Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Spike was the man he'd overheard at the airport! Suddenly, Chip was talking. "Ya know," he said, "I'm gonna miss this old tub when it's gone."

"Not me," Spike answered. "When we get the dough from the old folks, I'm buying the hottest car in Florida. I'm sick of living like a sardine!" "So when do you want to do it?" Chip asked. "Soon as I finish eating," Spike said. "I'll even let you have the pleasure of using the ax." Dink heard Chip laugh. "With all those cinder blocks we brought aboard, the Goose will go down in ten seconds!" "Yeah, it should," Spike said. "Don't forget the box. We don't want that to sink, too!" Dink felt Josh grab his arm and squeeze. On his other side, Ruth Rose let out a small gasp. Spike and Chip were planning to sink the Golden Goose! "Don't worry," Chip was saying. "I already put the gold in the dinghy." A chair scraped, and the tattooed ankle disappeared from Dink's sight. "After we drown the Goose, we'll take the dinghy back to town," Spike said. "We'll lie low till we get the money from the old folks." He laughed. "Then we disappear." Dink felt his stomach sink. He heard more thumps and footsteps.

"Make sure you don't leave anything aboard with your name on it," Spike said. "Paper floats, you know." "Don't worry," Chip said. "Where's the ax?" The voices faded away. "Did you hear that?" Josh asked. "They're gonna sink this thing!" "Shh!" Dink hissed. Suddenly, the kids heard loud smashing noises, one after the other. Dink gulped. It was an ax striking wood! Then he heard a thump and footsteps running up the cabin stairs. Suddenly, he heard a new sound—the gurgle of water flooding into the boat! "Now!" Dink said. He shoved the trapdoor open and scrambled out. Josh and Ruth Rose were right behind him. They stepped into salt water. "Look!" Ruth Rose pointed to a hole in the side of the cabin. Water was rushing in.

"What are we gonna do?" Josh asked. Dink raced up the stairs and peeked. He saw Spike and Chip tearing across the water in the dinghy. "They took off!" Dink said. "Come on!" The kids ran up the stairs and sprinted toward the rear of the boat. Josh looked down into the water. "Now what do we do?" he squeaked. "WE JUMP!" Ruth Rose yelled. And they did.

该页暂无翻译