Finding North
“Alex walked to where Margaret was kneeling.
“ . . .
here,” Alex said. “Jesse was there.”
Raz went to where Alex pointed. Jesse floated to his right.
“He was reading from that book,” Alex held out the book to Raz.
“In the days after Christ’s death in Jerusalem, pilgrims fled to Ultima Thule,” Raz read.
“I said, ‘That’s weird because Ultima Thule is a mythological land,’” Alex said.
“Borders of the known world,” Raz said. “Virgil described it as a far-off land or an unattainable goal.”
“That’s ri...ght,” Alex said.
“It was on every medieval map. No one knows if it was shorthand for the places they hadn’t explored or if they actually thought it was a place.”
“It’s Sweden, isn’t it, sir?” Margaret asked.
“Norway,” Alex said. “But that’s just a guess. It could have been Sweden or Scandinavia in general. It’s the Latin name for the island of Greenland while ‘Thule’ is Latin for the island of Iceland.”
Alex nodded.
“We bought these books because of that passage,”MoreLess
“ . . .
here,” Alex said. “Jesse was there.”
Raz went to where Alex pointed. Jesse floated to his right.
“He was reading from that book,” Alex held out the book to Raz.
“In the days after Christ’s death in Jerusalem, pilgrims fled to Ultima Thule,” Raz read.
“I said, ‘That’s weird because Ultima Thule is a mythological land,’” Alex said.
“Borders of the known world,” Raz said. “Virgil described it as a far-off land or an unattainable goal.”
“That’s ri...ght,” Alex said.
“It was on every medieval map. No one knows if it was shorthand for the places they hadn’t explored or if they actually thought it was a place.”
“It’s Sweden, isn’t it, sir?” Margaret asked.
“Norway,” Alex said. “But that’s just a guess. It could have been Sweden or Scandinavia in general. It’s the Latin name for the island of Greenland while ‘Thule’ is Latin for the island of Iceland.”
Alex nodded.
“We bought these books because of that passage,”MoreLess
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