“You can peruse it by yourselves,” Pythagoras told them, “but you are to treat it with the utmost care and respect. I must leave you now because I have something very important to attend to.”
He shuffled away, and as soon as he was out of earshot, Muko hissed excitedly: “I thought he was never going to leave us alone!”
Gelio looked at Muko. “This is the most perfect day of my life,” he enthused. “I'd like to live here, all the time, and spend my whole life looking at these books.”
Paidia was not to be outdone. She leant back and closed her eyes in ecstasy. “Reading a book is like … like eating a warm chocolate muffin with a cherry on the top.”
Muko glanced at Amartia to see if she shared any of these sentiments, but she had a look on her face which said: 'Don't ask me what they're talking about. I haven't the faintest idea.'
Gelio and Paidia wanted to study the book, but Muko snapped: “Have you forgotten why we're here? We've got other fish to fry!”