Ch11-Back to the Garden

CHAPTER ELEVEN Back to the Garden

Yip? said Oki. "Wow," said Annie. "Yes," said Jack. In the first light of dawn, he could see the tangles of vines and flowers, the fishpond, and the stone wall. They were back in Morgan le Fay's secret garden. Oki leapt from Annie's arms and scurried among the patches of ivy, wild grasses, and shrubs, yapping and yipping at the dragons made of glass and granite, marble, clay, bronze, silver, and seashells. "The ninth dragon goes behind those yellow rosebushes," said Annie. "Right," said Jack. "And let's leave Cafelle's magic stones there, too." Jack carefully placed the statue between the bushes and stone wall. Then he and Annie set Cafelle's stones at its feet. The dragon glistened and shone as it caught the light of the rising sun.

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"Good-bye," Jack whispered. "Long live Camelot," said Annie. Yip! said Oki. "Let's go," said Jack. And the three of them left Morgan's garden. They walked through the library and down the musty hallway, down the steep steps and through the rocky passage to the outer courtyard. Sir Lamorak and Sir Tristan were standing by the entrance gate. "Hello, sirs!" Annie called from behind them. The knights whirled around. When they saw Jack and Annie, they lowered their lances. "How—how did you get inside?" stammered Sir Lamorak. "Where are the king and queen?" said Sir Tristan. "They're safe in Avalon!" said Jack. "What happened?" said Sir Lamorak. "It's a long story," said Annie. "But just know that the king will be completely well soon. And when he is, he and Guinevere will come back to the castle."

"And the king said to tell you that he'll work with his knights and all his subjects to restore order to the kingdom," said Jack. The two knights shook their heads in wonder. "Bye for now," said Annie. "Hold down the fort!" Jack, Annie, and Oki headed out the castle entrance gate and started through the hay field. They ran over the dry grass, then pushed their way through the tall wheat stalks waving in the wind. From the field, they headed into the shadowy forest, and Oki led the way around the ancient oaks, until they came to the magic tree house. "Let's go, buddy!" said Jack. He lifted the puppy and put him into his pack. Then he and Annie headed up the rope ladder. When they climbed into the tree house, Annie grabbed the Pennsylvania book and pointed at a picture of Frog Creek. "I wish we could go there!" she said. The wind started to blow. The tree house started to spin. It spun faster and faster.

Then everything was still. Absolutely still. The day was cloudy and cool. No time had passed in the Frog Creek woods. The wind shook the tree leaves. Yip! Oki popped his head out of Jack's pack. "We're home," said Annie. "Home, sweet home," said Jack. "Right, little buddy." Yip! Jack climbed down the rope ladder, and Annie followed. Then they started through the Frog Creek woods. "Should we put Oki on the ground?" said Annie. "Nope. Keep him in the pack," said Jack. "All the way to the dog park?" asked Annie. "Dog park? Are you serious?" said Jack. "You still want to go to the dog park? Aren't you worn out?" "No, not really," said Annie.