1.what did axel do in order to read the message on the parachment at first?
axel tried every combination of letters to from latin words but he couldn't make any sense of it
2.how did axel break the secret code?
he could break the secret code by chance when he read two latin words which mean acrater os the earth he managed to understand the message when he spread out the parachment in front of the window
3.why was axel surprised and frightened when he knew the secret code ?
because he thought that his uncle would go to the center of the earth and they would never return to hamburg again