Seven Go the Evergreen Island Castle

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Contents 1) Off to Straw Bay railway station.

2) Jack becomes a friend.

3) Something strange. 4) Visit to the Evergreen Island Castle.

5) Something Awful

6) A Strange door

7) Big Surprise

8) Visit to Farmyard Cottage

9) A Visit again to Evergreen Island Castle

10) An exciting Adventure

11)

Treasure boxes

stolen

12) Happy Ending



Off to Straw Bay Railway Station. “Wake up, Dick, wake up” cried Julia. “It’s the first day of our

summer vacation. Tom, wake up and all of you get ready. We have

to go to Straw Bay railway station to pick up John, Lucy, David

and Tommy. Come on, let’s go!”

They all went to the station and were very excited as their cousins

were going to arrive. But as they reached the station they were

quite surprised to see that there was neither a train nor any

passengers on the platform.

They sadly went back to their own house but suddenly they heard

shouts of a loud ‘Surprise’. They were surprised to see their

cousins John, Lucy, David and Tommy who then explained to

them that their train’s engine had stopped working at Gingred’s

railway station and they had to come all the way in a Horse‐drawn

cart.

They all were too happy and all of them sat together for breakfast

and ate

Ginger

‐ bread,

lemonade,

soda

among

other

things.



Jack becomes a friend The next morning, all of them woke up, got ready and went to Mr.

Pollo and Mrs. Polly’s house who were their neighbors. In their

house there lived a boy named Jack who was an orphan. Mr. Pollo

and Mrs. Polly were his Uncle and Aunt and he lived with them.

His Uncle and Aunt behaved very rudely with Jack. They sent him to

work. But before Jack’s parents died they kept all their property on

Jack’s name. They also kept a huge castle on his name.

The children talked to Jack’s Uncle and Aunt for a while and then

came downstairs to go back to their own house. At that time they saw

Jack doing some work in the garden.

Dick questioned Jack, “What are you doing?” Jack answered, “Can’t

you see I am cleaning up the mess from the garden?” Dick asked

Jack, “If you don’t mind, can you tell me what your hobby is?” Jack

said, “My hobby is swimming.”

Lucy said,

“Wow,

swimming!

If

you

are

interested

then

you

can

come swimming with us at 8 O’clock tomorrow. Tom asked Jack,

“Can we all be friends?”

Jack thought for a moment and then said,” Well, I will be your friend

but only if you behave nicely with me.”



Something strange They all went back home. The next day they called Jack for going to

the beach for swimming. Everyone went there happily.

All of them loved swimming and they swam for half an hour in the

cool and refreshing water. After changing their wet clothes, they sat

on the beach, their legs in the water.

Suddenly, one of the cousins, David, saw something strange far away

the beach, something huge and tall. They asked Jack if he knew what

it was.

Jack knew what that was, but he did not tell any of his friends. The

truth was that it was the castle his parents left for him, and if he told

them then it would no longer be a secret.

Suddenly, Lucy’s eyes shone bright and she jumped up shouting,

“David, Jack, Tom, Dick, it’s… it’s an adventure. I can feel that and it

is pulling all of us towards it.” “WOOF” said Tommy, Lucy’s dog.

John said, “What nonsense! It’s not an adventure; it’s just a stupid,

silly, old castle.”

David said, “Leave it. It’s almost 11 and we have to go back to our

house otherwise mother Lucida and father Malhem will not allow us

to enter the house.” “Yes, yes, be quick, otherwise aunty will not give

us the lunch also. Be quick guys, be quick,” said John.

They ran and went back to their house. They all filled their tummies

with delicious food which their mother had prepared for them.



Visit to the Evergreen Island Castle

Soon it was the time for the children to go to sleep. It was nearly 10 at

night. They all slept. At about 12 at night a strong wind blew and the

window near which Lucy was sleeping started banging. She woke up

and suddenly saw a light blinking in one of the rooms of the castle.

But she thought that she was dreaming and went to sleep again.

In the morning they all got ready and were sitting on the table for

breakfast when Lucy told all of them what she saw at the previous

night. But no one believed her.

They all went to see Jack to tell him what Lucy saw. But Jack also

didn’t believe her. Then all the children decided that they would not

sleep the entire night that day and if they saw any light in the castle,

Tom would say a loud ‘ MEOW’ so that Jack could hear it. All of

them agreed.

That night when it was the children’s time to sleep, no one slept.

