Treasure Trove (9781743583548) Read Online Free

‘We’ll use the train. Come on. It’s perfect for pulling away rocks!’
    Buddy’s buttons seemed to glow brighter. ‘Pop my popper, Lola. You’re super brainy today.’
    Lola grabbed Buddy by his long soft arm and ran back to the train.

    She jumped on board and started pushing buttons and pulling levers.
    Lola had never driven a train before, and wasn’t quite sure what to do. But all of a sudden, the wheels started turning. The train began to move along the tracks.
    Soon they reached the fallen rocks. Lola pulled on the brakes and jumped out of the train.
    Then she grabbed some rope and tied it to the biggest rock.
    â€˜If we can pull out one big rock from the bottom, then everything else should fall,’ she called to Buddy. ‘Just like pulling down a palace made of blocks!’ ‘Pulling down a palace?’ asked Buddy. ‘What in the Kingdom are you talking about?’
    â€˜Doesn’t matter,’ Lola said with a grin. ‘Can you help?’
    â€˜Get out of my way, Super-Brainy Lola,’ Buddy said. ‘If there’s rope to tie, then count this clown in!’
    Buddy jumped over the puddles and started tying the rope. He was very good with knots.
    Lola stood back and watched as he worked his magic. In a matter of moments, they were ready.
    Lola climbed back onto the train.
    She pulled more levers and pushed more buttons. Then the train started to creep back along the track.
    The rope got tighter and tighter as they pulled away.
    â€˜Just a little bit more power,’ said Lola, concentrating hard. ‘Just a little bit more …’
    Suddenly, there was a …
    Crack!
    They had pulled the large rock right out from the bottom of the pile.
    The wall of rocks wobbled, then shook, then wobbled some more. And then …
    BOOM!
    Everything fell! Rocks rolled and tumbled with a tremendous bumping and banging.
    Then everything was still.
    But when the dust settled … all Lola and Buddy could see were more rocks!
    They had just made a different pile of rocks.
    Buddy turned to Lola. ‘Hmm. Do we have another plan?’
    â€˜No,’ Lola said, as she jumped down from the train. She marched over to have a look. ‘But we’re going to need one!’
    Lola started pacing again. Buddy took out his juggling balls and started juggling.
    You’ve pulled out a great big rock and it didn’t work, Lola said to herself. What next?
    Think, Lola, think!

Knock, knock, knock!
    â€˜It’s OK,’ Lola called out, ‘we’re still here! We’ll rescue you really soon.’
    Then she added very quietly, ‘I hope.’
    She walked slowly back to the train, still deep in thought.
    Instead of trying to pull the rocks down, Lola wondered, maybe we could smash right through them?
    Whenever she had a risky idea, she always felt a sudden burst of energy.
    Lola jumped back onto the train.
    â€˜What are you thinking?’ asked Buddy nervously.
    He knew that look in her eyes.
    â€˜We can’t go under it,’ said Lola brightly. ‘We can’t go over it. So we’ll have to go through it!’
    If Buddy’s face hadn’t been painted on, he would have gone pale. ‘Lola, this is not a bear hunt!’ he stammered.
    â€˜It might be a bear hunt,’ she said. ‘We don’t know who’s trapped behind these rocks.

    It could be the Great High Bear himself!’
    Lola started to drive the train back along the track. They would need a big run up.
    Lola wasn’t sure if this was a good idea. Could she really drive the train straight through the wall of rocks?
    But they absolutely had to do something .
    How else could a little girl and her toy clown rescue someone who was trapped?
    Besides, she’d climbed out of that train – which meant it was also her magical toy box. Her toy box had never let her down before.
    Come on, Lola, she said to herself. Someone needs you.
    They were now