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\nwww.pearsoned.co.nz  \nYour comments on this title are welcome atfeedback@pearsoned.co.nz  \nPearson  \na division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd  \n67 Apollo Drive,Rosedale,Auckland 0632,New ZealandAssociated companies throughout the world  \nTime Quest  \nText John Lockyerllustrations ◎Pearson  \nU.S.edition ◎by Houghton Miffin Harcourt Publishing Company  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any formor by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying or recording,or byany information storage and retrieval system,without the prior written permission of thecopyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law.Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressedto Houghton Miflin Harcourt Publishing Company.Attn:Contracts,Copyrights,andLicensing,9400 Southpark Center Loop,Orlando,Florida 32819.  \nPrinted in China via Pearson Education Asia(SWTC/01)  \nISBN 978-0-544-06315-0  \n12345678910974521201918171615141312  \n4500389834  \nA BCDEFG  \n\n| If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge,  \u003Cbr>Houghton Miffin Harcourt Publishing Company retains title to the materials and they  \u003Cbr>may not be resold.Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited.   |\n| --- |\n\n\n| Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this  \u003Cbr>publication,or any portion of it,into electronic format.   |\n| --- |\n\nTime Quest  \nWritten by John LockyerIllustrated by Raymond McGrath  \nRigby  \n“Don't struggle!”shouted a rough voice.  \nBut Tonk did struggle.Dropping his satchel,he kicked andjerked,but it was no use.Thick arms squeezed the breathfrom him before he dropped to the ground under a heavyheap of sour-smelling rags.  \nWhat was happening?He'd crossed the park hundreds of.times before because it was the way home from the LearningCenter.The park was safe.Everywhere on Chulo was safe.  \nTonk felt dizzy.Suddenly,the weight shifted and the foulrags scraped against his face.Gasping,he saw a head withwild red eyes,scraggly hair,chipped teeth,and scaly skin.Hewanted to shout for help but could only gag.  \n3  \nThe strange being grabbed Tonk's tunic.“Get up,and don'trun,\"it said,crossing its glowing metal hands.  \nThe voice sounded old and far away.Tonk recognized thehand crossing as a type of language-decoding system.  \nHe stood shakily beside the pathway,trapped betweena pile of stones and thick trees as the strange beingshuffled closer.  \nTonk caught a whiff of the stench again.Its clothes werematted with grime.Glowing,metal,toeless feet protrudedfrom open boots.Its hairless arms were scaly,and its ears,eyes,nose,and hair were skewed,as if each feature hadbeen plonked hurriedly in its place.  \nTonk knew the being didn't come from Earth,and it didn'tbelong on Chulo.He watched its eyes shift down to the dialon his wrist.  \n“Give it to me!”it said,crossing its hands again.  \nTonk shook his head.  \n“Give it,or I'll take it.”  \nTonk shook his head again,and as he stepped back,hefelt branches jab into him.He had to explain.He held uphis arm,flashing the dial,showing his holographic imagefloating beneath the transparent cover.  \n\"This is my life preserver.All Chulo inhabitants wear one  \nbecause Chulo.is an Earth satellite but has greater air pressure.The preserver creates an Earth-like pressure membrane aroundme.Without the preserver;I'll implode and die.\"  \nL'  \nTonk looked for a similar life-preserving device on the being,but there wasn't one.It had to be protected in another way.“You don't need one to exist here?”  \nThe being pointed both hands at the dial.\"With thepreserver,I can complete the quest.”  \nTonk frowned.“Quest?”  \n\"I'm a tunnel dweller from another world.I live and workunderground,building and cleaning city waste tunnels.Sometimes scientists visit the tunnels to get volunteer timetravelers,and I am a 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