Everyone kept waiting to see the light and suddenly Dick said, “Look

everyone look,

the

light.”

All

of

them

were

greatly

surprised.

Tom said, ‘MEOW’ loudly so that Jack could hear it. Hearing this

Jack came to the main gate of his friends’ house.

Tom, Dick and everyone else went downstairs very softly as their

parents were sleeping. They opened the door slowly because if their

parents woke up they would definitely be in trouble.

The children went to the castle in a boat. At the entrance of the castle

there were many rocks. When they reached the castle they heard the

voices of two men and saw them holding guns.



They stood near the wall very silently to what was going on inside

the room. Suddenly one of the men threw a piece of paper on the

floor, but none of the children paid any attention to it.

Suddenly Julia,

who

was

wearing

high

heels,

stepped

on

David’s

leg

and he shouted, ‘OUCH’. Hearing the sound, both men started

looking around to see where the noise came from.

By that time all the children hid near a broken wooden door. As the

men went away the children ran out through the castle and sat on the

boat. While they were sitting in the boat everyone shouted at Julia

that because of her they were in a great trouble.

David said to Julia, “You stupid girl, can’t you take care?” Due to this

Julia started crying. When they reached their house they slowly went

to their rooms and slept peacefully.



Something Awful

The next day, they took permission from their Uncle and Aunt to go

to the castle. Their uncle and aunt agreed.

They went into the castle and suddenly something crushed under

Jack’s leg. Listening to this, everyone started looking around to see

where the noise came from. Lucy grabbed a paper from the ground

and unfolded it.

All the children were surprised to see a map and in the map they

found the word ‘GOLD’ written. David kept that paper safely in his

pocket and all of them went to their house and brought many things

like rope, cake, orange squash, etc.

They went in each and every room to explore the things through

which they could find gold. That’s when they found a half – broken

ladder. But, John was an expert in climbing. He took a rope and

climbed up. Then he threw the rope down and one by one all the

children went up climbing.



A strange Door There was a door with ‘PASSWORD’ written on it. Jack’s mother and

father had kept a password so that no one else could steal the

treasure boxes. When the children saw that door, Dick said to Tom,

“Tom, what shall we do now? It is a very strange door. If we want to

go inside, we have to give the password, otherwise we can’t get in.”

Tom had an idea. He said, “Let us type the name of Jack’s parents. If

the door won’t open, then we’ll know that it’s not the password.”

They gave the password but the door didn’t open.

Then, Dick had a brilliant idea. He said, “Let us type the first letters

of our names.” Julian said, “Yes, that is a good idea because Jack’s

father, Mr. Jacuroy, and his mother, Mrs. Jenny, knew all of us very

well because we have lived here since our childhood.”

So, all of them along with Tommy, the dog typed the first letters of

their names in the password column. John was standing with his

hand on the door and suddenly the door started vibrating and it

opened. But

as

it

opened

John

fell

down.

Lucy laughed, “HA! HA! HA!” All of them excitedly went inside the

room and they found a big round door. It was nothing but a tunnel

leading to some another room.



Big surprise The children, and Tommy, started looking for the key to open the

tunnel door. Suddenly Tommy barked “WOOF, WOOF” near a

window.

Hearing this, Lucy went near to Tommy to try to understand what he

was trying to indicate to. And, at that time Lucy saw a rusted key

lying at the window pane.

She called everybody and Lucy excitedly opened the door. In

excitement they just forgot the key there only. One by one all of them

went sliding down into the tunnel.

When they reached there, once again they found a room. Tom was

surprised to see treasure boxes. And as he went near to open it, many

swords came in front of him.

On them, it was written:

NOTE

“If you want to take the boxes away, you just have to play a simple

game of chess.’’

Tom shouted, “Dick, Jack, Lucy, David, and Julia, all of you come

here and read what is written.

Julia said, “Wow, chess!” As Julia was an expert at playing chess,

everyone forced

her

to

play.

At last, she agreed. She played chess and won too. They got the

treasure boxes but didn’t have the key to open them. It was hidden

somewhere.



They went out of the room and through the ladder but kept the rope

and key of the tunnel there only.

The children went into the room which was downstairs and were

surprised to

see

that

there

was

not

a thing

which

they

saw

before.

Suddenly Tom noticed a diary, which the men might have forgotten

to take with them, and on it was written:

Mr. Bunking and Mr. Buskins

Farmyard Cottage, House no. 35

Opp. Wonderland Bakery shop.

