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
Smooth Sailing Malcolm led Dandy down to his basement lab You’re being awfully quiet Dandy said following Malcolm one slow step at a time I don’t like it when you’re quiet This was a delicate matter Malcolm had to approach it with caution Why’d you call Dandy asked You made it sound like it was life or death 10
It’s more like fame and fortune Malcolm told him Dandy perked up Fame and fortune I’m in Malcolm hoped so He powered up his ghost detector Bleep-bleep He let his ghostly dog Spooky come out to play Yip Yip Spooky bounded and wagged his tail at Dandy Malcolm knew there was no way to break the news gently So he drew a deep breath and said it at Band-Aid ripping speed We’re going to the beach Dandy froze His face turned a sickly shade of green He gulped turned and almost made it to the stairs before Malcolm grabbed him by his T-shirt and jerked him back He kept a tight grip on him so he couldn’t get away 11
