Good Morning, Gorillas - Mary Pope Osborne [1]
Osborne, Mary Pope.
Good morning, gorillas / by Mary Pope Osborne; [Sal Murdocca, illustrator].
p. cm. — (Magic tree house; #26) “A stepping stone book.”
SUMMARY: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to an African rain forest,
where the siblings encounter gorillas and learn to communicate with them.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89483-1
[1. Gorillas—Fiction. 2. Human–animal communication—Fiction.
3. Time travel—Fiction. 4. Magic—Fiction. 5. Tree houses—Fiction.]
I. Murdocca, Sal, ill. II. Title. PZ7.O81167 Go 2002 [Fic]—dc21 2002017828
Random House, Inc. New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland
RANDOM HOUSE and colophon are registered trademarks and A STEPPING STONE BOOK and colophon are trademarks of Random House, Inc. MAGIC TREE HOUSE is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license.
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Cover
Dear Readers
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Prologue
1. Dark and Rainy
2. Cloud Forest
3. Bu-bu
4. Nightmare
5. Silverback
6. Good Morning, Gorillas
7. Eating Out
8. A Special Language
9. Good-bye, Gorillas
10. A Special Magic
More Facts
Special Preview of Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday
For Dr. Michael Pope
One summer day in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, a mysterious tree house appeared in the woods.
Eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, climbed into the tree house. They found that it was filled with books.
Jack and Annie soon discovered that the tree house was magic. It could take them to the places in the books. All they had to do was point to a picture and wish to go there. While they are gone, no time at all passes in Frog Creek.
Along the way, Jack and Annie discovered that the tree house belongs to Morgan le Fay. Morgan is a magical librarian of Camelot, the long-ago kingdom of King Arthur. She travels through time and space, gathering books.
In Magic Tree House Books #5–8, Jack and Annie help free Morgan from a spell. In Books #9–12, they solve four ancient riddles and become Master Librarians.
In Magic Tree House Books #13–16, Jack and Annie have to save four ancient stories from being lost forever. In Magic Tree House Books #17–20, Jack and Annie free a mysterious little dog from a magic spell. In Magic Tree House Books #21–24, Jack and Annie help save Camelot. In Magic Tree House Books #25–28, Jack and Annie learn about different kinds of magic.
Tap-tap-tap.
Jack sat up in bed. Rain tapped against his window. His clock said 5 A.M. It was still dark outside.
Annie peeked into his room.
“Are you awake?” she whispered.
“Yep,” said Jack.
“Ready to find some special magic?” she asked.
“Maybe we should wait,” said Jack. “It’s so dark and rainy.”
“No waiting,” said Annie. “I’ll get an umbrella. You bring a flashlight. Meet you downstairs.”
“Okay, okay,” said Jack.
He jumped out of bed. He pulled on his clothes and put on a jacket. Then he grabbed his backpack and flashlight.
Jack slipped downstairs and out the front door. Annie stood on the porch in jeans and a T-shirt. The air was chilly and breezy.
“Don’t you need a sweater or something?” said Jack.
“I’m okay,” she said. “Let’s go.”
Annie raised the umbrella. Jack turned on the flashlight. They followed a circle of rainy light down their street into the woods.
They headed through the Frog Creek woods. The flashlight lit up the trees—the wet leaves and dark branches. Then it shined on a dangling rope ladder.
Jack raised the flashlight beam.
“There it is,” he said.
A circle of light lit the magic tree house.
“Morgan’s not there,” said Annie. “I can tell.”
“Maybe she left us a message,” said Jack.
Jack grabbed the rope ladder and started up. Annie put the umbrella down and followed. When they climbed inside, Jack shined the flashlight around the tree house.
Morgan le Fay wasn’t there. But the scrolls from their trip to old England were.
“Here’s proof we found a special magic yesterday,” she said.
“Yeah,” said Jack, smiling. “Theater magic.” He had great memories of acting in a play by their friend William Shakespeare.