T he sea serpent moved its head very close to Jackand Annie and hissed a long, whispery sssssssss. The serpent's flicking tongue touched the sword fora moment. Jack's heart nearly stopped. But then theserpent slowly pulled back its head and began tou...
A hhh! screamed Jack and Annie. The giant sea serpent arched its long neck into thesky. Its scaly green skin glistened in the late sunlight. Staring at Jack and Annie, its eyes burned like brightyellow lamps. Jack and Annie were frozen with terror. T...
A nnie pointed to the sword handle. Jack nodded. But he was running out of air. He swam back up tothe surface. Annie followed him. Their heads bobbed above the water, and theygasped. Did you see it? cried Annie. The handle ofthe sword?Yes! The blade...
T he four seals paddled with ease through the sunlitwaters of the Selkie Cove and into the Jellyfish Cave. The water in the cave was cold and murky. But in hisseal body, Jack was warm; and with his seal eyes, hecould see clearly. As they swam farther...
S eals? asked Annie. Jack looked at Teddy. Did she say 'change intoseals'? he asked. Indeed! said Teddy. That's what selkies do. Theyare people on land and seals in the sea.You're a seal? Jack asked Kathleen. Sometimes, said the selkie, smiling. Jack...
W ake up, lazybones! You can't sleep allafternoon! said a friendly voice. Jack's eyes shot open. Oh, no! he thought. Whattime is it? He sat up and looked around. The seals were gone. Standing over Jack and Anniewas a barefoot boy with a happy, freckl...
J ack splashed into the blue sunlit sea. He sank tothe bottom and then bobbed back up. He coughed andpushed his hair out of his eyes. Annie was treading water nearby. Hey! she called. Hey! Jack sputtered. I was wrong! You were right! Annie said. Shes...
J ack grabbed Annie's hand. Whatever you do,don't look up, he said,Annie looked up. AHHHHH! she screamed. She started to leap offthe ledge into the churning waters. But then anotherwave crashed wildly against the walls. Jack held Annie back. Don't ju...
G entle waves rippled through the cove as Jack andAnnie swam to the foot of the cliff. They pulledthemselves onto the boulders. Soaking wet, they satfor a moment in the warm sunlight and caught theirbreath. That was so cool! said Annie. Yeah. But why...
A salty breeze blew into the tree house. Seagullsscreeched overhead. Jack and Annie looked out thetree house window. They were high in the branches of a gnarled oldtree. The tree was on a sea cliff beneath snowcappedmountains. The mountains overlooke...