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The Magic Book
Story by Annalise
January 2006
Chapter
1
One
sunny Saturday morning a martin named Tommy went to Mrs. Jay’s
bookstore. Tommy bought a
fiction book called The Legend of the Lost Martins.
On Tommy’s way home he decided to stop at Mr. Cardinal’s
“All You Can Eat” restaurant to pick up some birdseed for his
mother. All the way to Mr.
Cardinal’s restaurant and all the way back to the Motel, Tommy
couldn’t stop thinking about his book.
Even when his best friends came over and asked him if he wanted
to go swimming with them, he just shook his head.
“I have a new book I want to read,” he replied
After
his friends left Tommy sat down to read.
His book was about a group of Martin campers who went looking for
the lost martin treasure, but in order to get to where the treasure was
kept, they had to cross the seven smoky mountains, pass through the
great deserts, and cross the sea of lava! Tommy read up to the tenth
chapter of his book. The
chapters told all about the campers’ journey.
Chapter
2
That
night Tommy dreamed about the first ten chapters of his book, but he and
his friends were there instead of the campers!
In Tommy’s dream he and friends hiked up smoky mountains, crossed
the great deserts, and made it over the sea of lava.
But, just when Tommy thought they would reach the tunnels that led
to the treasure room, he woke up.
Tommy
was very curious to see what happened next in The Legend of the Lost
Martins so he got out of bed, went over to his bookshelf, and got his
book. Then he climbed back in
bed, turned on his lamp, and started to read.
He read chapters eleven and twelve.
They told about how the campers went down tunnels and decoded
messages to unlock doors. After
Tommy finished chapter twelve he was too tired to read anymore so he set
his book on the floor beside his bed, turned off his lamp and went back to
sleep. It wasn’t long before
he started to dream about his book again.
In
his dream, he and his friends were at the first door that led to the
treasure room. The door was
locked. Tommy and his friends
saw a strange note taped on the door.
The message was all in dots and dashes.
Billy exclaimed, “That’s Morse code.
Billy
had found his Morse code book in his backpack and soon they decoded the
message. They typed it into
the screen and the door opened. They
tiptoed down the narrow passageway on the other side of the door.
After walking for what seemed like miles, they came to a stream of
lava. It was six feet deep and
about three feet wide. Tommy
stepped five paces backwards, took a running jump, and crossed the stream
of lava. His friends did the
same. Once on the other side
they started walking again. After
following a few winding paths they came to another locked door.
They decoded the message, typed it in and as before the door
opened. The friends walked on
until they came to the treasure rooms golden doors.
Just then Tommy’s alarm clock woke him up.
Chapter
3
It
was Sunday. Tommy got ready
for church. When he arrived at
church he saw his Sunday school group outside.
Tommy ran over to the sandbox where his group was.
He got there just in time to hear his teacher announce that they
were going to have a treasure hunt. Tommy
was excited because it reminded him of his book.
After
Tommy’s teacher told them a few rules, she let them start the treasure
hunt. They were supposed to
look for red, blue, and yellow stones.
When the treasure hunt was over, Tommy had five yellow stones,
three blue stones, and six red stones.
Then the class divided the stones so that everyone had four stones
of each color.
When
church was over, Tommy’s friend Billy came over to Tommy and asked,
“Would you like to come over to my house today?”
“I
don’t think I can come over to your house, but you can come over to the
motel,” said Tommy.
“I’ll
go check with my mom,” said Billy.
“I’ll
wait here for you,” replied Tommy.
When
Billy got back Tommy was waiting for him.
“Did your mom say yes?” asked Tommy hopefully.
“Yes,”
said Billy excitedly.
When
they got to the Motel Tommy’s mom said that she would call them down for
lunch at
two forty-five
, which gave them forty minutes to
play.
Chapter
4
When the friends got to Tommy’s room, Tommy picked up the book he
had left on the floor Saturday night.
It was still open to a picture of one of the campers pushing the
treasure room doors open. Billy
peered over Tommy’s shoulder at the picture in the book.
Then he asked Tommy, “What is that picture of?”
Tommy told Billy about the picture and explained the story to him.
Billy looked at the picture again and said, “I wish we could go
there for real.”
He
sighed. Just then a blue mist
with yellow stars rose from Tommy’s book.
Tommy was so surprised that he dropped it.
The blue mist swirled around them knocking them both over.
Tommy felt a little dizzy.
When
the mist had cleared Tommy and Billy stood up and looked around.
They weren’t in Tommy’s bedroom any more.
The place looked exactly the picture in Tommy’s book.
“Oh man,” Tommy breathed as he stared at the treasure rooms
golden doors.
“H-how did we g-get
h-here?” stammered Billy.
“I don’t
know, you just looked at the picture and said, “I wish we could go there
for real,” replied Tommy. “We
got backpacks when my book zapped us here.
Let’s look in them and then go search for the Martin treasure.”
“So what are we waiting for,”
cried Billy excitedly. “Let’s
look through our backpacks, and then go find some treasure.”
“Maybe
we could find a picture of my room to take us back there, or something to
draw it with.”
The
two friends sat down on the floor and looked in their backpacks for
something useful. “I have a
compass, a pocket watch, a pencil, and a notebook,” said Tommy.
“What do you have in yours?”
