CHAPTER TWO Pirates Again
CHAPTER TWO Pirates Again CHAPTER TWO Pirates Again Jack opened his eyes. Teddy and Kathleen were gone. The warm air was filled with mist. Jack and Annie peered out the window together. The tree house had landed in a tall tree with spreading branches. The mist was so thick they couldn't see anything around them. But Jack heard the caws of gulls and the swooshing of rolling waves. He smelled salt water and seaweed. "The ocean's out there. Feel it?" said Annie. "I hear it and smell it," sa
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CHAPTER TWO Pirates Again
CHAPTER TWO Pirates Again
Jack opened his eyes. Teddy and Kathleen were gone.The warm air was filled with mist.
Jack and Annie peered out the window together.The tree house had landed in a tall tree with spreading branches.The mist was so thick they couldn't see anything around them.But Jack heard the caws of gulls and the swooshing of rolling waves.He smelled salt water and seaweed.
"The ocean's out there. Feel it?" said Annie.
"I hear it and smell it," said Jack.
"Then let's go play in it!" said Annie. She pulled off her sneakers and socks.
"We can't just play," Jack said. "We have to look for a secret of happiness."
"Well, I'm happiest when I'm playing in the ocean!" Annie started down the rope ladder.
I'm sure our mission's harder than that, Jack thought.He took their library books out of his pack and replaced them with the deep-sea book. "Hurry!" said Annie.
Jack put on his pack and started down after her.He stepped off the ladder onto the misty ground. "Come on!" said Annie.
Jack followed Annie toward the sounds of seabirds and waves.They walked through feathery ferns and climbed a sloping sand dune.When they rounded the top, Jack saw waves rolling onto a wide, sandy beach.But the ocean itself was still shrouded in a gray haze.
"Wow," said Annie. "Yeah," said Jack. "Come on, let's go in," Annie said.
Jack and Annie hurried down the dune and ran toward the ocean.While Annie waded into the water, Jack stood at the edge and pulled out their research book."Listen to this, Annie," he called. Jack read loudly:Water covers three-quarters of our earth.Most of the ocean is an enormous plain a little more than two miles deep.But some ocean trenches are more than six miles deep.
"More than six miles?" Annie asked, splashing the water with her hands."It's six miles from our house to Aunt Libby's."
"I know," said Jack. He read more: The ocean is home to thousands and thousands of sea creatures.Mountains and volcanoes are also hidden deep beneath the surface of the sea.
"Mountains and volcanoes?" asked Annie. "Under the water?"
"That's what the book says," said Jack."The ocean's a whole world we don't know anything about."
"Well, some people know about it," said Annie."Or that book couldn't have been written." Good point, thought Jack.
"Put the book away and come in, Jack," said Annie. "The sun's coming out!"
