stalking the bay area There’ve been quite a few sightings lately of the legendary ghost ship the Flying Hornswaggle The camera panned across the beach Malcolm nearly choked on a Toasty-O Whoa He couldn’t believe it This wasn’t just any bay area It was the one just across the bridge The Ghost Stalkers had filmed here If only he’d known As you know Bob continued the Flying Hornswaggle was commanded by Captain Crusty Scab the nastiest pirate to ever set sail Yes Carol added he was famous for raiding plundering and robbing passing ships And after taking all the loot he’d run his victim’s underwear up the ship’s mast Even though cereal milk dribbled down his chin Malcolm kept his eyes glued to 6
the TV The camera flashed to Nick again He was standing by a blond woman with a huge gap in her front teeth It was ssso ssscary she whistled I was sssitting alone watching the wavesss when I heard a ssship’s horn A ship’s horn Nick asked Yesss It sssounded like thisss Bell-oo ga Nick nodded It was a pretty impressive imitation Ssso I looked up and there it wasss She turned and pointed toward the gray clouds The Hornssswaggle sssailing across the sssky It must have been terrifying Nick said The woman clutched her hands to her chest I was ssscared sssilly Can you describe it he asked her 7
Her eyes grew wide Its sssails billowed Lightning sssparked all around it And instead of a flag it flew a huge pair of men’sss long johnsss That would definitely be the Hornswaggle Nick agreed Wow Malcolm had no idea the famous Flying Hornswaggle had been spotted so close to where he lived This was fantastic The Ghost Stalkers interviewed a few more people who all gave the same 8
description Then the three of them spent the night on the beach aiming their doodads toward the sky They waited and watched But no matter how high they turned up their gadgets controls the Flying Hornswaggle never appeared Malcolm flipped off the TV The Flying Hornswaggle So close He paced the floor his mind racing The Ghost Stalkers couldn’t spot the Flying Hornswaggle But I can Malcolm said out loud His ghost detector could detect anything from the teeniest ghostly flea to a massive flying ship He’d find the Hornswaggle get plenty of pictures and send them to Bob Carol and Nick Cause seriously they were using all the wrong gizmos Malcolm planned it all out Tomorrow he and his best friend and fellow ghost hunter Dandy would spend the day at the beach 9
