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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.



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.



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."



"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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



"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



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.



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 "



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.



"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.



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?"

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