The Progressive Story, Chapter 3
Peter got on the 5:00 a.m. airplane and he started to get as sick as a dog! He soon got used to the ride and fell asleep.
Bump! Boom! Bang! Crash! Peter awoke with a jolt! The plane crashed to the ground. They were in North Carolina, USA. They were supposed to land in Asheville but came crashing down in some woods near Shelby.
Peter jumped out and soon spotted a green ogre as tall as a tree! The ogre stamped over to Peter and roared in a growly voice,"Hi, my name is Henry Ontack. I have a golden goblet you can have if you can answer three questions!"
"OK," Peter replied. "First, what is my middle name?!"
"Umm. . . . Ogre?"
"Yes! How about this kid?! What does this mean: Roarrrumpr!"
"Um. . . . Amazing?"
"Yeah! How about this? Roarrrrrreequeep!"
"Help!?"
"Yes!"
"Whoa, did I win?" asked Peter.
"Yes. Here," said the Ogre handing Peter the goblet.

Then Peter fell into a deep sleep. He woke up in Beaufort, North Carolina and recognized that he was on a beautiful beach. Peter thought it was Blackbeard's place and it was! He knew there was treasure because he remembered a book about the fierce pirate.

When Peter stepped forward he felt something hard. He dug in the sand it was only one inch deep. He saw a box that was gold and beautiful. Peter opened the box slowly and saw jewelry and gold coins and when he saw it he was full of delight. When Peter had a handful of the treasure, he heard a deep angry voice. He trembled with fear and looked behind him and there stood Blackbeard.

Peter fainted and Blackbeard ran to the water and grabbed a handful of water and dumped it on Peter's face. Blackbeard said, "Say, young lad. Do you want my treasure? Well, lets go to the Devil's Courthouse and solve this problem." (The Devil's Courthouse is a place in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina where legend says the devil used to go. )
Peter agreed with Blackbeard and they left. When they made it to the Devil's Courthouse, they were exhausted. It looked so creepy and there was the devil. He began talking and Peter and Blackbeard had to race each other to see who would win the beautiful treasure.

Peter thought this was really cruel. When the race began, he dashed using all his muscles and energy. He was even fast as a cheetah and was way ahead of Blackbeard. He struggled with all his might to reach the finish line and was really glad that he won.

In front of him was the treasure. It just popped out of nowhere. He grabbed the treasure and ran into a portal that took him to Canada.
Link to a web site about Blackbeard
and a web site about the Devil's Courthouse
Created by:
3rd grade AIG students in
Hendersonville, North Carolina USA