"Bye, Sukie! Bye, Sam!" Annie shouted.
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"Thanks!" Jack shouted.
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Sukie tossed her head and clicked at Annie.
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The dolphins slowed down as they neared the reef.
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Then she threw her arms around her dolphin and gave her a big hug.
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"Kiss Sam now!" Annie said to Jack.
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Annie stood, too.
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But Sam nuzzled Jack's head. Then he put his flippers around Jack's neck.
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Jack couldn't resist. He threw his arms around the dolphin and gave him a quick kiss.
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"You're nuts," said Jack.
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The dolphins leapt high into the air. Then they dove back into the water with a SPLASH!
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Jack felt safe now. His dolphin was taking good care of him.
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Jack lowered his feet. He felt the bumpy coral. He let go of the dolphin's fin and stood up in the water.
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The two dolphins chattered to each other for a moment. They nodded at Jack and Annie and swam gracefully away.
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"Thank you, Sukie!" she cried. And she kissed the dolphin's nose.
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Sam nodded and made clicking sounds like laughter. Then he turned to Sukie.
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The sun shone on the ocean. It sparkled like a diamond.
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The warm water lapped around their shorts and T-shirts.
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"And I swam faster so you would swim faster," said Annie.
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"Guess what," said Annie.
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He sat down in the shallow water. "I'm really tired," he said.
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Jack stared at her. "I saw it, too. I just swam faster so you would swim faster."
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Annie sat beside him. "Me too," she said.
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"I miss them already," Annie said softly.
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Jack and Annie watched the dolphins until they disappeared.
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"But we haven't solved Morgan's riddle yet," said Annie.
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He pulled out the ocean book. It was soaked, too.
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"What now?" said Annie.
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Jack and Annie laughed. "I wish we could swim like that," said Jack.
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"What?" said Jack.
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"I guess we swam double-fast then," Jack said. He shook his head with wonder.
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"We go home," said Jack.
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Jack pulled off his pack. He took out his glasses and put them on. They were blurry with water.
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"Me too," said Jack.
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He pulled his notebook out of his pack. It was soaked.
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Jack sighed.
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"I saw the shark when we were swimming," Annie said. "But I didn't tell you. I wanted you to stay calm."
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He stood up. Then he started across the pink reef toward the tree house. Annie followed him.
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"Wait -- research," said Jack. He opened the soaked ocean book.
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"Yeah, this…" She picked up a large gray shell. "Boy, is it rough. Rough and gray as a rock --"
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The pages were stuck together. But he was able to turn a few.
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The shell looked like a clamshell -- only bigger and with more ridges.
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"And plain as plain can be!" whispered Jack. They had found the answer.
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He found a picture of the gray shell. He read: Divers search for oysters in deep water. But sometimes oysters wash up on reefs or beaches. Inside some oysters you can find a pearl. The pearl's natural beauty makes it a treasure.
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"I stepped on something." Annie bent down to rub her foot.
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"How could this ugly shell be the answer to the riddle?" said Annie. "What about the part that says, 'There's great beauty in me'?"
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Jack put everything away. "Let's go," he said sadly.
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"What?" said Jack. "A shell?"
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"We've failed," he said. "My research is all wet. We'll never be Master Librarians now."
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"What's wrong?" Jack looked back.
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"Ouch!" Annie said.
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"Maybe we should bang it against a rock," said Jack.
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"Morgan said we'll know," said Annie. "Come on."
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Jack pushed his glasses into place. Then he and Annie picked up their shoes and socks.
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"It must have a pearl inside it!" said Jack.
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"But how will we know if oyster is the right answer to the riddle?" said Jack.
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"Yeah."
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"I can't tell if there's a pearl in there or not," said Annie.
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"Maybe we should just leave it alone," said Annie.
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They climbed through the window of the tree house.
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"Now that would really irritate the oyster," said Annie.
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She gently put the oyster back in the water.
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Annie peered into the crack between the two halves of the shell. "I can't see anything," she said. "How does a pearl get in there, anyway?"
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Jack read aloud from the wet page: Sometimes a grain of sand will get between the oyster's shell and its skin. This irritates the oyster. So it makes a pearly material to surround the grain of sand. In this way, over a few years, a pearl is formed.
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Absolutely still.
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The wind blew harder and harder.
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Then everything was still.
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Jack let out a huge sigh. "We got it right," he said.
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In its place was one shimmering silver word: OYSTER
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"And here's the Pennsylvania book," said Annie. "Let's go home."
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The wind started to blow.
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It was open.
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She opened the book. She pointed to a picture of the Frog Creek woods. "I wish we could go there!" she said.
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The tree house started to spin.
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"Morgan's magic," whispered Annie.
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She and Jack stared at the scroll. The riddle had faded away.
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"Look!" said Annie.
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Morgan's scroll was lying on the floor.
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