“I have some code papers, a research
book on decoding messages, and a picture of a glass box with a key in
it,” said Billy,
“Let’s look at the rest later,”
said Tommy.
“Let’s
go find that treasure!” Billy said excitedly
“Help
me open these treasure room doors,” said Tommy, “They’re heavy.
Together Tommy and Billy opened the treasure room doors.
They creaked slowly open, and the boys ran in, just before the
doors shut with a loud bang. Tommy
and Billy were in a small dimly lit room with a path leading right and one
leading left. Tommy asked,
“Do you have anything else in your backpack?”
“I
did see a piece of paper rolled up. I’ll
get it out.,” said Billy. Billy
got the paper out and unrolled it. “It’s
a treasure map.” After looking at the map for a little longer he said,
“We need to go west.”
Tommy
pulled out his compass and said, “West is this way,” while pointing to
the path on the left.
They
headed down the path. Billy
continued to read the map. “We
need to take a right when we come to a very large rock covered in green
moss.” Soon Tommy and Billy
came to the moss covered rock and turned right onto another path.
It looked exactly like the path they just left.
After walking awhile they came to a crossroad.
“We take the left path,” said Billy “until we come to a fork
in the road.”
“I
wonder if they mean a fork you eat off of?” said Tommy out loud.
“Don’t
be ridiculous,” replied Billy, trying very hard not to smile.
They
continued until they came to a fork in the road.
“Left again,” said Billy.
“We
keep going straight until we come to piles and piles of I don’t
know what.”
“What
do you mean you don’t know what the piles are?” Tommy asked.
“Let’s me
see that map.” “Huh,
what in the world!”
“I
told you I didn’t know what the piles were of,” said Billy.
I guess we just go on until we
come to piles of whatever it is.”
Chapter 5
They
went on wondering what the thingies in the pile were.
Then Billy spotted some piles in the distance.
When the came close enough to see what the things in the piles
were, Billy said, “Plates????”
“And
spoons” added Tommy. The
piles had rusty old silver dishes and eating utensils.
“I guess we found a fork in the road after all, but a lot more
than one fork,” said Billy in surprise.
There were a few piles on each side of the path.
Like three or four.
“Where
do we go now?” Tommy asked Billy.
“We
keep going until we reach a red X. That
must be were the key is since we don’t have the key yet,” replied
Billy.
So
the friends walked on until they came to the red X.
Some shovels
were laying
nearby. Tommy picked up two
shovels and handed one to Billy.
“Let’s
start digging so we can get that key,” said Tommy.
“Or we won’t be able to open that treasure chest,” he added.
Billy grinned and the friends started
digging. When they had a hole
about one and a half feet deep, they found the glass box with a gold key
in it from Billy’s picture. Tommy
picked it up and set it carefully in his backpack.
“Now where do we go since we have the key?” Tommy asked Billy.
“We turn right down that hall,”
Billy replied.
When they got to the end of the hall,
they found themselves in a gigantic room filled with heaps of gold and
jewels. “Wow!” said Billy
and Tommy. They mostly ignored
the piles of gold and continued to search for the Martin Treasure.
They knew it would be in a treasure chest since they had the key
they found in the glass box.
“We should look for a pile of gold with three big rocks around
it,” said Billy after checking the map.
When
they reached the pile of gold with three rocks around it, Billy said,
“The treasure chest is hidden in that pile of gold. Come on let’s find
that treasure,” he added.
They
climbed the pile of gold and when they reached the top, they started
pushing it out of their way. “This
is a lot funner than digging in the sandbox at church, isn’t it?”
asked Tommy.
“It
sure is!” agreed Billy.
When
they had a hole about four feet deep, the friends uncovered the top of an
old treasure chest. “We
found it!” cried Billy.
“Let’s
open it!” yelled Tommy excitedly. They
quickly shoveled more of the gold aside.
Just enough so they could open the lid.
Tommy took out the key, put it in the lock and turned it.
Then the friends lifted the heavy lid.
Inside there was a little golden statue of a martin, bags of
birdseed, and cans of pickled bookworms.
“I like pickled bookworms, but why would a Martin bury
birdseed?” said Tommy. “You
can get that almost anywhere.”
“I
don’t know,” said Billy. “But
I have heard that there are some very rare seeds.”
“Let’s
put as much as we can in our pockets,” said Tommy.
“And I’ll draw a picture of my room in my notebook so we can
back.” Tommy pulled his
notebook and pencil out of his backpack and drew a picture of his bedroom,
after he and Billy had stuffed as much birdseed and pickled bookworm into
their pockets as they could. “Ready?”
he asked Billy when he was finished drawing.
“I’m
ready,” answered Billy.
“I
wish we could go there,” said Tommy looking at the picture of his
bedroom. The blue mist with
yellow stars started up and swirled around Tommy and Billy.
When it had cleared, they were back in Tommy’s bedroom, as if
nothing had happened.
“It
looks like we are just in time for lunch,” said Billy looking at
Tommy’s clock.
“Wait
just a second,” said Tommy. “This
book is staying on the shelf for a long time.”
They
emptied their pockets and set the treasure on Tommy’s bed.
Just when they got everything out of their pockets and on to the
bed, Tommy’s mother called, “Tommy! Billy! Time for Lunch.”
“Coming!”
the friends called. Tommy
grabbed a can of pickled bookworm for dessert and they ran downstairs for
lunch.
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