Micah, year 3:
Marco's Dad and Niccolo came back. Marco's Dad and uncle told him about their adventures and wars. They went around a sea battle. The war was that they were going to fight against the Mongols. Niccolo and Maffeo were the Dad and Uncle.
Mom Adds:
(They were stuck in Uzbekistan, waiting for a Russian war to end, when the Mongols came through, and offered to take Marco's Dad and uncle to meet the Kublai Khan in "Cathay" (North Central China). They had no option of returning home soon, and were promised safe passage, so they went along.
Writing:
"Marco was fifteen when his father and uncle finally returned to Venice. And he listened in amazement as Niccolo and Maffeo told of their adventures. Drawn by chance, by accidents of trade and war, they had traveled farther to the East than any westerners before them."
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