Leaping Larry and his girlfriend are coming to the island by helicopter. They’re very late. Duncan and Jock wait a long time.

Then the helicopter arrives. A tall man with long dark hair gets down from it. He’s about forty-five years old. There’s a girl with him. She’s about twenty and has long yellow hair. There’s a small animal with her. The animal has long white hair.

‘Hi,’ the man says. ‘I’m Leaping Larry. And this is my girlfriend, Roxanne.’

‘Hi,’ Roxanne says. ‘This is my dog, Bobo.’

Larry looks at the castle.

‘Look at that old castle, Roxanne,’ he says. ‘Don’t you love it, honey?’

Roxanne doesn’t smile. It’s only an old castle.

Leaping Larry and Roxanne go into the castle. It’s very dark. Leaping Larry can’t see. He falls down.

‘Where are the lights?’ he asks.

‘I’m sorry,’ Duncan says. ‘There isn’t any light. The company stopped my electricity this morning.’

‘I want some hot food,’ Roxanne says.

‘I’m sorry,’ Duncan says, ‘but I can’t make hot food. I haven’t got any electricity. But there is some cold food.’

‘Cold food!’ Roxanne says. ‘No, thank you! I’m going to bed. But first I want a hot bath. And Bobo wants a bath, too.’

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‘I’m very sorry,’ Duncan says. ‘But there’s no hot water.’

‘No lights! No food! No hot water!’ Roxanne says. ‘I don’t like this place!’

‘Now, honey …’ Leaping Larry says.

‘Don’t call me “honey”!’ Roxanne says. ‘Let’s go, Bobo!’

Roxanne and Bobo go to bed. Larry and Duncan eat cold food and talk. Jock watches them.

Suddenly Roxanne screams. Duncan, Larry and Jock run to her room. Roxanne is in bed with Bobo.

‘Honey, what’s wrong?’ Larry asks.

‘There was a noise in the room,’ Roxanne says. ‘What was it?’

Duncan starts to smile.

‘Why are you smiling?’ Roxanne says. She’s very angry.

‘Look at Jock,’ Duncan says.

Jock is under the bed. He has a mouse in his mouth.

‘A mouse!’ Roxanne says. She screams again.

In the morning, Duncan and Leaping Larry are waiting. Roxanne and Bobo are late. They get up at eleven o’clock.

‘Good morning,’ Duncan says.

Roxanne doesn’t answer. She says to Larry, ‘Larry, I don’t like this place. I want to go home.’

‘But, honey …’ Larry says.

‘Don’t call me “honey”!’ Roxanne says. ‘This castle is old, dark and very cold. There’s no electricity, no food and no hot water. And I don’t like it. Do you understand?’

‘Listen, honey,’ Larry says. ‘We can build a big new house here. Our friends from California can come and stay.’

Duncan looks at Jock. Jock looks at Duncan.

‘Build a big new house!’ they think. ‘Oh, no!’

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Leaping Larry says, ‘We want to see the island.’

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