tommy t new adventures
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HOUSE
OF
Ei - 'IGL J
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Student
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Tommy Meets a inosaur
Tommy and his
friends
w ere playing at L ucy's house. They liked to play at
Lucy's house. Her mother and father were animal doctors. Part of their house was an
animal hospital. Sometimes, the children were allowed to visit the sick anim als.
Kim , Sam, and Lucy were playing cards. Tom my and Andy were reading a book.
The book w as about dinosaurs.
"Look
at this big Tyrannosaurus " said Tomm y.
"I
like
this Stegosaurus," said Andy . "It has big
pointed plates along its
back."
"I wish I could see
a
real dinosaur," said Tommy.
"I can take you to see dinosaurs," said RK-5.
They all stopped what they were doing.
"There are no dinosaurs now," said Lucy.
"They
all
died many , many years ago."
"That's
true,"
said A ndy. "All you can see are dinosaur bones in museums."
"I can
take
you
back
to the
time
of the
dinosaurs," said RK-5.
"I can
take
you to
see things that happened long ago."
"Really?" said L ucy. "You can take us to see what the world was like before
there were hum an beings on Earth?"
"Yes, I can," said RK-5.
"I won't go " said Kim . "It's too dangerous. There will be big dinosaurs
everywhere."
"We'll
be
very careful," said Tommy. "Bongo
will
let us
know
if
there 's
any
danger. He has a very good sense of smell."
"He
also
can
hear very well," added Andy.
"Let's vote on it," said Tom my. "All of you who want to see real dinosaurs, raise
your hand."
Three hands went up. Tommy, Andy, and Sam wanted to go. Kim and L ucy
voted not to go.
"Okay " said Tom my. "It's decided. RK-5 wi ll take
us
back
in
time
to see
real
dinosaurs.
Let's go, RK-5."
RK- 5 told Tom my which buttons
to
press
on
the little robot's tum my . After Tommy pressed
the
buttons, there
was a
flash
of
light
and a
cloud
of blue smoke.
W hen the smoke cleared, the childre n were in
a dark cave. They were sitting in
a big
nest. There were broken e ggshells
in the
nest.
"There's
something moving over
there,"
L ucy
whispered.
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They
all
looked
to
where
she was
pointing. They
saw a
pair
of
eyes looking
at
them from the darkness.
"I'm scared," said Kim. "We may become a dinosaur's lunch."
The pair of eyes started getting bigger.
"Oh
no " said Lucy. "It's coming towards us."
They
all
closed their eyes
and
covered their heads with their hands.
"Don't
worry,"
said Sam. "He's very friendly."
They opened their eyes
and
they
saw a
baby dinosaur.
It had
three little horns
on
its
head.
The
baby dinosaur
was
licking Sam's cheek. Tommy laughed.
He
said
to RK-5, "Ask him what his name is."
RK-5
spoke
to the
baby dinosaur
in
dino language.
"He
said he's
a
Triceratops,
but he doesn't
have
a
name yet.
He
hatched from
an egg
only
tw o
days ago.
Nobody has given him a name," said RK-5.
"We can
call
him
Don," said Andy. "Don,
the
dinosaur "
They all agreed that this was a good name for their
new friend.
"I want to see some big dinosaurs," said Tommy.
"RK-5,
ask Don where we can
see really huge dinosaurs."
RK-5 replied, "Just look out of the cave door. There are many dinosaurs out
there.
Don't go
outside, whatever
you do.
Some
of the
dinosaurs
are
very dangerous.
Don said the big
Tyrannosaurus
will eat you for breakfast, if he sees you."
They all held hands and walked slowly to the entrance to the cave. When they
looked out, they
saw
many different dinosaurs.
"Look " whispered Tommy. "There's
a
Tsintaosaurus
and a
Triceratops."
Andy added, "I can see an Oviraptor and a Velociraptor. I'm glad we read the
Dinosaur
book. I remember reading that Velociraptors are very dangerous. We had
better not leave this
cave."
