Jude approached the nearest shelf.
A familiar wooden spoon lay among the strange things.
He picked it up.
It was the spoon Natalie used every morning to stir the large cooking pot in the shared house.
Beside it was a little blue ribbon that belonged to Zoey.
A chipped green cup that Serena always used.
A small silver hairpin that Sophie had lost several days before they found the cave.
Jude slowly turned towards Sol.
"These are things from our village."
Sol nodded.
"Why are they here?"
"Because the first house remembers."
"Remembers what?"
"Everything that has ever belonged to it."
Jude placed the spoon back carefully.
"Then it must know how to get us out."
Sol didn't answer.
Jude examined the shelf again. Behind the green cup was a small wooden frame. He pulled it forward.
Inside was a faded drawing of the village.
