Chapter four: The tapestry
"We better go and find the others like fast!" Shaggy cried "To the tower!"
The three remaining members of the gang ran back into the forest to where they saw the tower.
"There's a small door over there" Velma whispered "Let's sneak in."
The gang crept up the doorway nervously and peered inside.
"Well what d'ya know!" Shaggy sighed breathing a sigh of relief "The coast is clear!"
"You can see why!" Velma pointed to the door on the other side of the room "Another door! Only this time there's a load of cogs and pulleys on it!"
She walked up to the handle that controlled the cogs.
"Hmm let's see," pondered Velma "If one cog turns clockwise, the next cog will turn anticlockwise unless they are connected by a rubber band. So . . ."
Velma pondered again for a short tense moment. Finally she turned the handle clockwise.
"Look out!" Cried Shaggy and Scooby, pointing to a swinging mace that she'd accidentally released. She leapt out of the way just in time not to get hit.
"Wrong way, silly me!" She said "Jinkies! That was close!"
She got up and turned the handle the other way.
CRRREEEEEAAAAKKKKK! As the door opened, a knight lumbered out of it!
"Rikes! Re Rack Knight!" Scooby yelped as the Knight landed on top of him.
"Scooby-doo, silly you!" Shaggy laughed, "It's not the black knight! It's just an empty suit of armour that fell over!"
"Roh! Rilly me!" Scooby chuckled
"That's not all!" Said Velma "There are five pieces of a ripped up Tapestry inside them. Another clue!"
"Roh boy! A rigsaw puzzle!" Scooby panted
The gang rearranged the pieces on the floor.
"It's a Tapestry about Captain Swashbuckle!" Velma said " It says Septimus Swashbuckle, Captain of the peppery cat, Commander of a brave band of Buccaneers and builder of the tower leads a life of adventure on the highs seas and amasses a hoard of treasure and priceless jewels. Mortally wounded in battle he returns to his tower to die and here he plans to hide his precious hoard from prying eyes and greedy hands."
"So the legend that Daphne told us was wrong!" Shaggy exclaimed "The treasure is here in the tower!"
"We better go and find the others like fast!" Shaggy cried "To the tower!"
The three remaining members of the gang ran back into the forest to where they saw the tower.
"There's a small door over there" Velma whispered "Let's sneak in."
The gang crept up the doorway nervously and peered inside.
"Well what d'ya know!" Shaggy sighed breathing a sigh of relief "The coast is clear!"
"You can see why!" Velma pointed to the door on the other side of the room "Another door! Only this time there's a load of cogs and pulleys on it!"
She walked up to the handle that controlled the cogs.
"Hmm let's see," pondered Velma "If one cog turns clockwise, the next cog will turn anticlockwise unless they are connected by a rubber band. So . . ."
Velma pondered again for a short tense moment. Finally she turned the handle clockwise.
"Look out!" Cried Shaggy and Scooby, pointing to a swinging mace that she'd accidentally released. She leapt out of the way just in time not to get hit.
"Wrong way, silly me!" She said "Jinkies! That was close!"
She got up and turned the handle the other way.
CRRREEEEEAAAAKKKKK! As the door opened, a knight lumbered out of it!
"Rikes! Re Rack Knight!" Scooby yelped as the Knight landed on top of him.
"Scooby-doo, silly you!" Shaggy laughed, "It's not the black knight! It's just an empty suit of armour that fell over!"
"Roh! Rilly me!" Scooby chuckled
"That's not all!" Said Velma "There are five pieces of a ripped up Tapestry inside them. Another clue!"
"Roh boy! A rigsaw puzzle!" Scooby panted
The gang rearranged the pieces on the floor.
"It's a Tapestry about Captain Swashbuckle!" Velma said " It says Septimus Swashbuckle, Captain of the peppery cat, Commander of a brave band of Buccaneers and builder of the tower leads a life of adventure on the highs seas and amasses a hoard of treasure and priceless jewels. Mortally wounded in battle he returns to his tower to die and here he plans to hide his precious hoard from prying eyes and greedy hands."
"So the legend that Daphne told us was wrong!" Shaggy exclaimed "The treasure is here in the tower!"