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‘Haha, what is this funny thing’? twinkles Theo. The little monkey has ­finally recovered from his fright and started to look around him. Curious, he opens a wooden chest and sees that it contains a strange-looking object that has a telescope on it. He slowly pulls the shiny thing out of the chest and tries to look through the telescope. ‘I don’t see anythingatall!’ he twinkles in disgust. ‘I should be able to see much better than normal with this telescope, but I can’t. Stupid thing!’

“That’s a sextant, dear Theo!” explains Leonie when she notices him ­playing with the instrument. “It’s one of the most important instruments on a boat. You can use it to determine your position on the earth very precisely if you know how to use it.”

“Leonie, personally I believe that you can sail really well,” Ilvie comments. “Certainly well enough to sail the Anastasia. You already know a lot about sailing, and whatever you don’t know we can read about together and ­learn—or ask someone. It’s all here, all of the books and instruments, and ­surely there are a lot of experienced sailors around here we can ask if we don’t ­understand something. And then there’s the magnificent ship! I think we should find the treasure map and finish your great-grandmother’s ­mission!”