Far from Shore by Kiki Thorpe

Author:Kiki Thorpe [Thorpe, Kiki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7364-3303-7
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2015-01-05T16:00:00+00:00

“There’s another one here,” Lainey said, nudging it with her foot. Tink flew closer to the ground. In her glow they caught glimpses of empty bottles, coils of rope, and what looked like some old clothes. They’d all been so busy looking at the ceiling that they hadn’t noticed the cave was littered with objects.

“What is all this stuff?” Kate asked.

“I think we’ve found some pirates’ hideout,” Peter said.

“You mean real pirates?” Kate said, looking at the junk with new interest. Their adventure was getting better by the minute!

As Tink flew slowly around, the kids picked up things they found on the cave floor. “Hey!” Lainey exclaimed. “A compass!”

“I found a biscuit!” declared Cubby.

“Don’t eat that! It’s dirty pirate food,” Nibs said, knocking the bread from Cubby’s hand. It spun away into the darkness.

“But it wasn’t even nibbled.” Cubby looked sadly at the spot where the biscuit had disappeared.

Kate poked through a pile of old wooden junk. Maybe I’ll find treasure! she thought. Or at least something cool, like a spyglass or a Jolly Roger flag.

Mia came to stand next to her. “You don’t think the pirates might come back while we’re in here, do you?” she asked.

The cave fell quiet as everyone considered this.

Suddenly, from somewhere in the depths of the cave, they heard heavy footsteps. A rough voice growled, “And what’s this? A bunch of scalawags come to plunder me loot?”

Kate went cold all over. She turned to see who had spoken. But at that moment the cave went black.

Where’s Tink? she thought frantically. The fairy’s light had disappeared, as if it had been snuffed out.

The footsteps came slowly closer, scraping on the cave floor. Kate tried to remember which way they’d come in. Was the exit blocked? Or could they escape somehow? Where was Peter?

Suddenly, Tink’s glow flared again. On the wall of the cave they saw the terrible shadow of a pirate with his sword raised.

The scream was in Kate’s throat, when suddenly the shadow began to dance. They heard a joyful laugh.

Peter came out from behind the stalagmite where he’d been hiding. He was wearing a pirate hat he’d found and holding his dagger. Tink fluttered in the air next to him, laughing, too. As she moved closer to Peter, his shadow grew. It was her light that had made his shadow seem so tall.

What a perfect prank! Kate thought.

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