Suddenly, there was a loud roar. The dinosaurs that they were watching ran in all
directions. T he children were scared. They were lying flat on their tummies.
They still looked
out to see
what
was
happening. The roaring got louder. The
ground
was
shaking. They then
saw a
huge
Tyrannosaurus. It was pushing aside trees as it
walked
towards the cave.
"Everyone run to the
back
of the cave,"
said
RK-5.
"T-Rex
is coming and he's hungry."
The
children
did not
need
to be
told twice.
They rushed into
the
darkness
as
fast
as
they could. They bumped into
the
back
of the cave and fell to the ground breathless and frightened.
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They were
all
looking
at the
entrance
to the
cave. There
was the
loude st roar
they
had
ever heard.
The
next second,
the
face
of the
T-Rex
was
looking into
the
cave.
A big
claw started
to
scratch
at the
entrance.
"Do
something RK-5, quickly.
We
must
get out of here,"
said Tom my.
The Tyrannosaurus was so close, Tommy
could
feel
its
warm breath
on his face.
"Help us,
RK-5.
Can you get us out of
here?"
begged L ucy.
"I can take you back to the park. Tomm y has
only to
press 16-1-18-11
x 7 on my
number
pad. We'll
be
there
in seconds,"
said RK -5.
"I can't see the
number s. It 's
too
dark
in
here " shouted T omm y.
"You need
to go
closer
to the
entrance.
It's'lighter
there,"
said Sam .
"No way " said Tom my. "If I go near the entrance, T-Rex will get me."
"You have to try," said Kim , "or
we'll
never get out of
here."
"Okay,
I 'll walk just a little closer to the
light,"
said Tommy.
Tommy slowly walked towards the entrance of the cave. He carefully carried
RK -5. He w as ready to press the buttons as soon as it was light enough for him to
see
them.
Tomm y w as shaking with
fright.
He could see the huge dinosaur's face looking
into
the
cave. Tommy stopped.
At last, he
could
see the
buttons
on RK-5's
tumm y.
He
quickly pressed
16-1-18-11...
Just
as he was
about
to
press
the final
num ber, something
hit him
hard
on the
back. Tommy fell
to the
ground. RK-5
flew out of his
hand.
The big
claw
of the
Tyrannosaurus had ripped through the back of Tom my 's jacket. Tommy heard RK-5
say, "Quickly,
press
the last number."
Tomm y re ached o ut and picke d up the little robot. He looked at his numbe r pad
and pressed
the
number
8 .
There
w as a flash of
light
and a
cloud
o f
blue smoke.
The
next second,
the
cave
was
empty.
When
the
smoke cleared,
the
children were
happy to see that they w ere back
in
the park. Sam was first to speak.
"Look, Don the
Dinosaur came w ith us,"
she
said.
Don was
eating
the flowers
that
the
park
gardeners had carefully planted.
"Oh, no " said Tommy. "How did Don come
with us?"
"You pressed
8
instead
of 7 on my
number pad," answered RK-5.
"That
means
8
creatures
to
make
the
trip.
Don is
number
8."
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"It was a good thing you didn't press 9," said Andy. "T-Rex would have made
the trip with us."
"Don, don't eat the flowers " shouted Andy.
Don stopped eating the flowers. He saw a squirrel. He chased the squirrel up a
tree.
"Don,
don't
chase
the squirrels "
shouted Lucy.
Don
stopped chasing
the
squirrels.
Don
then decided
he
wanted
to dig a
hole.
He ran to the middle of a beautiful grass lawn. T he park gardener was very proud of
his lawn. Don dug a hole i n the middle of the lawn.
"Don, don't dig
holes "
shouted Kim.
Don
stopped digging.
Don
then
saw a
poster pinned
to a
fence. There
was a
picture of colorful flowe rs on the poster. Don thought that they were real flowers.
He ran towards the
poster.
He jumped up at the
poster
to get the flowers. He crashed
into the
fence
and
broke
it.
