THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY

THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY

This story is about the work of Mr.Howard Carter, anarchaelogist in Egipt, but it's also about the curse of Tutankhamun who would have been angry with him for opening his tomb. The story is told by Tariq in his diary.He was a yorng artist who worked with Mr. Carter. In 1922, they were looking for Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Lord Carnavon gave money to Mr. Carter to find the tomb. One day, some French artists came to the camp to visit the Valley, and Tariq met Anne. He liked her a lot, but she wasn't alone. He didn't like her old teacher at all, mr. Ayrton. In November, Karim, a friend of Tariq, found a step in the sand. Then, they found a door with Tutankhamun's seals, so Mr. Carter called Lord Carnavon to come to Egypt. When Lord Carnavon arrived, they went into the tomb.At first, they saw treasure of gold and jewels, an a beautiful golden statue of Tutankhamun in a long room. Later,Mr. Carter and his men could go through into the second room. It was the burial room. This room had pictures of the Boy King an his wife, Ankhesenamun, on its walls. Tariq realized the queen had the face of the French artist, Anne. What was it happening?. Soon, people began to die... Lord Carnavon was the first. He died because of the poison fron a mosquito bite. The second was his friend, Karim. So, Tariq began to believe in the curse of the mummy of Tutankhamun which was found in a golden coffin in the burial room. However, Mr. Carter worked there for seven more yerar and nothing else happened. Meanwhile, Tariq was afraid, so he decided to go back to Cairo. There, he was working at the Museum when he met Anne again.He asked her for Mr Ayrton and she answered he was a tomb thief, so she left him. At last, Tariq realized the spirit of Tutankhamun didn't do anything bad to Mr. Carter and himself because they weren't tomb thieves, In his head he closed the door on Tutankhamun's curse and he felt happy and free at last.
Isabel Acero, student of PALE A