“Yes, but just taste it, Gran’ma!” Gran’pa said. “It’s fine!”
Again the room began shaking and the air grew much warmer.
“We’d better get out of this!” Gran’pa said. “There must be a fire under the room!”
So they crawled through the hole again and now the molasses candy had grown hard and did not stick to their hands.
“This must be the place the molasses came from,” said Gran’ma, as they came to another room, the sides of which were covered with candy.
There seemed to be no opening at the top for the candy to come in and Gran’pa soon discovered that it came in from the bottom.
Through the hard candy at the side of the room Gran’ma thought she saw a light, and when Gran’pa pried a large piece away with his cane they saw another long, narrow opening.
Through this they crawled until the passageway widened and they could stand up and walk.
After walking down this passageway for five or ten minutes Gran’pa and Gran’ma came to a room filled with purple light, and in the center of this room stood a large Green Jar.