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been on the elevator for what

felt like an eternity!
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Sarah started to panic. “What’s

going on?”

She was about to scream
for help when the elevator
stopped, and the doors
opened to reveal a long,

narrow, brick hallway. There
was nowhere else to go but
straight ahead.

Sarah thought she heard
music. She made her way down the brick hallway. “Hello?” she called

out. No one answered. As she walked forward the sounds of happy
music grew louder.

“Ms. Phillips?” called Sarah, but there was no music teacher to answer.

She kept walking until she came to a junction. She continued down
windowless, narrow, brick hallway, the music became louder still.

Finally, Sarah found a clue. It was a sheet of paper discarded on the
floor. It read: “New Teachers: The secret code is GR, GR, 2.”

“Oh my gosh,” squeaked Sarah. “I must have found a secret code to
something.”

By this time, Sarah had all but forgotten about her missing lunch

box. Now she was so curious about the secret code that she couldn’t
help but continue. Sarah carefully crept through the hallway until her
walking had led her to a dead end. As she listened more intently, she
could hear the sounds of people laughing and joking. She also heard

what sounded like bells, whistles, and even video games. The sounds
were coming from behind the brick wall! Sarah crouched down and
found a crack in the bricks from which red light seemed to be pouring.

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