The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by O'Connor Barbara

Author:O'Connor, Barbara [O'Connor, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780374368500
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2010-08-31T07:00:00+00:00

The boys huddled together up in the hayloft of the barn the rest of the morning, planning how they would get the Water Wonder 4000 down to the pond.

The good news was that the submarine was on the same side of the train tracks as the pond.

The bad news was that the submarine was probably heavy.

Real heavy.

The other bad news was that there were a lot of bushes and small scrub pines between the submarine and the pond.

The boys made lists of possible ways they could get the submarine down to the pond, like

Put the submarine on a wagon.

and

Pull the submarine behind a riding lawn mower.

Then they made lists of supplies they might need, like rope and chains and bungee cords.

Sometimes the idea of getting the submarine into the pond seemed like the greatest idea Owen had ever had.

Other times, it seemed stupid and impossible.

Then there was the problem of actually driving the submarine. Could they really figure out how to do it?

As if he had read Owen’s mind, Travis said, “Do you think we can figure out how to make that sub run?”

Owen shrugged. “There’s not that many switches inside. Maybe we can just fiddle around with them a little bit.”

“Maybe there’s instructions somewhere,” Stumpy said.

Owen and Travis stared at Stumpy.

Stumpy never had good ideas.

Stumpy never thought of stuff before Travis and Owen did.

But now he had.

“Instructions!” Owen said. “Yeah! I bet there’s instructions somewhere!”

Owen and Travis high-fived Stumpy, and they all hurried out of the hayloft, whistled for Pete and Leroy, and raced across the yard, through the woods, and around the pond to the train tracks.

They scrambled down the slope toward the submarine.

And then . . .

. . . they stopped.

There in front of them, standing next to the Water Wonder 4000, staring through thick glasses with red-rimmed eyes, was Viola.

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