"Don, don't break fences " shouted Sam.
"Don is very naughty," said Andy. "He's
destroying everything."
"We'll have to send him back," said Tommy.
"Don will be very sad to leave us."
"You tell him he has to go
back.
I don't want
to make him sad," said Andy.
Tommy
looked for Don. Don was talking to
RK-5.
"What did Don say to you?" asked Tommy.
"Don wants to go home," RK-5 replied.
"Everyone here will not let him play. When he was at home he could eat flowers.
He
could chase small animals.
He
could
dig
holes when
he
wanted
He
also said
he
misses his
mother."
The children laughed. They were happy that Don was not sad to be going home.
Tommy said to RK-5,
"Please
tell Don we enjoyed meeting him. Now it's time for
him to go back home."
RK-5 told Tommy
to
draw
a
circle
on the
ground.
Tommy then put Don the dinosaur in the circle. RK-5
told Tommy which numbers to
press
on the little
robot's number pad.
After Tommy pressed the numbers, there w as a flash
of light and a cloud of blue smoke. When the smoke
cleared, the little dinosaur was nowhere to be seen.
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Tommy
and the
giant cockroach
Tommy and his friends were playing at the park. A pretty butterfly
flew
by. It was red
and black.
"That's
a
monarch butterfly," said Kim .
"How do you know?" asked Andy.
"We're studying insects
at
school," answered K im. "Did
you
know that spiders
are
not
insects?" she added.
"Yuck,
I don't like bugs," said Sam. "They are creepy crawlies " "Oh no, they are not.
And you shouldn't call them 'bugs'. Bugs are just one kind of insect. Most insects do good
things," said Kim.
"Tommy, could
you ask
RK-5
to
take
us to a
place
to see
insects?" asked Kim.
"I'll ask him.
He's
on the bench with Bongo," said Tomm y.
"Kim is interested in insects," said Tommy to RK-5. "Could you please take us to a
place where we can study insects?"
"Of
course I can. I can take you anywhere. I can even talk to insects," said RK-5.
RK-5 told Tommy w hich buttons to press on his numbe r pad. Tommy pressed the
buttons. There was a flash of light and a cloud of blue smoke. When the smoke cleared,
Sam started
to
shout.
"What's happened? RK-5 has m ade
everything huge " she yelled.
"No, I haven't made everything huge," said
RK-
5. "I've made
all of you
small,
so
that
you can
study
insects."
"Oh no " said Tommy. "We didn't want to
become small. We w anted to see insects at a
museum
or a zoo. Can you m ake us big again?"
asked Tommy.
"Not for another hour," answered R K-5.
Suddenly,
Kim
started screaming.
A big
spider was walking towards them.
RK-5 spoke to the spider. He told the children not to worry . "The spider is friendly but
curious. Her name is Sandra. She wants to know why you are here," said RK-5. "I told her
you were studying insects."
"I'm
scared," said Kim .
"Don't
be
afraid. Sandra said that most
of the
insects w ill
not
hurt you. There
is one bad
insect—Corky, the
cockroach
You
should stay clear
of
him. He's
a
bully," said RK-5.
Two pretty caterpillars walked by. One was green and red. The other was black and
yellow.
The
caterpillars smiled
at the
children
and
waved.
"The caterpillars asked
if you
want
to
ride
on
them," said RK-5.
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Tommy jumped on the green and red caterpillar and Sam jumped on the other.
"I think they want to race," yelled Tommy.
"First to reach that big daisy is the winner," said Andy. "Ready, set, go "
The caterpillars quickly headed for the daisy.
Tommy's caterpillar ran faster, but Tommy
fell off.
The other caterpillar went more slowly. She was
second to reach the daisy, but Sam was still on her
back. Everyone laughed at Tommy. He was sitting
in the long grass. They all stopped laughing when
they saw something move behind him. It was Corky
the cockroach. Everyone began yelling.
"Run Run Corky the cockroach is behind
you "
Tommy
got to his
feet.
