Clive Cussler by The Adventures of Vin Fiz

Author:The Adventures of Vin Fiz [Fiz, The Adventures of Vin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Technology & Engineering, Magic, Family, Action & Adventure, Aviation, Juvenile Fiction, Airplanes, Fantasy & Magic, Fiction, Voyages and Travels, Twins, Transportation, Siblings, General, Rescues, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Brothers and Sisters
ISBN: 9780399244742
Publisher: Philomel
Published: 2006-02-20T06:00:00+00:00

7 Across the Great Mississippi River

The desert soon fell behind, and Vin Fiz took them over the lofty, snowcapped Rocky Mountains. The jagged, icy peaks looked like upside-down icicles. The air was chilly that high in the sky, and they all had goose bumps until they reached where the mountains fell away into foothills. Now the airplane flew low again as she carried Casey, Lacey and Floopy out over the Western Plains. The land became flat as far as their eyes could see. For a long time they saw almost no trees except those growing beside dry streambeds and farms separated by miles and miles of dry land. They were thankful when Vin Fiz sailed over the lush green countryside bordering fields of golden wheat.

The sky was a glorious peacock blue above, and the wind that rushed past the wings was warm with a heavy trace of humidity. They passed over farms and waved to the startled men working the fields and the women sitting out on porches shelling peas.

"Where do you think we are?" asked Casey.

Lacey consulted her map. "Somewhere over Kansas, I think."

"That's where Dorothy of The Wizard of Oz was from."

"And don't forget Toto," said Lacey, laughing as she turned and petted Floopy, whose tongue was hanging out the side of his jaw.

They floated over rolling hills and the picturesque farms of Missouri. It would be dark soon, and Casey began looking for a place to spend the night. The orange ball of the sun was just touching the edge of their world when they found themselves flying over the mighty Mississippi River. A huge white steamboat with a big red paddle wheel on its stern was approaching a bend as its steam whistle gave off a loud shriek. The paddle wheel spun and beat the water into white foam; the tall, twin smokestacks spewed black smoke into the twilight sky.

Without waiting to be asked, Vin Fiz dove and spiraled down until she was flying around the steamboat only twenty feet above the surface of the river. She flew around in circles and waggled her wings as if she were trying to say something, perhaps give a warning. But even an enchanted airplane can't talk, and Lacey and Casey had no idea what Vin Fiz was trying to tell them.

As the airplane circled the boat, the children could plainly see the big red light on the starboard side of the boat (that would be the right side when facing the bow, which is the front of the boat) and the green light on the port (which means the left side when facing the bow). The captain, who stood with his hands on the big steering wheel in the wheelhouse, and the passengers who were walking the decks stared in wonder at the funny-looking aircraft flown by two young children and a dog as it circled the boat.

Abruptly, to the surprise of the twins, Vin Fiz leveled off and zoomed upriver and around the bend. Once on the

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