Treasure in Trident City by Debbie Dadey

Author:Debbie Dadey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

Giant Octopus

AAAAH!” PEARL SCREAMED.

“I guess we scared you,” Rocky said with a smile. Wanda giggled nervously beside him.

Pearl didn’t think it was funny at all. “Where have you been?” she demanded, her green eyes flashing with anger. “Why didn’t you help me when I was stuck?”

“You were stuck?” Wanda gasped, staring at Pearl. “What’s wrong with you? You look funny.”

“You’d look funny too if your tail had been caught in a hole!” Pearl snapped.

“We heard you screaming, but this ship is huge! We looked all over for you,” Rocky said. “Don’t get your tail in a knot.”

Even though she was mad they hadn’t rescued her, Pearl was still hopeful that they had found the treasure. “Did you find anything?”

Rocky shook his head, causing his pirate hat to tilt slightly. “No, we were too busy looking for you! We didn’t find anything except some peanut worms.”

“Which he ate!” Wanda said, rolling her eyes.

“Hey, what can I say? I was hungry!” Rocky said with a grin, patting his stomach.

Pearl studied Rocky’s pirate costume. She still couldn’t believe how silly he looked. Then her eyes landed on the needlefish, and an idea popped into her head.

Pearl pulled the needlefish from Rocky’s worm belt. “I need to borrow this,” she called as she zoomed toward the metal doorway.

“Hey, that’s mine!” Rocky cried, starting to follow her.

“I need it to—” Pearl said from the doorway, but the octopus interrupted her.

“Ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh!”

“Whoa!” Rocky yelled, skidding to a stop. “Get away from that door. The pirate ghosts are in there!”

Pearl shook her head. “There are no pirate ghosts.”

“Ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh!”

“Pearl, don’t go in there,” Wanda said in a trembling voice.

“Ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh!”

“Let’s get out of here!” Rocky yelled. In two merseconds, he and Wanda had zoomed away.

“Stop!” Pearl shrieked, but they didn’t even look back. They were so terrified that they didn’t seem to realize she wasn’t with them.

“They left me!” Pearl couldn’t believe it. Well, she’d show them! She would save the octopus’s life and find the treasure, too.

She swam into the room with the octopus and hacked at the wire with the needlefish’s long, thick snout. Nothing happened.

“Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh!” the octopus moaned. Pearl hoped she wasn’t hurting the octopus. She knew the needlefish’s snout was very tough. Her father said it was strong enough to poke a hole in a boat.

“Rocky, get back here and help me!” Pearl cried. But Rocky didn’t come back and neither did Wanda.

Pearl sniffed and kept chopping away. The whole time she muttered, “I wanted a chest full of sparkling jewels and all I found is an icky, nasty, and disgusting ship! This is the worst treasure hunt ever.” Luckily, the wire was rusted and with one final whack, it broke.

“WEEEEoooooooooooooohhhhhhhh!” With a groan and a huge whoosh, the octopus exploded through the wall of the ship, sending pieces of wood flying in every direction.

Pearl ducked to avoid a big board. “How rude! That octopus didn’t even thank me!” With the octopus gone, Pearl searched the room for any hint of the treasure. But it only had junk and not one single jewel.

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