The Mole People Page #2

"and made my home in the ark.

We floated on the waves

"until we found the land

of the snow near the goddess of Ishtar."

The top of the mountain.

The Sharu dynasty was saved

from the Flood on Kuhitara.

But was never heard of again.

Of course not. No one would

look for human beings on top of Kuhitara.

We're going to.

Oh, it's impossible.

The summit is less than

20,000 feet.

It's treacherous. Always wind and snow.

Nothing's there, nothing.

Then we shouldn't be

afraid of nothing.

Gentlemen, Kuhitara is a

treacherous mountain to climb.

Do you think

we can make it?

l think so.

We shall establish

three camps.

The porters will carry enough supplies

to establish a base camp

here at the foot

of the snow level.

We will then climb to here,

which is 2,000 feet from the plateau

on Kuhitara, and establish a second camp.

The next day we shall attempt

the final climb.

All this risk and money

because of a vague poetic inscription

on an ancient oil lamp.

Don't you trust poets,

old man?

No, l don't.

Schliemann did.

He found the ruins of Troy

by trusting Homer,

the biggest

blabbermouth of all.

When can

we start, Nazar?

My men are ready, sir.

Tomorrow morning, then.

Kuhitara.

BELLAMlN:
That's a lot

of mountain.

STUART:
We're only going

to the plateau.

ls that it

on the right face, Nazar?

No, Dr. Stuart.

Tomorrow we may be able

to see it, if we keep to our schedule.

Then let's keep

to the schedule.

We'll make

camp here.

Peaceful-looking, isn't she?

BENTLEY:
The thing that impresses me

the most is the complete and utter silence.

You can almost hear it.

Don't let her

fool you, Mr. Bentley.

When she wants to,

she can scream so loud as to make you deaf.

And you will hear her

and quite soon.

l think perhaps even tonight.

(WlND HOWLlNG)

Tremendous invention,

gasoline.

Yeah, l'm well-done in front

and my back teeth are chattering.

Cheer up, Jud.

If this storm clears,

we'll be on the plateau

of Kuhitara by tomorrow night.

Tomorrow night

is 24 hours and 3,000 feet

of thin air away.

(LOUD RUMBLlNG)

Avalanche.

(RUMBLlNG lNTENSlFlES)

This mountain's hundreds of

square miles in area.

You're only occupying

one square foot.

Sitting here is a lot safer

than crossing Times Square.

There's an avalanche. Come on!

Well, the goddess of Ishtar

isn't smiling so sweetly this morning.

Look!

The avalanche must've

brought it down from the plateau.

Can anyone be

living up there now?

In this thin air,

it's possible to imagine anything.

The ruins of

a Sumerian temple.

I don't understand.

They usually built their

cities near their temples.

Where are the rest of

the buildings?

Five thousand years

is a long time.

To make any sense out of all

this is going to take a while.

I think we ought to send Nazar

back for his men

and set up

permanent camp here.

LAFARGE:
Dr. Bentley,

Bellamin, take a look at this.

The goddess of Ishtar?

Right.

How did the inscription

on the oil lamp go?

"We floated on the waves till

we found the land of the snow,

"near the goddess of Ishtar."

Wait till Stuart sees this.

Paul!

Paul!

l can't see the bottom.

We got to get down.

Get your ropes, Nazar.

- It's getting warm.

- Yeah.

We must've come down

at least 200 feet.

You gonna be all right?

(PANTlNG) Oh, sure.

l'm fine.

l found him!

We are trapped here.

BENTLEY:
Say, this isn't

a natural cavern.

It's been excavated.

You all right?

We are trapped here.

No food, no water.

There seems to be a draft.

There must be another opening.

Come on, let's look for it.

There's another tunnel.

You better take a look

at Lafarge.

(PANTlNG)

- What's wrong?

- It's the air.

It's hard to breathe.

Give me a hand

with him, Jud.

There's light.

What do you make

of the light?

Probably some chemical

in the rocks.

There must be some rational scientific

explanation for this.

Look!

It's an exact duplicate

of the head we found on the plateau.

Here, gentlemen,

is your city.

LAFARGE:
It's fabulous.

The city must have been built

on a thick crust of earth,

over a volcanic bubble

strong enough to support the city

until an earthquake

came along.

What we found on the plateau

were the suburbs.

You're right.

Look here.

"The temple of Ishtar have I built

with the stones of the mountain.

"Sharu."

That's how the

Sharu dynasty ended.

They ran away from a flood

right into an earthquake.

The children of Noah survived

and the children of Ishtar died.

There's going to be some history rewritten

when we get out of here.

How do you know

there's a way out?

There has to be.

We'll keep looking.

How long can we

keep looking?

We've been on our feet now

over 15 hours.

Yeah. We got to get some rest.

Well, this is

as good a place as any.

I think I'll sleep forever.

How is it?

It's as if the whole mountain

were lying on my chest.

We're going to get out

of here. Don't worry.

Now get some sleep.

What was that?

I didn't hear anything.

Is there anything

alive in here?

Oh, nothing dangerous.

Dwarf lizards, small bats, things like that.

Go on to sleep.

(MUMBLING)

What were they?

I couldn't see a thing.

I couldn't either.

Jud, come here.

Take a look at this.

BELLAMIN:
Claw marks, or maybe

a hand. There are four cuts.

BENTLEY:
Some hand.

And whoever it was

needs a manicure.

It can't be.

It can't be.

BELLAMIN:
Save your battery,

Rog. There's no way out of here.

We were brought in.

There has to be a way out.

What do you think, Jud?

I'm no anthropologist.

I wouldn't know whether

they were Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal.

I don't think an anthropologist

could classify this one either.

All we can say for sure

is that they walk erect

and they have a skull large enough

to house a brain with associative areas.

And this one died as a result

of a blow from a heavy, blunt instrument.

Well, that's a sign

of higher civilization.

LAFARGE:
Bentley!

- What is it?

- Look!

Don't move.

He wants us

to go with him.

No, don't.

Gentlemen, we are

in 3,000 B.C.

(DRUMS PLAYING)

(DRUMS PLAYING)

In my hand I hold the magic eye of Ishtar.

The sacred weapon of Ishtar.

The golden rod,

the secret of death.

There, O King,

are the evil ones

who were captured

by the beasts of the dark.

Bring them here.

Who are you?

We are friends.

We are different from you,

but we are your friends.

He speaks our tongue.

We come from a world where your tongue

can be studied on ancient tablets.

There is no world

beyond ours.

There is only heaven,

where we lived a long time ago

until we were expelled

for our sins amidst thunder and fire.

This is the world and we are its people.

You are not of us.

There is heaven

and only the Gods live there.

Would you tell us

that you are Gods?

The greatest find of all time,

and we're buried with it.

In the name of the King,

l declare sentence upon you.

If you are evil spirits,

you must be destroyed.

If you are mortal, as you claim,

our world cannot support you.

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