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light.
    â€œI feel weird,” said Jack. “I’m going back to put on some real clothes.”
    â€œYou can’t,” said Annie. “The owl said
right now
.”
    She jumped off the porch and headed across their dark yard.
    Jack groaned.
How did Annie know exactly what the owl said?
he wondered.
    Still, he didn’t want to be left behind. So he took off after her.
    The moon lit their way as they ran down their street. When they entered the Frog Creek woods, Jack turned on his flashlight.
    The beam of light showed shadows and swaying branches.
    Jack and Annie stepped between the trees. They stayed close together.
    â€œ
Whoo
.”
    Jack jumped in fear.
    â€œIt’s just the white owl,” said Annie. “He’s somewhere nearby.”
    â€œThe woods are creepy,” said Jack.
    â€œYeah,” said Annie. “In the dark, it doesn’t even feel like our woods.”
    Suddenly the owl flapped near them.
    â€œYikes!” said Annie.
    Jack shone his flashlight on the white bird as it rose into the sky. The owl landed on a tree branch—
right next to the magic tree house.
    And there was Morgan le Fay, the enchantress librarian. Her long white hair gleamed in the beam of Jack’s flashlight.

    â€œHello,” Morgan called softly in a soothing voice. “Climb up.”
    Jack used his flashlight to find the rope ladder. Then he and Annie climbed up into the tree house.
    Morgan was holding three scrolls. Each one held the answer to an ancient riddle that Jack and Annie had already solved.
    â€œYou have journeyed to the ocean, the Wild West, and Africa to find the answers to these three riddles,” said Morgan. “Ready for another journey?”
    â€œYes!” said Jack and Annie together.
    Morgan pulled a fourth scroll from the folds of her robe. She handed it to Annie.
    â€œAfter we solve this riddle, will we become Master Librarians?” asked Annie.
    â€œAnd help you gather books through time and space?” said Jack.
    â€œAlmost … ” said Morgan.
    Before Jack could ask what she meant, Morgan pulled out a book and gave it to him. “For your research,” she said.
    Jack and Annie looked at the book’s title: ADVENTURE IN THE ARCTIC .
    â€œOh, wow, the Arctic!” said Annie.
    â€œThe
Arctic?
” said Jack. He turned to Morgan. “Are you serious?”
    â€œIndeed I am,” she said. “And you must hurry.”
    â€œI wish we could go there,” said Annie, pointing at the cover.
    â€œWait—wait a minute—we’ll freeze to death!” said Jack.
    â€œFear not,” said Morgan. “I am sending someone to meet you.”
    The wind started to blow.
    â€œMeet us? Who?” said Jack.
    â€œ
Whoo?
” said the snowy owl.
    Before Morgan could answer, the tree house started to spin.
    It spun faster and faster.
    Then everything was still.
    Absolutely still.

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