BOOK REPORT - PIRATES PAST NOON

PIRATES PAST NOON

Chapter 1 : Too Late

Jack started ouut his bedroom window. The rain kept falling.’’The TV said it wold stop by noon,’’said Annie. But we must go to the tree house,’’ said Annie. Jack get his medalion and bookmark then Annie ran to took out there rain gear. Jack put the medalion, bookmark, notebook and his pensil into his backpack. Jack liked to take notes about important things. Until they came to the tallest oak tree in the woods, they looked up. Tucked between two branches was the tree house. It looked dark and lonely against the stormy sky. Inside the tree house it was chilly and damp. But the books were dry. They were all neatly stacked along the wall. Annie pick up a castle book on top of one stack. Annie held up the book with picture of their hometown in it. Frog creek, pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania book had brought them back home at the end of each of their adventures.
“Look”, Annie pointed to an open book lying in the corner. “I don’t remember a book being open.” Annie picked up the book. She stared at the picture on the page. Jack saw a sunny beach. A big green parrot sitting in a palm tree. And a ship sailing on a blue sea. Annie pointed to the picture. “I wish we were there instead of here,” she said. Sitting on a branch outside the window lwdge of the tree house was a green parrot. Exactly like the parrot in the picture. Suddenly the wind started to whistle. The wind blew harder. The leaves shook. The tree house started to spin. Faster and faster. Jack squeezed his eyes shut. Then everything was still.

Chapter 2 : The Bright Blue Sea

Jack felt hot sunlight streaming into the tree house. He smelled saltwater. He heard the sound of waves. He and Annie looked out the window. The tree house was in a palm tree. Beyond was a bright blue sea. A tall sailing ship was on the horizon. Polly (the parrot) was flying in circles above the tree house. Then she swooped down to the ocean. “come on,let’s follow her! Let’s go in the water!” said Annie.
As soon as Annie hit the sand, she ran toward the ocean. Jack watched her wade into the water. The water was warm and clear. Jack could see shells and tiny fishes. He shielded his eyes against the sun. And peered out at the sea. The tall sailing ship seemed a bit closer. Jack glanced around. No sign of Polly. When Jack looked out at the sea again, the ship seemed even closer. Now Jack could see its flag. The flag was black. With a skull and crossbones. Jack ran to his backpack. Annie followed. He grabbed the book from his backpack. He look at the cover. “Pirates of the Carribbean,” Jack read aloud.

Chapter 3 : Three Men in a Boat

“we’ve come to the time of pirates!” Jack said. Jach flipped to the picture that showed the parrot, the sea and the ship. He read the caption under the picture : Three hundred years ago, pirates raided Spanish treasure ships in the Caribbean Sea. He grabbed his notebook and pencil from his pack. He wrote : Pirates of the Carribbean . He turned to the next page. There was a picture of a pirate flag. He read : The skull-and-crossbones flag was called the Jolly Roger. Jack drawing the Jolly Roger flag.
Jack saw the rowboat coming toward the shore. Jack jump up. His glasses fell off. Jack saw something glinting in the sand. He reached for it. It was his glasses. He snatched them up. And he took off running. “Hurry! They’re coming!” Annie was at the top of the rope ladder. Jack looked back at the sea. The pirates were closer to the shore. Suddenly Jack saw the pirate book. In all the confusion he had forgotten it. It was still propped in the sand. Jack grabbed the book. Jack shoved the book into his backpack. Suddenly a giant wave carried the roeboat right onto the beach. Three big pirates splashed onto the sand. They had knives in their teeth. They had pistols in their belts. They charged toward Jack.

