Prologue

　　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 to point to a picture and wish to be there.

　　Jack and Annie visited the time of dinosaurs，old England，ancient Egypt，and a pirate ship.

　　Along the way，they discovered that the tree house belonged to Morgan

　　le Fay. Morgan was a magical librarian from the time of King Arthur. She traveled through time

　　and space，gathering books.

　　Jack and Annie are about to start a whole new adventure...in Night of the Ninjas.

　　1

　　Back into the Woods

　　“Let’s look again，Jack，” said Annie.Jack and Annie were walking home from the

　　library. The path went right by the Frog Creek woods.

　　Jack sighed. “We looked this morning，” he said. “We looked the day before. And the

　　day before that.”

　　“Then you don’t have to come，” said Annie.“I’ll go look by myself.”

　　She took off into the woods.

　　“Annie， wait!” Jack called. “It’s almost dark!We have to get home!”

　　But Annie had disappeared among the trees.

　　Jack stared at the woods. He was starting to lose hope. Maybe he wuld never see Morgan

　　again.

　　Weeks had passed. And there had not been one sign of Morgan le Fay. Nor had there been one

　　sign of her magic tree house.

　　“Jack!”Annie called from the woods.“It’s back!”

　　Oh， she’s just pretending as usual， Jack thought. But his heart started to race.

　　“Hurry!” called Annie.

　　“She better not be kidding,” said Jack.

　　He took off into the woods to find Annie.

　　Night was falling fast. Crickets chirped loudly. It was hard to see through the shadows.

　　“Annie!” Jack shouted.

　　“Here!” she called.

　　Jack kept walking.“Here where?”he called back.

　　“Here here!”

　　Annie’s voice came from above.

　　Jack looked up.

　　“Oh man，” he breathed.

　　Annie waved from the window of a tree house. It was in the tallest oak in the woods. A

　　long rope ladder hung down from it.

　　The magic tree house was back.

　　“Come on up!” Annie shouted.

　　Jack ran to the rope ladder.He started climbing.

　　He climbed and climbed and climbed.

　　As he climbed， he looked out over the woods. High above the treetops it was still light.

　　At last， Jack pulled himself into the tree house.

　　Annie sat in the shadows.Books were scattered everywhere.

　　On the floor the letter M glowed in the dim light. The M stood for Morgan le Fay.

　　But there was no sign of Morgan herself.

　　“I wonder where Morgan is，”said Jack.

　　“Maybe she went to the library to get some more books，” said Annie.

　　“We were just at the library. We would have seen her，” said Jack. “Besides，the library’s

　　closed now.”

　　Squeak!

　　A little mouse ran out from behind a stack of books. It ran to the M shining in the floor.

　　“Yikes，” said Annie.

　　The mouse sat on the middle of the M. It looked up at Jack and Annie.

　　“Oh，it’s so cute，” Annie said.

　　Jack had to admit the mouse was cute. It had brown-and-white fur and big dark eyes.

　　Annie slowly reached out her hand. The mouse didn’t move. Annie patted its tiny head.

　　“Hi， Peanut，” she said. “Can I call you Peanut?”

　　“Oh brother，” said Jack.

　　“Do you know where Morgan is?” Annie asked the mouse.

　　Squeak.

　　“You’re nuts，Annie，” said Jack. “Just because the mouse is in the tree house

　　doesn’t mean it’s magic. It’s a plain old mouse that crawled in， that’s all.”

　　Jack looked around again. He saw a piece of paper on the floor.

　　“What’s that?” he said.

　　“What’s what?” asked Annie.

　　Jack went over and picked up the paper. There was writing on it.

　　“Oh man，” whispered Jack， after he read the words.

　　“What is it?” said Annie.

　　“A note，” said Jack. “It must be from Morgan. I think she’s in big trouble!”

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