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1. Landing in a large field in southwest Georgia, I glanced at the eight earthen mounds around me and headed toward the largest one. Rising 56 feet and overlooking a grand plaza and all the smaller mounds, I told Dad I'd be right there waiting at the top. After all, who couldn't find me on the top of a giant temple mound that's the largest in the southeastern United States? As usual, Dad was late, so I was right there waiting at the ___.
2. Dad didn't show up, so I flew someplace warmer and a little further south. I don't think they were too happy to have me landing in the middle of the Avenue of the Dead, but I didn't care. Perhaps Dad would be right there waiting at the top of the Pyramid of the Sun. He might just have had the wrong pyramid. As the Aztecs used the same calendar method as the Mayans, I sure hope he isn't late picking me up at _____, Mexico.
3. I hopscotched the Atlantic landing near the Nile River in Africa. I felt like royalty as I strolled along the Kushite burial grounds in el-Kurru as the locals attempted to ply me with goods. I wanted to stick around, shop, and see the small pyramids that once held Nubian royals, but my cousin, Grace, was supposed to pick me up. I told her I'd be right there waiting by King Kashta's grave. Perhaps she'll be late and I'll get to stay in ____ a little longer.
4. Grace never showed up, so I hopped back in and traveled a little further north where perhaps she'd be right there waiting for me by the Pyramid of Khufu. I knew I didn't have the 10-20 years it took for the Egyptians to build this massive tomb, but I figured I had a little time to look around. I poked through the temple ruins, petted the Sphinx, and finally climbed 450 feet to the top of the pyramid to look down on _____ and see if I saw Grace.
5. No Grace in sight so I flew across the Mediterranean, landing on the grassy lawn of St Paul's Basilica. Walking through the Porta San Paolo, I encountered the most unusual thing...a pyramid, in Rome? Who would build a pyramid in Rome I asked aloud? A stranger I mistook for my cousin Hans told me it was built when Rome and Egypt collided and the Romans took on a fascination of all things Egyptian. Buying that story, I marveled at Gaius Cestius's final resting place. Hopefully, Hans would find me right here waiting at __________.
6. Hans apparently was craving some baklava, because he texted that he'd headed to the Pyramid of Hellinikon. Again I climbed aboard my trusty chopper and flew that way. The pyramids there were a strange sight to behold. Although they had some of the hallmarks of the other pyramids I'd visited, they were flat-topped. The theories on their purpose range from tombs to military housing. Either way, I told Hans I'd joined him in the country of ______ and was right there waiting at Argolis.
7. No luck in finding Hans, so I hopped a flight to India to pay my respects to Vishnu. My cousin Shad was supposed to pick me up near the largest operational Hindu temple in the world. Wouldn't you know it, it's very pyramid-like as well! I hope Shad can swim, since I'm on an island in the middle of the Cauvery River. Luckily for him I won't be climbing the 237-feet it would take me to reach the top, the Hindus wouldn't be pleased. I told him I'd be right here waiting at __________.
8. I should have known, Shad never showed up. I called him and he said that curry makes him ill, so he'd headed to Xi'an for some Roujiamo. He said he'd meet me at Qin Shi Huang's tomb near the Terracotta Warriors. I headed toward pyramid-like Mount Li hoping I'd find someplace safe to land without disturbing any mass graves of former mound workers. I'm hoping he brought me something to drink since I couldn't possibly drink the water near ________.
9. I was just about to give up on my family, but decided to take a trip to Dhi Qar Province, Iraq, and see what sort of progress they've made in the cradle of civilization. The structure there was built by the Babylonian King Ur-Nammu during the Bronze Age. My cousin Lydia recommended it and said she'd pick me up for lunch near the step pyramid. The moon god Nanna, for which the structure was built, surely wasn't smiling down on me as I stood right there waiting by the _____ for a cousin that never showed up.
10. I'd had my fill of my unreliable cousins and returned stateside landing in Collinsville, Illinois, along the Mississippi River. Looking around at the dozens of earthen mounds near me, I decided to climb to the top of the largest, Monks Mound. Surely Aunt Pearl would be right there waiting like she said; she's reliable half the time. Pearl called and said she was 10 minutes away, so I had the time to contemplate what was once the largest city of Mississippian culture pre-dating Columbus. How could that many people just vanish? I knew not, but soon I too would be gone from _____, because my aunt actually showed up this time.
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