Chapter 4 : Vile Booty

Jack started to run across the hot sand. He ran as fast as he could. Before Jack knew it, the biggest pirate had grabbed him! Jack heard Annie Yelling. He saw her comming down the rope ladder.Annie charged up to the biggest pirate. She hit the pirate with her fist and kicked him. But the pirate just growled. Then he grabbed her, too. And with his giant hands, he held Jack and Annie as if they were two kittens. Cap’n Bones laughed loudy. Then he turned to the other two. Two pirates started up the ladder to the tree house. “what do you spy, Pinky?” shouted Cap’n Bones. “Books, Cap’n!” Pinky shouted down. “What about you, Stinky?” Cap’n Bones roared. “Just books, Cap’n!” shouted Stinky. “Another book!” roared Cap’n Bones. “That’s vile booty!”
Pinky leaned out the tree house window. He held the medallion. It glimmered in the sunlight. Cap’n Bones dropped Jack and Annie. He caught the medallion as it fell. “Gold! Gold! Gold!” he cried. Cap’n Bones threw back his head and laughed horribly. He grabbed two of his pistols. He shot them into the air. Pinky and Stinky howled like wolves.

Chapter 5 : The Kid’s Treasure

Jack and Annie watched in horror. The gold-greedy pirates seemed to have lost their minds. Cap’n Bones grinned his black-toothed grin. “Tell old Bones where the rest is,” he growled. “ Or prepare to meet thy doom.” I know it’s on this island. I have a map. He reached into a belt pouch and pulled out a torn piece of paper. He waves it at Jack and Annie. Cap’n Bones gave Jack and Annie a dark look. “Read it,” he growled. “Okay,” said Jack. “I’ll read it to you.” He looked at the map. “It says, The gold doth lie beneth the whale’s eye.” Jack and Annie were tossed into the rowboat. Waves splashed the sides. The sky ahead was dark wirh thunderclouds. A strong wind had started to blow. Annie pointed to the shore. Polly the parrot was flying over the sand. “She wants to help us,” whispered Annie. But the winds were too strong. Polly turned around and flew back to the island.

Chapter 6 : The Whale’s Eye

The rowboat tossed from side to side. The waves were huge. Dark fins cut through the water. Sharks. One zoomed right by the boat. Soon the rowboat pulled alongside the ship. Annie and Jack hauled onto the deck. Everywhere they lokked, Jack and Annie saw pirates. Some were dancing. Some were drinking. Many were fighting with swords or with thwir fists. A couple of pirates grabbed Jack and Annie. And threw them in the ship’s cabin. Then locked the door. Jack reached into his pack and pulled out the pirate book. He flipped through the pages. He lokked for information to help them.
He found a picture of pirates burying a treasure chest. Together they read the words under the picture. Captain Kidd was a famous pirate. It is said that he buried a treasure chest on a deserted island. The chest was filled with gold and jewels. Annie lokked out the round window. “And Captain Kidd’s treasure is buried somewhere on the island,” she said. Jack took out his notebook and pencil. He wrote : Captain Kidd’s treasure on island .
“Ja-ack,” Annie said. “Guess what I see?” said Annie. “ A whale. A huge whale. As big as a football field.” Jack jumped up and looked out the window with her. “Where?” Jack asked. “There! The island is shaped like a giant whale!” Now Jack could see it. “See the whale’s back?” said Annie. The slope of the island lokked like the back of a whale. “See his spout?” said Annie. The palm tree that held the tree house looked like the spout of the wahle. “See his eye?” said Annie. A big black rock looked like the eye of the whale. “The gold doth lie beneath the whale’s eye,” whispered Jack. “Wow.”

Chapter 7 : Gale’s a-Blowin

“So the treasure must be under that rock,” said Annie. “Now we just have to get back to the island. We’ll show Cap’n Bones where the treasure is. Then while all the pirates are digging, we’ll sneak up to the tree house,” Said Jack. “Cap’n Bones, sir!” he shouted. “We’re ready to tell the truth, sir,” said jack. “We can’t just tell you. We have to show you,” said Annie. Cap’n Bones gave Annie and Jack a long hard look. “You’ll need a rope,” said jack. “And Shovels,” said Annie. Back in the rowboat, Jack saw the sky had grown even darker with clouds. The waves were bigger. The wind was howling. “Okay, lubbers,” Cap’n Bones said. “Now show us where the treasure is.” “There,” said Annie. She pointed at the black rock near the tip of the island. Under taht rock,” said Jack. Cap’n Bones dragged Jack and Annie down the beach to the black rock.

