, or look at the gold face of the god... and live. but there are no lights, no people now. only the god poseidon stands here …

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ll right. we can go across the river, and then we can stop and stay there for the night.' 'yes. we can make a fire, and have some food.' listen, sister. do you hear anything? there are people at the river. they are talking and laughing. listen, sister. they are coming here... to the hall of the god. why? who are they? what do they want? gold... they want gold. all people want gold. they cannot eat it, they cannot drink it. but the love of gold is in all men... and women, too. but they cannot take the god's gold. we are his watchers. we call the god, and we say his name. then the god wakes... and he speaks. chapter four the third day 'when are we going to go back? this is the third day now. i don't like these caves.' 'why not, stella?' 'i don't know. …

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us. and it doesn't like us.' 'don't be silly, stella. nothing is watching us. come on.' 'i can see them now, sister. two men and a woman. they are young. two of them have blue eyes... they are not people from the palace.' 'they are not the god's people. and they cannot come in here. they cannot take the god's gold.' 'they cannot look at the face of the god.' 'look at those statues there. they're very, very old. they're...' 'i don't like them. look at their eyes! come away, stella.' 'i can see something at the end of the hall.' 'look! what is it? it's tall... very tall. it's a statue, a huge statue... and it's shining. it's gold - all gold!' 'don't look at it. don't go in there. please, jim, please! it's dangerous. stop him, nikos. stop him.' 'they are looking into the hall now. call the …

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chapter one the big caves my name is taras. i am old... 3,000 years old. i sit here, under the palace of knossos. my sister, aketa, sits next to me. she, too, is old. 3,000 years. we do not eat, we do not drink, and our eyes never close. are we dead, or alive? it is not important. we sit, and we wait. and we watch. for 3,000 years. we are the watchers. the god is here, too. the god poseidon, god of the sea, stands here in this hall. we watch his statue. it is gold, all gold. he stands here, five meters tall. his arms are gold, his hair is gold, his face is gold. and his gold …

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