Letter from Laurabeard

Dear Nibbles,

Oh my gosh! I have had so much excitement since I wrote to you last! We picked Matilda Monkey’s trail in the jungle and followed it, but then it suddenly and mysteriously ended. We couldn’t figure out what could have happened – it was as if she just disappeared. But then, as we were looking around, we heard this shouting that sounded like it was coming from somewhere far away. When we stopped and listened, we realized it must be Matilda but it sounded like she was in trouble. We shouted back and told her to keep calling out so we could follow the sound of her voice. I was walking along a path with Dogbeard when I suddenly felt my feet give way below me and if Dogbeard hadn’t grabbed my arm I would have fallen into a deep hole. We looked down into the hole and there was Matilda! She had fallen into the hole! We threw down a rope and pulled her up. She had a twisted ankle and she was almost out of water but other than that she was fine. In fact, she was more than fine – she was really excited about the maze of underground caves she had discovered. We helped her back to the nearest village where she is going to rest up and get the proper equipment to explore the site. She said it could be a major archeological find!

We’re in the village now so I am taking this chance to write to you, but tomorrow we board Dogbeard’s ship again to take off on another adventure!

Matilda says to please send Arte her regards.

Bye for now!

Love,

Laurabeard