They called the old professor such names as: quack, eccentric, and coo coo. They said that he had lost it when he kept mentioning his "mysterious deep earth adventures". Some of the other professors, and even the deans believed that "relieving" the old professor of his office was the only thing to do. Eventually, they did get together, and removed him of his position.
When he came to us, and offered us an adventure, well, we, the students in the research lab, started to believe that he had lost it as well.
It took him a few invitations before we finally decided to take him up on it.
Well, let me tell you, the moment that he revealed his secret laboratory in his mansion, and the strange machine that sat in the center of it, we suddenly began to believe that his stories had something to them. When we stepped onto the platform of that machine and were suddenly transported somewhere within the deep recesses of the planet, we were completely convinced.
The unbelievable sites that we witnessed, the diamonds as large as our arms, the strange light creatures, the civilization of people that we met, and the spectacular adventures that we experienced, are things that we will never forget. Of course, we will keep them to ourselves, as we promised the old professor.
It's just too bad that the old professor decided to stay behind with the underground people rather than return with us.
Perhaps, one day we will meet again.
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