Pirates Past Noon (6 page)
Authors: Mary Pope Osborne
Annie's voice came from above.
Jack looked up.
“Oh man,” he breathed.
Annie waved from the window of a tree house. It was in the tallest oak in the woods. A long rope ladder hung down from it.
The magic tree house was back
.
“Come on up!” Annie shouted.
Jack ran to the rope ladder. He started climbing.
He climbed and climbed and climbed.
As he climbed, he looked out over the woods. High above the treetops it was still light.
At last, Jack pulled himself into the tree house.
Annie sat in the shadows. Books were scattered everywhere.
On the floor the letter M glowed in the dim light. The M stood for Morgan le Fay.
But there was no sign of Morgan herself.
“I wonder where Morgan is,” said Jack.
“Maybe she went to the library to get some more books,” said Annie.
“We were just at the library. We would have seen her,” said Jack. “Besides, the library's closed now.”
Squeak!
A little mouse ran out from behind a stack of books. It ran to the M shining in the floor.
“Yikes,” said Annie.
The mouse sat on the middle of the M. It looked up at Jack and Annie.
“Oh, it's so cute,” Annie said.
Jack had to admit the mouse was cute. It had brown-and-white fur and big dark eyes.
Annie slowly reached out her hand. The mouse didn't move. Annie patted its tiny head.
“Hi, Peanut,” she said. “Can I call you Peanut?”
“Oh brother,” said Jack.
“Do you know where Morgan is?” Annie asked the mouse.
Squeak.
“You're nuts, Annie,” said Jack. “Just because the mouse is in the tree house doesn't mean it's magic. It's a plain old mouse that crawled in, that's all.”
Jack looked around again. He saw a piece of paper on the floor.
“What's that?” he said.
“What's what?” asked Annie.
Jack went over and picked up the paper. There was writing on it.
“Oh man,” whispered Jack, after he read the words.
“What is it?” said Annie.
“A note,” said Jack. “It must be from Morgan. I think she's in big trouble!”
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