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“Pooh! We’ll be sitting here forever at this rate,” sighs Leonie a few ­minutes later.

“You might be right,” Ilvie groans. “But it will be worth it—just imagine if we find the map!”

‘Tadaaa!’ twinkles Theo, returning a few minutes later with the knapsack in his hand. He stands in the door of the library feeling like a hero. He went all the way through the spooky ship in the semi-darkness—all alone! And then back again!

Ilvie, who has one of the old pictures in her hand, looks up as if she’d been struck by lightning. ‘What did you twinkle, Theo?’ she twinkles to the little monkey.

‘What?’ twinkles Theo, confused. ‘I just twinkled to myself that there’s a hole now—instead of the delicious strawberry cupcakes, now there’s just a hole.’

“That’s it!” cries Ilvie loudly. “I’ve got it!”

Leonie looks at her excitedly. “What? Where?”

Ilvie hugs her little monkey. “Thank you, Theo!”

“But what is it?” asks Leonie. “What is it, Ilvie?”

Excited, Ilvie holds up one of the photos for her friend to see.