CHAPTER FIVE Bandits!
CHAPTER FIVE Bandits!
Jack looked around wildly.
Dark figures on horses were galloping across the sand toward them.
They were yelling and shouting.
"Oh, no!" cried Jack. "What should we do?"
"We will fight them off!" said Mamoon.
"You and Annie take this box and ride to the dunes!"
Mamoon pulled a flat wooden box out of one of his saddlebags.
He thrust the box into Jack's hands.
"Hurry! Ride as fast as you can! Protect it with your lives!"
Jack frantically tried to