here while the rest of the crew is way down there on the other end of the beach. That’s where Rotten Tooth thinks the treasure is!”
“Aye aye!” Inna said. “The only thing I’ve found is sand!”
“Me too,” Gary said. “I even found sand in my skivvies.” Then he jumped around and tried to shake the sand out of his pants.
“Aye. Maybe Rotten Tooth sent us here so we wouldn’t find the treasure, but Captain Stinky Beard said the treasure map wasn’t very clear,” I reminded them. “That means the treasure could be anywhere on this beach! It’s our pirate duty to help find it!”
My friends scratched their heads. That meant they were thinking really hard about what I’d said. They also scratched their bellies, their arms, and their legs. But that had nothing to do with thinking. It just meant that the sand was very itchy.
“Arrr, maybe Pete’s right,” Vicky said when she was done scratching.
“Aye,” Inna agreed. “Pirate duty is serious business. Maybe we should stop bellyaching and start digging again.”
“Arrr! And digging sure beats rowing,” Aaron said.
“Aye,” Gary added. “At least we can take breaks and build sand castles.”
“That’s the spirit, mateys,” I said. “We’ll find the treasure first and prove we’re the best pirates on the seas, even if we are only kids!”
Then we all put our hands together in a circle and gave our pirate cheer. “Swashbuckling, sailing, finding treasure, too. Becoming pirates is what we want to do!”
We picked up our shovels and started digging again.
Everyone except Gary. He was too busy jumping around trying to get the sand out of his skivvies. He jumped around so much that his glasses fell off. When he bent down to pick them up, he tripped over his shovel.
THUMP!
He tripped right into Inna.
Then…CRASH!
They both tumbled into a big hole that Vicky had dug.
I ran over to the hole and peeked in.
“Blimey! Are you guys okay?” I asked.
I thought for sure Inna was going to pull Gary’s hat down over his ears and bop him on the head. That’s what she always did when Gary made her mad. Only when I poked my head down, Inna didn’t look mad at all. She was actually smiling!
Aaron and Vicky rushed over to me. They peeked in, too. “She must have bumped her head a little too hard!” Aaron suggested when he saw Inna smiling.
“Aye,” I agreed.
“I didn’t bump anything,” Inna hollered. Then we watched as she brushed away the sand under her feet. “I’m smiling because I think we found something!”
Gary helped her brush away the sand. They were both standing on something. And when all the sand was brushed away, we saw what it was.
One giant treasure chest, just like Captain Stinky Beard had said!
“HOORAY!” We all let out a great big cheer.
Aaron, Vicky, and I danced around outside the hole. Inna and Gary danced around inside the hole. Then instead of bopping Gary on the head, Inna gave him a hug.
Sometimes being clumsy was the same as being lucky!
Chapter 3
Something Fishy!
“Arrr! The last one there is seaweed slime!” Vicky called out as she ran across the beach.
“Aye! You better get ready to be slimed then,” I hollered.
I was right behind her, running as fast as I could. We were racing to tell Rotten Tooth the good news.
Aaron stayed behind to guard the treasure. Inna and Gary stayed behind, too. They weren’t really guarding. They were just too small to climb out of the hole.
“Avast! There he is,” I said as soon as I saw Rotten Tooth.
Vicky and I ran faster.
We were so busy racing, we forgot tolook where we were going. So we didn’t see Rotten Tooth step in front of us until it was too late.
DOUBLE CRASH!
“Arrr! What’s gotten into ye pollywogs?” Rotten Tooth roared.
We gulped!
Rotten Tooth looked even madder than the time Aaron was pretending to swashbuckle and buckled him right in the tummy!
“We’re sorry,” I said. “We were racing.”
“Racing?” Rotten Tooth
“Aye aye!” Inna said. “The only thing I’ve found is sand!”
“Me too,” Gary said. “I even found sand in my skivvies.” Then he jumped around and tried to shake the sand out of his pants.
“Aye. Maybe Rotten Tooth sent us here so we wouldn’t find the treasure, but Captain Stinky Beard said the treasure map wasn’t very clear,” I reminded them. “That means the treasure could be anywhere on this beach! It’s our pirate duty to help find it!”
My friends scratched their heads. That meant they were thinking really hard about what I’d said. They also scratched their bellies, their arms, and their legs. But that had nothing to do with thinking. It just meant that the sand was very itchy.
“Arrr, maybe Pete’s right,” Vicky said when she was done scratching.
“Aye,” Inna agreed. “Pirate duty is serious business. Maybe we should stop bellyaching and start digging again.”
“Arrr! And digging sure beats rowing,” Aaron said.
“Aye,” Gary added. “At least we can take breaks and build sand castles.”
“That’s the spirit, mateys,” I said. “We’ll find the treasure first and prove we’re the best pirates on the seas, even if we are only kids!”
Then we all put our hands together in a circle and gave our pirate cheer. “Swashbuckling, sailing, finding treasure, too. Becoming pirates is what we want to do!”
We picked up our shovels and started digging again.
Everyone except Gary. He was too busy jumping around trying to get the sand out of his skivvies. He jumped around so much that his glasses fell off. When he bent down to pick them up, he tripped over his shovel.
THUMP!
He tripped right into Inna.
Then…CRASH!
They both tumbled into a big hole that Vicky had dug.
I ran over to the hole and peeked in.
“Blimey! Are you guys okay?” I asked.
I thought for sure Inna was going to pull Gary’s hat down over his ears and bop him on the head. That’s what she always did when Gary made her mad. Only when I poked my head down, Inna didn’t look mad at all. She was actually smiling!
Aaron and Vicky rushed over to me. They peeked in, too. “She must have bumped her head a little too hard!” Aaron suggested when he saw Inna smiling.
“Aye,” I agreed.
“I didn’t bump anything,” Inna hollered. Then we watched as she brushed away the sand under her feet. “I’m smiling because I think we found something!”
Gary helped her brush away the sand. They were both standing on something. And when all the sand was brushed away, we saw what it was.
One giant treasure chest, just like Captain Stinky Beard had said!
“HOORAY!” We all let out a great big cheer.
Aaron, Vicky, and I danced around outside the hole. Inna and Gary danced around inside the hole. Then instead of bopping Gary on the head, Inna gave him a hug.
Sometimes being clumsy was the same as being lucky!
Chapter 3
Something Fishy!
“Arrr! The last one there is seaweed slime!” Vicky called out as she ran across the beach.
“Aye! You better get ready to be slimed then,” I hollered.
I was right behind her, running as fast as I could. We were racing to tell Rotten Tooth the good news.
Aaron stayed behind to guard the treasure. Inna and Gary stayed behind, too. They weren’t really guarding. They were just too small to climb out of the hole.
“Avast! There he is,” I said as soon as I saw Rotten Tooth.
Vicky and I ran faster.
We were so busy racing, we forgot tolook where we were going. So we didn’t see Rotten Tooth step in front of us until it was too late.
DOUBLE CRASH!
“Arrr! What’s gotten into ye pollywogs?” Rotten Tooth roared.
We gulped!
Rotten Tooth looked even madder than the time Aaron was pretending to swashbuckle and buckled him right in the tummy!
“We’re sorry,” I said. “We were racing.”
“Racing?” Rotten Tooth
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