Chapter 8 : Dig, Gogs, Dig

Pinky and Stinky tied their rope around the big rock. The wind howled. The two pirates pulled. And pulled. And pulled. “Cap’n! We got it!” shouted Pinky.they staeted pulling the rock across the sand. Pinky and Stinky started to dig. The wind blew even harder. There was going to be a thunderstorm. “Oww! I got sand in my eyes!” Pinky whined. “Oww! My back hurts! Stinky cried. “Dig for more of these, you swine!” Cap’n Bones said.
Polly was back! She was circling above them! “Go back!” she squawkwd. Stinky and Pinky looked up at the parrot. They scowled. “The bird’s warning us!” shouted Pinky. “We’ve got to get to the ship before it’s too latre!” The two pirates threw down their shovels. They started running toward the rowboat. They got to the rowboat and pushed it into the sea. Pinky and Stinky jumped into the boat. They started rowing. “Wait!” Cap’n Bones let go of Jack and Annie. He ran into water. He hauled himself into the rowboat. Then the three pirates disappeared into the spray of the waves. Just then the storm broke over the island. The wind howled. Rain fell in buckets. “Wait! I have to get the medallion!” shouted Jack. He ran to the hole dug by the pirates. He lokked down in it. Even in the dreary light, the medallion was shinning. Big, fat raindrops were falling into the hole, washing away the sand. Jack saw a patch of wood. Then the rain cleared away more sand. And Jack sawthe top of and old trunk.
“I found it! I found it!” cried Jack. “I found the treasure chest!” “Forget the treasure chest!” said Annie. “We have to go now! The storm’s getting worse!” “Go back!” squawaked Polly. Jack lokked at the parrot. She was perched on the black rock. Okay. It was definitely time to go. Jack took one last look at the treasure chest. He clutched the gold medallion. Then he took off, running toward the tree house. Annie was already holding the Pennsylvania book. She pointed to the picture of Frog Creek. “I wish we could go there!” she shouted. The wind was already blowing hard. The tree house started to spin. It spun faster and faster. Then everything was strill. Absolutely still.

Chapter 9 : The Mysterious M

Jack opened his eyes. Rain was dripping from the leaves of the tree. They back in Frog Creek. “Polly’s gone,” said Annie sadly. “I was hoping she might come back with us.” Jack took out the pirate book. Then Jack put the gold medallion beside the bookmark with the letter M. Next he went down onto his knees. And ran his finger over the shimmering M on the floor. “We didn’t find any M’s on this trip,” he said. “Or the Mperson,” said Annie. Squawk! The parrot swoodhed into the tree house.Polly lokked straight at Jack. Slowly Polly raised her bright green wings. They grew bigger and bigger until they spread out like huge green cape. Polly was not a parrot any longer. In her place was a beautiful old woman with long white hir and piercing eyes. She wore a green feathered cape. Neither Jack nor Annie could speak. They were too amazed. “Hello, jack. Hello, Annie,” the old woman said. “ My name is Morgan le Fay.”

Chapter 10 : Treasure Again

Annie found her voice first. “The M person,” She whispered. “Well, I am King Arthur’s sister,” said Morgan. “You’re from Camelot,” said Jack. “I’ve read about Camelot.” “Most call me an enchantress. But I’m also a librarian,” said Morgan. And I’ve come to the 20th century, your time, to collect books. You are lucky to be born in a time with so many books. Jack handed the gold medallion to Morgan. “You were all these things to help us?” asked Jack to Morgan. “Yes, but I must go home now. The people in Camelot need my help.” Annie had been right, throght Jack. Forget the treasure chest. They had treasure at home. A ton of it. Everywhere.