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He was a unruffled looking man, with a large round belly and rosy rubor cheeks. Jonas couldnt help but smile as he stared at the gentle looking figure. The man looked down at the freezing pair. He noticed Jonas trembling blue lips and the tiny shaking bundle of covering that was Gabriel. The man immediately invited Jonas into his home and screamed for his wife to grab blankets and blistering coffee berry.      Jonas sit shyly bundled in blankets as all of the strangers around him whispered to to each one other about him and Gabe. After a few awkward minutes the man who answered the door appeared with a steaming cupful of hot chocolate. The man placed the mug in Jonass hands and told him to toast it, and that it would torrid him up. Jonas peered over the edge of the gob allow at the steaming hot brown liquid. Jonas had never heard of hot chocolate nor tasted it, but was delighted to have or sothing to drink after his lengthy journey. He put the cup up to his mouth and took an enormous gulp. The children in the room giggled as he ferociously clawed at his tongue to try to get unblock of the burning feeling. A woman in the room stood and walked over to Jonas and blew mildly across the top of the cup. Jonas took another sip, but was more careful to way out small amounts this time. He felt the drink flowing through his veins muscles. Jonas let the hot chocolate cool a little and then gave some to Gabriel to a fault.      Gabriel was now asleep in Jonas arms. The owners of the house left Jonas and Gabe alone to warm up, but now Jonas was warm, and curious. He found the adults in the kitchen because the children had been put to issue hours ago. After a complete interrogation by Jonas to the adults, he intimate the man who opened the door was named Paul. His wife, the woman who blew on Jonas hot chocolate, was named Isabel. The other people who were in the home earlier were simply friends and relatives of Paul a nd Isabel. Jonas also learned of the name of the town he was now in, it was called Columbus, after an antique explorer who existed over two-thousand years ago. After Jonas was done asking questions he started telling his story, of how he got there, why he had Gabriel with him, who The