It was too
late. Corky grabbed Tommy with
his front
legs. Corky
saw
the
other children.
He
wanted
to
catch them too.
He ran
towards them. Sandra
the
spider helped the children climb up her web. It was easy to climb up the sticky threads.
They reached the middle of the web. Corky could not reach them. They were safe, but how
could they help Tommy?
Suddenly, a huge, furry foot trapped Corky's back legs. Corky was so surprised he let
Tommy go. Tommy ran to the web and quickly climbed up to join his friends. "Look, Taffy
has caught Corky," said Lucy. "An hour has passed," said Tommy quietly, "RK-5, please
make us big again." There was a flash of light and a cloud of blue smoke. When the smoke
cleared, they were
back
to their normal size. Tommy ran to Taffy.
"Thank you, Taffy.
You
saved me,"
he
said.
Taffy
wagged
his
tail. Tommy then said
to
RK-5, "Please promise never to make us small again." RK-5 didn't reply.
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ommy goes
to the
ocean
Tommy
and his friends
were
at
Kim's
house. Kim was
showing
her
photo album.
"This
is me at the
beach," said Kim.
"There you are swimming in the ocean," said Andy. "I wish I could go to the
beach," he added. "I've never seen the ocean."
"We can go to the
ocean," said Tommy.
"RK-5
can take us there "
"Yes I can," said
RK-5.
"I can also teach you how to swim underwater."
"Yes Let's go," said Sam. "It will be fine."
RK-5 told Tommy to press 15-3-5-1-14 x 7 on his number pad. After Tommy pressed
the
buttons, there was a flash of light and a cloud of blue smoke. The next second, they
were
all on a
little
red
boat.
The
boat
was
bobbing
on the
ocean.
The sun was
shining
brightly. They could see the seashore in the distance. RK-5 told them they would find
swimsuits and diving equipment in the cabin.
"Change quickly," said RK-5. "We're going diving "
After
they changed, RK-5 taught them
how to use the
diving equipment.
He
explained that each of them needed a diving buddy.
"Sam
and
Lucy will
be
buddies.
Kim and
Andy will
be
buddies. Taffy
and
Bongo will
be buddies," said RK-5.
"What about me?" said Tommy.
"I
don't have
a
diving
buddy "
"Don't worry," said RK-5.
"I
will
be
your
buddy.
Let's dive "
One by
one, they jumped into
the
water.
The
water was
warm. Soon they were
all
swimming
gracefully underwater. They couldn't speak to each
other underwater. They used hand signals to
communicate. Tommy
and his friends saw
many
pretty
fish.
They also
saw beautiful
corals
and sea
plants.
A
green turtle came
to say
hello.
They
followed
RK-5,
who
pointed
out
crabs
and
lobsters
in the
rocks. Lucy tapped
Sam
on the shoulder. She wanted to show her two pretty sea horses. They reached some pointed
rocks. Tommy signaled
for
everyone
to
stop. There
was a big
jellyfish ahead.
If
they swam
into it, someone would get a very painful sting.
They stayed near
the
pointed rocks
and
watched
all the colorful fish
swim around them.
A spotted eel poked its head from a hole in the rocks. The eel had never seen such strange
creatures. Suddenly, they each
felt
something slippery slide around their waists.
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They were all dragged into the seaweed.
A big, blue octopus had caught each of the friends
in her
long tentacles.
Everyone soon realized that she was a friendly octopus.
They looked through the seaweed and saw a huge shark
swimming near the pointed rocks. The octopus had
saved them from the dangerous shark.
They waited with the octopus until the shark swam
away. Then suddenly,
four
playful dolphins appeared.
The dolphins took the little buddies on their backs.
The dolphins then swam swiftly to the little red boat. When they were safely back on the
boat, everyone was excited. They all talked about their adventure.
"It's time to go back home," said RK-5.
They waved goodbye to the dolphins.
