Legends of the Ghost Pirates by M.D. Lee

Author:M.D. Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: treasure adventure ghosts sailing ocean teen boats pirates sea kids

Chapter 15

Under the Nose

I pull away from Jo and make sure I'm standing far enough away from her she can't grab me again. “Would you stop doing that!”

“The way you were kissing me back it sure didn't seem like you minded,” she says with a smirk.

“Just stop it and look.” I point past her at a large boulder. “What do you see?”

Jo looks to where I'm pointing, and says in a slow southern drawl, “A big ol’ rock.”

“Look at it again. What do you really see?”

She puts her hands to her hips. “Well, sweet lightning.” She gasps as she looks even harder at the boulder. “It's the Old Man. The way the rock is formed it looks like an old man.”

“Right,” I say as I scramble over closer to it. I place my hand on the lower part of the large rock. “And right here is his beard.” Then I put my hand on a large part sticking out. “And this is—”

Jo interrupts, “His nose. We're gonna be rich. Wha-who!”

“YEAH!” I pump a fist into the air. Suddenly my head is spinning at the thought of all the treasure we're going to find, and I start to jump around and do a little dance. Jo also starts doing a funny little dance with me. Without thinking I grab her and give her a big hug. She hugs me back.

“Hey, guys. What's going on?” Sara says as she climbs over a boulder. “I heard you shouting, so...”

Sara! My mind races fast, and I grab her too and all three of us are in a big hug. That was too close. Sara looks surprised and smiles. I think she bought it.

“We found it! We're going to be rich!” I sing.

“Found what?” Sara questions.

I point to the boulder. “The Old Man. It's right under his nose.” Sara turns around and stares at the boulder. “Oh my gosh, you're right.”

Now that I have a closer look, I can see the way the Old Man boulder is resting on other larger rocks, there's a big opening beneath it. It's sort of like a cave, but not really because it's actually just a large gap between boulders. The three of us, on hands and knees, crowd around the opening looking in. From out here it looks like it might go a long ways back, but it's too dark in there to really tell.

“It's as dark as the bottom of a molasses barrel,” Jo says. “Treasure or no treasure, I’m sure as heck not going in there without a flashlight.”

“She's right,” Sara says peering into the dark. “It doesn't pay to go in there until we have some light.”

“I'm just going to see if I can see anything.” Slowly I crawl in hoping my eyes will adjust to the inky darkness. About ten feet in, BANG, I crack my head into a low part of the rock. “Ow.” I groan. There's no sense in banging my head any worse, so I back out.

“What did you see?” Sara asks helping me to my feet.

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