1 Green-land

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1 GREEN-LAND Jack and Annie sat on their porch in the warm summer twilight. Jack was reading a library book called Amazing Facts. "Get this," he said. "A beehive can have as many as sixty million bees in it." "Is that all?" Annie said. "Ha," said Jack. "Okay, then get this!" He read: "Some experts say there might be ten billion trillion stars in the universe." "Wrong," said Annie. "In fact, there are ten billion trillion and seventy-three." Jack laughed. They both looked up at the dark-blue sky. The first stars were coming out. "Seriously, ten billion trillion…?" said

Annie. "I can't even imagine it." She stood up. "Hey, do you see that?" "What?" said Jack. "That little cloud," Annie said. "Where?" said Jack, standing. "Over the treetops," said Annie. "Oh, man," whispered Jack. He saw it, too: a small, brightly glowing cloud over the Frog Creek woods.

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"We'd better check it out," said Annie. Jack put his book on a porch chair. "Mom? Dad?" he called through the screen door. "We'll be back soon!" "Fifteen minutes!" their dad called. "We'll watch a movie together!" "Great!" called Jack. He grabbed his backpack and then turned to Annie. "Let's go. Hurry!" Jack and Annie dashed down the porch steps. They tore across their yard and headed up the sidewalk. When they came to the Frog Creek woods, they crossed the street and hurried between the trees. The darkening woods were filled with the sounds of crickets and frogs. The air smelled of warm green leaves and wood and earth. Soon Jack and Annie came to the tallest oak. "Hurray!" said Annie.

The magic tree house was back. It was shimmering against the evening sky. "Yes!" said Jack. He grabbed the rope ladder and started up. Annie followed. They climbed into the tree house. "Look," said Jack. In the last light of day, he saw a book on the floor. He grabbed the book. He read the title on the plain green cover. GREENLAND The World's Largest Island "Greenland!" said Annie. "That sounds nice!" "Yeah, our teacher told us about Greenland," said Jack. "But I don't remember what he said…." "Open the book," said Annie. Jack opened the book. He found a map in a pocket on the inside cover. He took it out and unfolded it.