01 Master Librarians

Dolphins at Daybreak

Chapter 01 Master Librarians Jack stared out the kitchen window. The sun was not up yet. But the sky was growing lighter. Jack had been awake for a long time. He had been thinking about the dream he’d had—the dream about Morgan le Fay. The tree house is back, Morgan had said. I’m waiting. Jack wished that dreams were real. He missed Morgan’s magic tree house.

“ Jack! ” His little sister Annie appeared in the doorway. “ We have to go to the woods now! ” she said. “ Why?” Jack asked. “ I had a dream about Morgan! ” exclaimed Annie. “ She said the tree house is back and she’s waiting for us! ” “ That was my dream, ” said Jack. “ Oh, wow, ” said Annie. “ She told you, too? So it must be important. ” “ But dreams aren’t real, ” said Jack. “ Some dreams aren’t. But this one is, ” said Annie. “ I can just feel it. ” She opened the back door. “ I’ll see you later! ” “ Wait—wait. I’m coming! ” said Jack. He raced up the stairs. Having the same dream must mean something, he thought. He grabbed his backpack and threw his notebook and pencil into it.

Then he ran downstairs. “ We’ll be back soon, Mom! ” Jack called into the living room. “ Where you going so early?” his dad called. “ Just for a quick walk! ” said Jack. “ It rained last night, ” called his mom. “ Don’t get your shoes wet. ” “ We won’t! ” Jack slipped out the door. Annie was waiting for him. “ Let’s go! ” she said. The sky was pale gray. The air felt freshly washed. Jack and Annie ran up their quiet street to the Frog Creek woods.

They headed between the trees. Soon they came to the tallest oak in the woods. There was a wooden house high in the treetop. “ It is back! ” whispered Jack. Someone looked out the window of the tree house—a lovely old woman with long white hair. Morgan le Fay. “ Come up, ” called the magical librarian. Jack and Annie climbed up the rope ladder and into the tree house. In the dawn light, they stared at Morgan le Fay. She looked beautiful in a red velvet robe. Jack pushed his glasses into place. He couldn’t stop smiling. “ We both had dreams about you! ” said Annie. “ I know, ” said Morgan. “ You do?”