The Bottomless Ravine

 

 

After seeing talking gates, floating flames and doors that lead to nowhere unless you bow, Van and his friends take turns to examine the staircase before them. The staircase looks innocent enough, except that there is no masonry or structure that supports it. The stairway simply floats in the air. To check for hidden jinx, Van will be putting his neck on the line. He tested the staircase by climbing a few steps. Nothing happens.

“It’s safe to use,” Van concluded.

Emboldened and convinced by Van’s act, his friends quickly follow him in the stairway.

“How sure are you that the stairs are not cursed,” Kirsten, who refused to go with them sneered.

“Please Kirsten,” Alice cried. She grabs Kirsten by the waist and drags her with them in the staircase.

So far, they meet nothing unusual along the way. The only difficulty they have is holding the struggling Kirsten and making her behave. Van look down just to check how high they have gone. Down there is a dark and endl