Floors (Patrick Carman) by Patrick Carman

Author:Patrick Carman
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Humorous Stories, Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories, General, Fantasy & Magic
ISBN: 9780545388405
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2011-12-16T08:00:00+00:00

Leo’s knuckles went white against the sides of the car as his grip tightened, and then the train shot out of the station so fast, it felt like Leo’s face had been blown off.

Remi howled with laughter, his jet-black hair fluttering in the wind as the train rounded the first tight turn and flew over a bridge. It was a rough ride, both boys being hurled back and forth in their cars as they entered the first of three dark tunnels. Before they knew it, they were coming back into the station, which pleased Leo, because he expected the train to stop so they could get off.

This was not to be.

After the third time around, Leo and Remi both began to realize they weren’t getting off the train unless they figured out what in the world they were supposed to do. It crossed Leo’s mind that they might never get off the train.

“I’m going to hold Blop up in the air!” yelled Remi. He’d turned back to Leo, grinning from ear to ear.

“What? Why?!” Leo fired back.

Remi didn’t answer as he spun back around, pulled Blop out of his pocket, and held the small robot over his head.

“Don’t drop him!” Leo said, half expecting Blop to catch in the wind and nail him in the forehead as he flew by.

Around and around they went, no one speaking, all three of them watching. It was a surprisingly quiet and smooth ride, like a roller coaster on rails of Jell-O, and both boys took note of the route: two bridges, three wild turns, four ups and downs, three dark tunnels.

“Have either of you ever ridden a carousel?” Blop asked as they rounded a corner.

Leo and Remi both answered yes.

“So you’ve grabbed the dragon rings, then?” asked Blop. Remi didn’t know what this meant, so he looked at Leo, who shrugged.

Up and down, over a bridge, and through a tunnel they went, rounding the station for the fourth time.

“Many carousels have the dragon ring feature,” Blop continued, “which works like this: As you pass the dragon, you take the ring out of his mouth by hooking it with your finger. Every time a ring is taken, a new one appears. Take the gold ring and you get a free ride.”

“Sounds fun, but what’s it got to do with the train we’re on?” Leo asked.

“The dragons are in the tunnels, or so says the blue box,” said Blop.

Remi howled with delight, very happy that he’d given Blop a good long look inside the blue box. Even Remi hadn’t seen the tiny dragon heads in the tunnels.

“Here comes a tunnel now!” Remi yelled, dropping Blop into his jacket pocket and leaning out of the car as the world went dark.

But it was useless. The tunnels were so dimly lit, they couldn’t see anything — at least not until Leo took his flashlight out of his pocket.

“I’ll point the light,” he yelled. “You grab the rings!”

When they came to the second tunnel, Leo shone the light

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