After
Tommy pressed
the
buttons, there
was a flash
of light and a cloud of blue smoke. Within
seconds, they were back
at
Kim's house.
"That
was fantastic "
said Andy. "But
I
don't
have a photo to remind me of my time at the
ocean."
Bongo jumped onto Andy's lap and gave him a shell from the ocean. This would be a
souvenir of their exciting adventure in the ocean.
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Tommy
goes
to a
yard sale
One sunny morning, Tommy and his friends w ere walking to the park.
"Look " said Tommy. "Mrs. Thatch is having a yard sale.
Let's
se e what she has
to sell."
"Hello,
kids,"
said Mrs. Thatch. "I'm mov ing
to the
other side
of
town next week.
I 'm
going
to
live with
my
grandson
and his
family.
I
can't take e verything with
m e,
so I have lots of interesting things to sell." The five friends spent a lot of time
looking through
the
boxes that we re stacked
in the
yard. There we re
old
toys that
once belonged
to
Mrs. Thatch's children. There were boxes
of
jewe lry. There were
hund red s of old books. There were boxes of old photographs and postcards. Sam
found
a me dallion on a chain. There was a head of a pretty wom an on one side and
an old sailing shi p on the
other.
Mrs. Thatch said she wanted $2.00 for the me dallion .
Sam only had $1.75, so Mrs. Thatch re duced the pri ce so that Sam could buy it.
Andy
found
a little flashlight. It looked like a pen, but had a very brigh t light. He
bought
i t for $1.25.
Lucy
was
looking through
the
books.
She
came across
a
very
old, dusty book. The
front
cover was held on by tape.
"I must buy this book " shouted L ucy.
"The title
is The
Islands of
the
Caribbean
My
granddad
was
born
in
Jamaica,
one
of
the Caribbean Islands. I can give it to him for his birthday." She bought the book
for
$2.00.
Within half an hour, all the children had bought something from Mrs. Thatch.
Tommy had a pair of binoculars, whi ch were very old but worked
perfe ctly.
Kim
bought a butterfly net and a
colorful
beach pail and shovel.
Even though they had spent all their money, the friends were very happy with
their purchases. They said, "thank you" and
"goodbye"
to Mrs. Thatch and ran to
the park.
W hen they reached
the
park,
they
sat on
their favorite big, blue bench. Bongo climb ed
down
from his treetop home to greet them.
"I can see
Bongo's
house
with
my
binoculars,'
said Tomm y.
L ucy opened
her
book
to
read about
Jamaica.
"Hey Something just fell
out of
your book,"
said Kim .
Andy p icked it up. It was an old,
folded-up
piece of paper. Whe n they
unfolded
it,
they found a map drawn on the
faded
paper.
"Do you know what this is?" asked Tommy.
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"It's
a map
showing where treasure
is
buried "
"But it's only half
a
map . It 's bee n torn down
the
m iddle.
I
don't think it 's
real,"
said Andy .
"What do you think, RK -5? Is this a real
treasure
map?"
asked Tom my.
RK- 5 studied the m ap. His eyes scanned it
from
top to bottom.
"This paper was m ade mo re than three hundre d years ago. The ink on the paper is
the same age.
My
opinion
is
that this
is a
genuine treasure map."
The children cheered loudly.
"Now all we have to do is get RK-5 to take us to this island. We can then find the
treasure,"
said Tommy.
"Oh no," said Kim .
"That
would be much too dangerous."
"Don't worry," said Sam. "We must find that treasure. Can you take us there, RK-
5?"
RK-5 looked
at the m ap
again
and
said,
"The island is called Mum bles. Yes, I can take you there."
RK-5 told Tomm y w hich buttons to press on his numbe r pad. Tomm y quickly
pressed
the
num bers. There
was a flash of
light
and a
cloud
of
blue smoke. W hen
the
smoke cleared,
the
park
was
empty. Everyone
had
been transported
to the
Caribbean island of M umb les. The children
found
themselves under
a palm tree, sitting on soft white sand.