Excitedly, they all went back through the boat to their house.



Visit to Farmyard Cottage

The children asked Mrs. Lucida why she was preparing different

delicacies and packing them in their father’s bag.

Their father came downstairs and told the children that he was going

to Farmyard Cottage for 3 days to meet his friend.

Hearing this, Julia’s mouth dropped open, because that was the place

where those two men lived.

Looking at Julia, her father asked her, “What’s the matter? Why are

you standing

like

this?”

Julia replied, “I was surprised to hear such a name and I have never

been there so can we please come with you?”

All of them shouted, “Please, can we come with you?” And their

father agreed.

The children

quickly

packed

their

bags

and

got

ready

to

move.

Tommy was also ready to move.

They said goodbye to their mother and also to their best friend Jack

before leaving. All of them went through a car to the Mariana railway

station. After half an hour, they reached there.

They got their seats in the train and as the train started to move, the

children could

not

wait

to

reach

Farmyard

Cottage.

They saw the scenery as they passed by it. After about two hours of

traveling, they reached their destination.



All of them went through a rickshaw to Farmyard Cottage and at

house no. 34 which was Uncle Pharen’s house.

Uncle Malhem knocked at the door and the door was opened by a

tall, smart

and

well

‐ built

man.

He

warmly

welcomed

them

all.

They

helped their guests in keeping the luggage aside.

Uncle Pharen showed the children to their rooms.

In the afternoon Aunt Polina called the children and also their father

for lunch.

While eating,

Uncle

Pharen

warned

them

not

to

open

the

right

side

window of their room as there lived two thieves in the house on the

right who did not like children.

Their names were Mr. Buskins and Mr. Bunking. The children were

surprised to hear that because they directly got the answer of the

question for what they came without any problem.

A couple

of

days

passed

and

it

was

the

third

day

and

they

had

to

return back to their own house which was known as Malhem house.

Everyone packed their bags and said “Goodbye’’ to Uncle Pharen

and Aunty Polina. They went to Mariana station and sat in a train

which went to Straw Bay railway station.

Then, through a horse‐cart they reached their home. Their mother

gave them

a hearty

welcome.

David said to aunt Lucida that “Aunt Polina was a good natured

woman.”



Mother Lucida had prepared the children’s favorite dishes like

chocolate cookies, strawberry cake, chocolate cake, orange squash,

lemonade, ginger bread, strawberries and a jug of milk and in that

she had put a spoon of cold cream.

As the children were too hungry they finished up everything and

since they were too tired they went to sleep.



A Visit again to the Evergreen Castle

The next day, the children woke at 10 o’ clock in the morning as they

were too tired. They completed their daily activities and went to meet

Uncle Pollo and Aunt Polly.

Jack was very happy to see their friends after three days that had

passed as months for him. Seeing Jack, Tommy started licking his

face.

They all went to the beach for swimming in the cool water. Then,

John said, “Hey! Can’t we go to the castle to find the key of the

treasure boxes that we found last week?”

All of them agreed. They changed their clothes, took permission from

their parents and reached the castle.

One by one they climbed up through the door and entered the

password, and as the door opened they went sliding down through

the tunnel.

As they reached the tunnel, they saw the same message.

Each of them decided that they would not leave the place till they

find the key to open the treasure boxes.



An Exciting Adventure Julia started playing chess and as she was confused everyone shouted

at her, “Julia, be quicker, we want to find the key.”

Then, Julia said, “Yes don’t worry. I will do it.”

The two men, Buskins and Bunkings, then came back to the castle as

they remembered that they had forgotten their diary in the castle.

As they reached there, they were surprised to see that there was no

diary.

At that time Bunking spotted the rope and got suspicious that there

was someone else in the castle.

Both of them climbed the rope and saw that a door was open. They

entered it and went through the tunnel.

They both reached the room where the children were. David saw

them and

shouted,

“All

of

you,

look

towards

the

door!”

Everyone looked there and were frightened to see those men. Julia

had still not completed playing the game, but seeing them she ran

away to Lucy without playing the whole game.

Buskins took out a gun and told them that if they went any closer to

the boxes then he would shoot them.

The room was very dark and there was just a little amount of light

near the chess board. They were not able to see the faces of the men

clearly but could hear their voices.



Lucy sent her dog, Tommy and told him to bite those two men. He

smelled their footsteps and went to them.

