Chapter 1 amie Fried-Trout the cabin boy was standing high up in the crow’s nest on the mast of the fishing trawler The J Good Hope He had been chosen as a lookout because he was the only member of the crew who was fit enough to climb up to the crow’s nest But he was not an ideal choice because he suffered from terrible seasickness and was always too busy shouting Oops sorry to all those he was being sick over on the deck below to notice anything on the horizon
Since Jamie had been lookout The Good Hope had sailed into the world’s biggest iceberg which immediately melted in shock causing sea levels to rise dangerously collided with Australia which had shifted several hundred feet to the right and hit Canada which now had a terrible dent in it Jamie had been obliged to say Oops sorry a lot recently Worst of all had been the giant squid whose tentacles had gotten completely knotted after The Good Hope ran into it Jamie had apologized profusely and promised that he would never eat calamari again not even when it is grilled with garlic lemon juice and olive oil which is scrumptious But the giant squid was in no mood for apologies When it eventually untied itself it waved its tentacles like a fist at Jamie and swam away with revenge
so clearly glinting in its eye that Jamie began to wish that his parents had never met How he longed to be back on dry land preferably in Little Snoring with his cousin Trevor Augustus Trout otherwise known as Tat and Tat’s best friend Hetty Hetty was the cleverest girl in the world and would surely know how to cure seasickness and placate a vengeful squid She knew everything Well almost everything since she didn’t know that guinea pigs yawn to show anger or that fleas can survive for over a year without eating She also didn’t know where Captain Syd’s lost treasure was buried in Little Snoring
But she and Tat were working on finding the treasure with the help of the treasure map which had been found in the ancient Little Snoring Castle Jamie was going to help them Jamie knew that it was essential for them to find the treasure as soon as possible because Tat had told him that as usual the Trout family finances were in a very unfortunate state Every time Mrs Trout tried to make ends meet the ends wriggled farther apart like over-excitable worms Mrs Trout had taken on an extra part-time job at the local café and Mr Trout was trying to invent things hoping to add to his meager earnings as Little Snoring’s