They were on a
beautiful
beach. They could see the crystal clear water of the
Caribbean Sea in front of them. The waves w ere g ently breaking on the shore.
"Let's look at the map and see if we can discover where we are on this island,"
said Tomm y.
While
the
others we re studying
the
map,
Kim
looked
up and
down
the
seashore
for landmarks. "I can see a long rock out there. It stretches way out to sea. It looks
like a snake. C an you see anything like that on
the map?"
"Yes "
shouted A ndy. "There's a place m arked here called W orm 's H ead. That
must be it."
"If
that's
Worm 's Head, then
we are
right here
at
Oxwich Bay," said Tom my ,
pointing to a place on the map.
"The treasure is on the other side of the
island,"
said Lucy. "But it's not a very
big island."
They
did not
notice that they w ere being
watched from the bushes behind them.
And
they did not hear a voice gently
repeat, "I must tell the captain, I must
tell
the
captain,
I
must tell
the captain."
They w ere startled
by a
large, green parrot
that suddenly
flew out of the
bushes
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behind them.
"That's strange,"
said Tommy.
"I
thought
I
heard that parrot
say 'I
must
tell the
captain.' I'm
going
to see
where it's going. I'll
follow the
parrot with
my
binoculars."
Tommy ran to the top of a sand dune to see where the parrot had gone. When he
reached
the
top,
he
looked through
his
binoculars.
He
shouted, "Oh,
no
RK-5
has
done it again "
"What's
happened?" asked Andy.
"RK-5
has
brought
us to the
Caribbean Sea,
but he has
also taken
us
back
in
time.
There's
an old pirate ship down there. It's flying a skull and crossbones flag."
"Let's
go and
find
the
treasure, before
the
pirates find us," said Kim.
They studied the map. They decided to first go over the sand dunes behind
Oxwich Bay. Then they'd head
for
Alligator Beach. Next, they'd
go past
Palm Tree
Forest. Finally, they'd
go
around Raven Hill
to the
place where
the
cross
was
marked
on the map.
The group set off up the sand dunes. From the top of the sand dunes, they could
see
Alligator Beach
in the
distance.
It did not
take them long
to get to the
bottom
of
the dunes. They slid and tumbled down the
soft
sand.
They were happily walking along
the
edge
of
Palm Tree Forest. Suddenly,
the
green parrot flew from the trees. It was screeching,
"Rascals
Rascals "
Then they heard
a
deep voice behind them.
"What are you
urchins doing
on my island?"
They turned
and saw the
most frightening
sight
they
had
ever seen.
In front of
them
was a
huge
man
with
a
long, black beard.
He
wore
a
long, dark blue coat
and a
big
hat.
The
parrot
flew
onto
his
shoulder.
"Toby,
m y parrot here, told me that some fancy little ladies and gentlemen had
sneaked onto m y island," he said.
Two more pirates walked out from the forest.
"What
shall
we do
with them, Captain
Blackbeard?"
asked
one of the
pirates.
"Tie them
up and put
them with
the
other
two ragamuffins.
They look strong
and
healthy.
I
should
get a
good price
for
them
in
Port
o'
Prince.'
"Aye Aye Captain," said the pirate.
The five
little friends were
so
scared, they
were speechless. Bongo was watching
from
the top of a
palm tree
and
Taffy
was
hiding
behind some bushes.
The
pirates tied
the
hands
of the
children
and made them follow Blackbeard through
Palm Tree Forest. When they arrived back at
the
shore, they
saw two
other children
in the
small rowboat. Their hands were also tied.
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The five scared friends we re pushed into the boat. Sam and Tomm y sat next to the
boy and girl. The girl, who w as the older of the two, whispered to Sam. "I'm Lily
Slade. This is my brother, Jack. My father and older brother are camped at
Smugglers Cove."
"Shut
up " yelled Blackbeard,
"o r
I ' ll
feed you to the
sharks."
The
rowboat reached
Blackbeard's
ship
and
they w ere soon
on its
deck.