As it was too dark, the two men were not able to see anything. But

the dog

could

see

them

as

his

eyes

were

too

sharp.

Tommy went near them and bit their leg. Buskins and Bunkings

shouted, ‘OUCH!’ As Tommy bit them the gun from Buskins hand

fell down and John picked it up.

John forced Julia to go and play the remaining chess. He told those

men to not dare to come in front. As they didn’t have another gun

they obeyed

him.



Treasure Boxes stolen

Julia played the remaining chess and at last she won. Then, all the

children except John, who was standing with a gun, started looking

for the key.

They checked all the drawers but they could not find it. Only the last

one remained to check.

It was something strange. There were boxes inside boxes in that

drawer and at last they got a small box.

As Lucy

opened

it,

she

found

a key

inside

it.

She

tried

to

open

the

box and found a note.

NOTE

Guess which one is the correct box from these three boxes. There is a

slight difference in one of the boxes. The remaining two boxes are the

same and the box with a difference is the right box.

They decided

to

open

the

middle

box

as

it

was

quite

different

and

as

they opened it they were surprised. Even those two men were

surprised.

All of them saw gold and silver coins, real white and blue pearls,

necklaces and big shining diamonds. At that time there came a big

spider from the top of the box. No one saw it except Buskins who

was afraid of spiders and John was afraid too.

Seeing the spider Buskins shouted, “Spider”. Hearing that, John

jumped and threw the gun away. He tried to move the spider away

and that was when Bunkings picked up the gun.



After sometime the spider moved away. Then Bunkings warned the

children that if they would move or touch the box he would kill

Tommy, Lucy’s dog.

Hearing that,

Lucy

said,

“Please

don’t

kill

my

dog.”

Then

Buskins

said, “If you don’t want your dog to be killed then give that key and

the box to us.”

Lucy said to others, “Please give that key and box to them. I don’t

want my dog to be killed.”

Everyone agreed and gave that key and the box to those thieves. As,

the thieves

went

out

they

closed

the

nut

– bolt

of

the

door

and

went

away.



Happy ending The children started screaming for help. But no help came.

Suddenly, Tom noticed a big stone and he threw it right over the nut

– bolt with a force, and it opened.

Everyone ran fast to go to call the police. They hurried down through

the rope. As, they went down to the entrance of the castle Tom saw

Bunkings and he pushed him right on his leg and he fell down,

‘THUD’.

The thieves sat in a boat with the treasure box and went to an oak

tree as they heard the noise of a police car. The oak tree was right

beside the children’s house.

Jack knew a shortcut to his house and they took that way. So they

reached there before those thieves and they phoned the police and

they came right to Mrs. Lucida’s house.

The children

took

the

police

to

the

oak

tree

from

the

back

door

of

the

house as they saw the thieves from the window of their house.

The police went silently to them and arrested them. The assistant of

the police threw those thieves in his car and locked the door.

The police thanked the little children because those thieves were too

dangerous and they were trying to catch them from many years.

But each time they escaped. The police gave them a reward of Rs.

6000 because they helped them in catching the thieves.

He also gave them a reward of Rs. 600 for their bravery. The head of

the children’s society gave them an award because they saved them



from those thieves. All the children divided the money between

themselves.

Mr. Pollo and Mrs. Polly were too happy to know that their children

performed such

a brave

act.

Jack’s Uncle and Aunt started behaving nicely with him as they

understood what their mistake was.

At night all the children were too happy and they all slept thinking

about their adventure.

The next

morning

Aunt

Lucida

packed

John,

Lucy

and

David’s

bag

and lunch.

Julia, Tom, Jack and Dick were too sad as John, Lucy and David, and

Tommy were going back to their house as the school was reopening

the next day.

They went to the station and as their cousins sat in the train they said,

‘GOODBYE’ and

the

train

started

to

move.

Everyone was so sad but they thought that they might have an

adventure in the next summer vacation.



About the Author

Drasti Chauhan is a twelve year old girl studying in

eighth grade at St. Mary’s School, Ahmedabad, India.

Her hobbies are reading and writing stories, painting

and also studying.

She wants to grow up to become an astronaut.

She wrote her first story as an e-book which was titled

“Seven go the Evergreen Island Castle”. It is based on an

adventure in which seven adventurous children find a

hidden treasure at the Evergreen Island Castle after

facing many difficulties.

You can mail her at [email protected]

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