From this message, the agents figured out what Carmen was trying to steal: The Cradle of
Civilization (Tigris and Euphrates rivers) and all the books ever written about it. They decided to head to Alia Mohomad Baker's house right away before Carmen's agent would get there! Thankfully, the agents knew all about her. They had read a book about her in the Hero Center the week before. Alia was a librarian in Basra who carried 30,000 books to her house before the US invaded. She saved the books just in time, before the library was burned down.
First we read a letter that Agent Shams and her father had written giving us more important information about Iraq. Agent Shams read it to us. The students seemed excited that one of our agents was from Iraq. They knew she would be able to help all of us!
Here are some reports from the Agents themselves about what happened next:
"...when we arrived at Alia's house (the great and mighty book keeper of 30,000 books)...
Agent Lidija
"She offered us baklava and black tea. The baklava was sweet and crunchy and the black tea was sweet, silky and smooth. It all filled my belly up so I could get down to stopping Carmen." Agent Solomon
"...we had to ask for the book called the Arts of Assyria. When we asked for the book we had to make a distraction because in Carmen's video she said that there is a hidden flip cam in the back of the book..." Agent Lindsay
"...then we calmly asked for the book, lying to Alia about how we are students, then sneaking the flip cam over her shoulder, then taking the book and reading..." Agent Lidija
"So, then we took a look through the Arts of Assyria. And when we saw a secret note we said, "Oh hey! look there's a blue jay!" to Alia so she turned around so we could get the notes...." Agent Solomon
"After we saw the two notes, we had to hunt for the books before Carmen's agent finds them because Carmen want to steal Alia's books. So we had to stop them. And we searched everywhere!" Agent Lindsay
"Lucky for us we got all the books and finished the list. When Carmen replied back we found out we had to go to the Great Mosque of Sammara..." Agent Lidija
"When we got tothe Mosque of Sammara, we had to walk up and around it six times to get to the top of the the Mosque. But as soon as we started up, we ran into guards and they told us that the Mosque was closed....so we took a test they gave us." Agent Andre
"...they asked us questions about the 5 Pillars (of Islam). They told us to name them. We didn't do to well on that." Agent Shams
"...So we had to do another test. The other test was to make a figure of one of the 5 pillars: Ramadan fasting, one God, Charuty, Praying 5 times a day, and visiting Mecca." Agent Andre
"But they put us in groups for doing that. Then we passed the test so they let us in the Mosque. But then we had to go up 6 times around and it was really hot." Agent Shams
"It was in the shape fo a spiral." Agent Christopher
"Oh man! I'm gonna have to walk up that thing!? The third time around I'm going to melt! Now I'm wishing we didn't survie the tests! ooh! I forgot! I'm afraid of heights! 1.....we're getting higher...2...and higher...3...and higher...4...Don't look down, Tanner...5...don't...look...down...6..we're at the top! There's a message in stone. Can we run down now?"
Agent Tanner
"...and then we got up to the top of the minnaret, then we found the stone. Then Agent Christopher picked it up and there was the final plan for Carmen's Agent!" (carved into the stone) Agent Shams
"Then we reached the top of the Mosque of Sammara. And I, Christopher found the stone that was the message to Carmen's Agent D. Then we went back to the ship. And slammed the stone on the floor and it shattered into a thousand pieces and everyone threw the pieces into the water!" Agent Christopher
"...and that was how we passed the mission!!" Agent Shams
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