It was
then that Blackbeard saw Sam 's m edallion shining in the sun.
"Where did you get this?" roared the pirate captain.
"F... f . . . from
Mmmm,"
stammered Sam. S he was trying to say
"from
Mrs.
Thatch,"
but
Blackbeard thought
she
said "from Mom."
"Ahrrr So we are
family,
little lady My name is Edward Thatch. All Thatch
children
are given these m edallions when they reach their first birthday," said
Blackbeard.
"I can't sell my own kin. Take her back to the
beach, Perkins,
and let her
go."
Nobody noticed L ucy slip the map into
Sam's
hand as she passed by . Perkins then
rowed ashore with Sam.
A short, fat pirate made the other children
follow
him down some
stairs.
He then
pushed them into a small, dark cabin and
locked the door.
Perkins
left Sam at M organ's
L anding
and
rowed back to the ship. Sam knew she had
to
find
Smugglers Cove. Mr. Slade, Lily's
dad, was camped there . She looked at the map, but Smugglers Cove w as not marke d.
"I t must be on the missing h alf," she thought. "So I have to walk
east."
Just then,
she
heard
a
noise behind he r. Fearing
the
worst,
she
turned around.
She
saw Bongo and
Taffy
running towards her. She felt less lonely now that Bongo and
Taffy were w ith her. They set off walking east.
After
they had been walking for an hour, Sam saw some smoke rising in the
distance.
"That
could be comin g from Mr. Slade's
camp,"
said Sam. "But it could also be a
pirate camp. I had better be very careful."
W ithin thirty m inutes, she arrived at the camp. She peered through some bushes.
She was happy to see a man and a boy.
The boy was about twe lve years o ld. "This
must be Smugglers
Cove,"
she thought.
Sam
ran
into
the
camp yelling, "Help
Lily and J ack and all my friends have been
captured
by
Blackbeard
the
Pirate "
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Mr. Slade and his son
Billy were surprised
to see
this strangely dre ssed little
girl
run into their camp. They were very worried about Lily and Jack, so they listened to
Sam's story.
Mr. Slade explained to Sam that he had found the other half of the map. Lily and
Jack
had
gone
out
early that mo rning with
the map to
look
for the
treasure.
T he
treasure belonged to the Slade family. Blackbeard had stolen it
from
them the year
before.
"The
first
thing we must do," said Mr. Slade, "is to rescue all the children. Then,
as we have your half of the m ap, we can recover the treasure. I have a plan. W e'll
need
to
wait until
it
gets dark,
so try to get
some
sleep."
Pirates had captured Tommy and his friends. They were locked in a cabin on
Black beard's ship. Blackbeard w as going to sell them as servants. Their only hope
was Tommy's sister Sam, who had gone for help.
The
cabin
had a
small porthole, w hich
let in
little light.
"What
can we
do?" cried Kim .
"I
don't
want
to be
sold. Can't
we get
RK-5
to
take us back?"
"We can't do that," said Tommy. "We 'd
leave Sam behind."
and
Bongo
and Taffy,"
added Andy.
Their new friends, Li ly and Jack, were
sleeping.
"We should all try to sleep," said Tom my.
"Don't worry, I'll think of an escape plan
tomorrow."
Mr.
Slade
w as
beginning
his
plan
to
save
the
children.
He was
rowing
a
small boat.
His
son, Bi lly,
and Sam
were helping
him
to row. They we re rowing towards Blackbeard's ship.
"The pirates wo n't see us in the dark," said Mr. S lade. "But you m ust keep very
quiet. These pirates have very good hearing."
They reached the ship but didn't know where the children were bein g held. "We
can't
shout out to them," w hispered Billy. "The pirates
will
hear us."
"I can use my
secret
ow l
whistle," said Sam.
"My
brother will recognize it."
Tommy
couldn't
sleep. He was trying to think of an escape plan. He heard an owl
calling in the
distance.
He
suddenly
sat up.
