Don’t bother me Chuck I’m chilling Chuck shrugged Maybe he was doing a great job Perhaps he should just go with the flow He kept paddl ing and lost all sense of time After a while the weather began to change A cloud passed over the sun Stella frowned Might be time to get back she said opening her eyes and sitting up Maybe we should Then she stared around her wide-eyed CHUCK Where the heck have you taken me They surveyed the horizon As far as the eye could see there was no land in sight They were lost at sea and night was fall ing 10
chapter two Chuck looked around trying not to seem fright ened Wow Stuck on a boat at sea in the dark This is so err cool Yeah said Stella trying not to panic Super cool They both sat for a few seconds wondering how cool it was Then in a small voice Chuck said Shall I start shouting for help They looked at each other for a moment in silence HE-E-E-ELP they roared Suddenly Stella noticed something Look over there through the mist she cried Some kind of island A big shape loomed up through the foggy moonlight We’re saved yelled Chuck We can build a hut And catch fish And have a barbecue Err Chuck A chilly blast of wind had blown 11
away the last shreds of mist and now the big shape became clear for the first time It wasn’t an island Looming up before them was an enormous wooden galleon But it looked like a wreck with lop-sided masts and ripped sails A ship said Chuck We we’re definitely saved now Stella stared at the creepy old galleon I I’m not so sure she replied Chuck ignored her Help Help he cried out Man overboard I mean ship ahoy I mean S O S Shush hissed Stella Not so fast I don’t like the look of But her words were drowned out by a booming voice from above Ahoy there Welcome back The birds stared upwards A shadowy figure leaned over the side of the galleon Welcome back Chuck said What do you mean back I was talking to me boat came a gruff reply That there little jolly boat of mine likes to roam and wander and catch me a few guests now and then Stella did not like the sound of that They had been caught but by whom Just then a beam of moon light broke through the clouds and fell upon the face of the mysterious stranger on the ship She could now 12
