Mr. Peabody & Sherman Junior Novelization (Mr. Peabody & Sherman) Read Online Free PDF

Sherman realized he’d gotten into the “certain death” boat, he panicked. “What should I do, Mr. Peabody?” he called across the growing chasm between the two chutes.
    Mr. Peabody quickly came up with a plan. He noticed a length of rope on the floor of his boat and leapt into action. He tied one end of the rope to the mast of his ship and looped the other around his waist. In a daring display of courage, he jumped from his boat and swung out across the chasm.
    Mr. Peabody swooped down into Sherman’s boat and scooped him up. Together they swung back across the abyss into Mr. Peabody’s boat.
    Up ahead, both chutes came to a sudden end. Sherman’s boat plunged into the deep, dark cavern below, while Mr. Peabody’s boat sailed into the air. The ship shot through a narrow tunnel into the bright, hot desert. It crashed into a giant dune in a swirling cloud of sand.
    When the sand settled, Mr. Peabody and Sherman climbed to their feet. If they hurried, they’d have just enough time to stop Penny’s wedding.

T he wedding of King Tut and Penny Peterson was a highly anticipated event. The entire village had gathered in the courtyard beside the pharaoh’s palace to witness it. In the center of the courtyard, Penny and Tut faced each other on a specially decorated wedding dais. Ay stood between the bride and groom, dressed in his finest ceremonial robes. He bowed and called everyone to attention.
    “The sun god Ra commands us to begin the ceremony!” Ay proclaimed.
    Penny looked across the crowd of spectators. Royal servants stood guard at the head of each aisle, blocking every escape route. Penny gulped. It looked like she might actually have to go through with the wedding.
    After a sacred prayer and a reading of the holy texts,Ay announced that it was time for the blood oath. Penny’s eyes widened in alarm as an attendant approached with the knife used for the ritual. Ay took the knife and held the sharp blade above Penny’s palm. She tried to pull away, but several guards stepped forward and forced her to hold out her hand.
    “Where blade meets flesh in this sacred rite, we pay tribute to the sun god Ra!” Ay declared.
    “Wait!” boomed a menacing voice.
    Ay, Penny, and King Tut looked up in wonder. At the edge of the raised dais was a tall stone statue of Anubis, the dog-headed god of death. Smoke billowed from the statue’s muzzle, and its eyes glowed like hot coals. The crowd gasped as a deep voice rumbled from the statue’s mouth, “This wedding must not continue!”
    “Why, Anubis?” the crowd asked, startled.
    “Plagues! Plagues!” Anubis roared. “If this marriage pact is sealed, I will shower down upon the land uncountable plagues!”
    Penny sighed in relief. The Egyptian god was on her side! She looked carefully at Anubis and realized why. It was no coincidence that the dog-headed statue had learned to speak—she suspected there was a talking dog hidden inside.
    “But, Anubis,” Ay said, stunned, “the sun god Ra has decreed that this girl is to be the boy king’s wife!”
    “That’s so funny. I was talking to the sun god Ra just the other day, and he told me he’d changed his mind,” Anubis replied casually. “Old Flip-Flop Ra, we call him here in the Underworld.”
    “Really?” Ay blinked, confused. “But it’s too late. We’ve already paid for the catering!”
    “Too bad!” Anubis barked angrily. A great ball of flame roared from his mouth, and the wedding guests cowered in fear.
    Inside the head of the statue, Mr. Peabody and Sherman proceeded with their clever rescue plan. To make smoke, Sherman worked a bellows over a small fire surrounded by a ring of stones. At the same time, Mr. Peabody spoke into a megaphone to project his voice.
    “Deliver the girl to the gates of the city and leave her there, where the gods will retrieve her!” Mr. Peabody commanded. “Only in this manner may the plagues upon this land be avoided.”
    Ay and King Tut were eager to obey Anubis.