Jingle Jangle: The Invention of Jeronicus Jangle by Lyn Sisson-Talbert & David E. Talbert

Author:Lyn Sisson-Talbert & David E. Talbert [Sisson-Talbert, Lyn & Talbert, David E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

Journey had found magic, and then some!

Good thing she had a new friend by her side.

Chapter Fourteen

“I don’t want to die! I haven’t even hit puberty!” Edison buried his face in Journey’s back.

They’d hidden under the worktable together. “Edison! Let go!” Shaking him off, she inched out from under it. The robot, she saw, was just as scared as they were, peeping at her from around the table and mimicking her motions. “It’s okay. Come on,” she encouraged him.

The robot waddled toward her, wobbling as he grew accustomed to his newfound mobility.

“Easy,” Journey told him.

The gears inside the robot’s glass heart purred, and he steadied himself.

Journey motioned to herself. “My name is Journey.”

Buddy regarded her, eyes dilating. “Jeronicus’s granddaughter.” He imitated what he’d heard her saying earlier!

“And this is Edison,” Journey added, gesturing to the boy, who looked up.

He bonked his head on the bottom of the table. “Ow! I’m okay!” He crawled out from under it and tentatively clung to Journey’s back. Finally, he gave a timid wave at Buddy. “Hi!”

“Why didn’t you work for my grandfather?” Journey asked.

Buddy’s eyes enlarged. “It will work. At least I have to believe it will,” he parroted back.

Journey gasped. “That’s it.” She rose. “Belief! It collapsed the wave function. It must’ve been part of the formula. He works because we believe,” she told Edison, reviewing the page of the robot’s designs.

“Well, of course we believe. He’s hovering above your head,” he said matter-of-factly. Sheer horror crossed his face as he realized what he’d said, and he reversed. “He’s hovering above your head!” He ran and hid under the ladder of a stripped loft bed. “Mommy!”

Journey looked. Her jaw dropped, along with the page in her hands.

Buddy was levitating, somersaulting clumsily through the air. He knocked into wheels hanging from a wall, and then into ropes on a pulley system, as he tried to get his bearings.

Journey winced. “Be careful!”

Finally, after drifting helter-skelter, Buddy hovered evenly in place.

A whimsical wind blew through the workshop, and Journey’s cracked red boots lifted from the peeling floor. She began to rise high into the air. She was flying! She was actually flying! Buddy orbited around her like a satellite while Edison anxiously gazed up at them through the rungs of the ladder. Buddy swam expertly through the air, and Journey glided gracefully after.

Edison stepped out from under the loft bed, and the magic swept him off his feet. He grabbed hold of the ladder to prevent himself from floating, too, but his boots continued skyward. “What’s happening?!” His fingers lost purchase then grasped on to the headboard.

“Edison, just let go! It’ll be all right!” Journey vowed.

“It’s not gonna be all right!” Edison’s grip slipped. “Mom!” He grabbed a wooden beam jutting from the wall. Then he took a breath and let go, suspended in midair. He gawked then eyed his hands and body before starting to paddle his arms and kick his legs. Meanwhile, Journey and Buddy flitted around playfully, somersaulting and pirouetting with elegance.

What unexpected enjoyment they’d uncovered!

“Who’s there in my workshop?!” came a voice.

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