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1、Stage Fright on a Summer NightMagic Tree House #25Mary Pope OsbornePrologueOne summer day in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, a mysterious tree house appeared in the woods.Eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, climbed into the tree house. They found that it was filled with books.Jack an
2、d Annie soon discovered that the tree house was magic. It could take them to the places in the books. All they had to do was point to a picture and wish to go there. While they are gone, no time at all passes in Frog Creek.Along the way, Jack and Annie discovered that the tree house belongs to Morga
3、n le Fay. Morgan is a magical librarian of Camelot, the long-ago kingdom of King Arthur. She travels through time and space, gathering books.In Magic Tree House Books #5-8, Jack and Annie help free Morgan from a spell. In Books #9-12, they solve four ancient riddles and become Master Librarians.In M
4、agic Tree House Books #13-16, Jack and Annie have to save four ancient stories from being lost forever. In Magic Tree House Books #17-20, Jack and Annie free a mysterious little dog from a magic spell. In Magic Tree House Books #21-24, Jack and Annie help save Camelot.Chapter OneSpecial MagicJack an
5、d Annie sat on their porch. Lightning bugs blinked in the warm summer twilight.Wow, a shooting star! said Annie, pointing at the sky.Jack looked up, just in time to see a streak of light flash through the sky. The light hovered above the Frog Creek woods. Then it disappeared into the treetops.Jack c
6、aught his breath. He turned to Annie.That was no shooting star, he said. Right, she said.They jumped up. Jack grabbed his backpack from inside the front hall.Dad, Mom! Can we go out? he called. Well be back soon!Ten minutes, no more! their mom said.Okay! said Jack. He closed the door. Lets go! Hurry
7、!He and Annie ran across their yard. They ran down their street. They ran into the woods. They ran until they came to the tallest oak. They looked up.Yep, said Annie.Jack just smiled. He was too happy for words.Thats our shooting star, said Annie The magic tree house.She grabbed the rope ladder and
8、started up. Jack followed.When they entered the tree house, they both gasped. In a shadowy corner was a beautiful woman with long white hair.Hello, Jack and Annie, said Morgan le Fay.Morgan! Jack and Annie cried.They threw their arms around her.Why are you here? said Annie. What do you want us to do
9、 for you?You have already done many good things for me, said Morgan, and for King Arthur and Camelot. Now I want you to do something good for yourselves. You are going to learn magic.Oh, wow, said Annie. Are we going to become magicians? Will you teach us charms and spells?Morgan laughed. There is m
10、agic that does not need charms or spells, she said. Youll find a special magic on each of your next adventures.How? asked Jack.A secret rhyme will guide you on each journey, Morgan said. Here this is the first. She held up a slip of paper.Annie took the paper from Morgan and read the rhyme aloud:To
11、find a special magic,You must step into the lightAnd without wand, spell, or charm,Turn daytime into night.Then daytime into night? said Jack. How can we do that?Morgan smiled.Thats what you have to find out, she said.Jack had lots of questions. But before he could ask any of them, a flash lit up th
12、e tree house. He closed his eyes against the light. When he opened them, Morgan le Fay was gone. On the floor where she had stood was a book.Morgan didnt tell us enough, said Jack.But she left this research book, said Annie. She picked up the book. And itll tell us the first place to go. She held th
13、e book up to the gray light at the window.The cover showed a busy river with boats and a bridge. The title wasMerry Olde EnglandWhats o-l-d-e mean? asked Annie.I think thats the old way of spelling old, said Jack. You say it the same.So were going to merry olde England to find magic? said Annie. Tha
14、t sounds fun. Ready?I guess, said Jack. He still wished theyd gotten more information from Morgan. But he pointed at the cover of their research book.I wish we could go there, he said.The wind started to blow.The tree house started to spin.The wind blew harder and harder.Then everything was still.Ab
15、solutely still.Chapter TwoLondon BridgeWarm daylight flooded into the tree house. Jack opened his eyes.Annie was wearing a long dress with an apron. Jack was wearing a shirt with puffy sleeves, knee-length pants, and tights. Their shoes were leather slippers. Jacks backpack was now a leather bag.These clothes are weird, said Jack. His voice was nearly drowned out by the sound of thundering wagon wheels coming from below.Whats going on? said Annie. She and Jack looked out.The tree house had landed in a patch of trees near a wide brown river. Wagons, c