"Hey That's
Sam's
owl
whistle.
She must be bringing help. This is a big ship.
She'll never
find
us,"
he
said sadly.
"Yes,
she will,"
said An dy. "I'll
use my flashlight to signal."
Lily and
Jack looked
on
with interest. They hoped that their
new
friends knew
what they w ere doing.
Andy
climbed
up to the
porthole
and
shone
his flashlight
outside.
He
switched
i t
off and on. He hoped that Sam would see it. Sam saw the signal right away.
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"There
they are,"
she
whispered excitedly.
"See the light flashing at that window."
"It's called
a
porthole
on a
ship," said Billy.
"OK " said Sam.
"Let's row to
that
porthole."
As
soon
as
they reached
the
side
of the
ship,
the
children piled
out of the
porthole.
In five minutes, they we re all in the rowboat. L ily and Jack hugged their
father.
"I 'm pleased
to see
you, young ladies
and
gentlemen,"
Mr.
Slade said
softly. "No
t ime
for introductions. We m ust make haste be fore the pirates discover that y ou'v e
escaped."
When they reached their camp,
Mr.
Slade pieced together
the two
halves
of the
map.
"Now we shou ld have no trouble getting our treasure
back,"
he said.
They se t out, in the dark, to find the treasure. M r. Slade was in front with Andy.
Andy used his flashlight to lead the way. Billy w as in the rear with Tom my. They
madfe
good progress and reached Three
Cliffs
Bay just as it got light.
"Now
we need to know exactly where to dig," said Billy. "Read the directions on
our half of the map, Lily."
"Take ten
paces west from
the
crooked
palm,"
read L ily.
"Look for a
rock shaped
like a
cat. Take
five
paces towards
it. Dig for two feet, and
there yo u'll
find
what
you
seek."
Tommy followed
the
directions.
H e
took
big
paces. When
he
reached
the
place,
everyone
dug
into
the
sand.
Kim
used
her
shovel
and
Andy used
the
beach pail.
Taffy helped too. He loved digging.
After five minutes, Kim's shovel struck metal.
"There
it is
We've found
it," said Jack.
They all cheered loudly. The cheering quick ly stopped whe n they heard a voice
behind
them.
"I mu st tell the captain I must tell the captain " the voice repeated.
Blackbeard's parrot, Toby, was sitting
on a
branch, watching them .
Toby didn't notice
Kim
creep around
behind him.
As
quick
as a flash, Kim
brought
her
butterfly
net
down
on top
of
the
spying parrot.
Toby squawked,
"Rascals Rascals "
but it was too
late,
he was
well
and
truly
captured.
Mr.
Slade
put the
treasure chest
on his
shoulder
and
they
all
walked back
to
camp
at Smugglers Cove.
W hen they reached camp, they sat around the fire and had a breakfast of
fresh
fish
and coconut.
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M r. Slade told the tim e travelers that his wife and her brother w ould be sailing
into the cove w ithin an hour. They had made an arrangement to pick them up. Mr.
Slade invited Tomm y and his
friends
to go with them .
Tommy thanked Mr. Slade but said that his friend w ould be there later to take
them hom e. Tommy knew it would be
difficult
to explain RK-5's powers.
Within
an
hour,
the
ship
of Mr.
Slade's brother-in-law appeared
in the
cove.
Mr.
Slade
and his three children said goodbye as they got into the little rowboat. They
took Toby with them. Jack said he could train him to be a good
parrot.
Before he left,
M r. Slade thanked the children for helping to recover their treasure. He gave each of
them
a
gold co in.
As they rowed of f, L ily shouted, "If you are ever in North Carolina, come and
visit us."
"Quickly," said Kim , "let's get
RK-5
to take us home, before the pirates get us
again."
Tomm y already had RK-5 in his hand and within seconds, the little robot had
transported them back to the park.
L ucy looked up at the clock tower.
"We've only been away for half an hour. Can you believe all that happened in
thirty minutes?"