Escape to the Moon Islands: Quest of the Sunfish 1

by Mardi McConnochie

  ‘There!’ Will said, and pointed.

  The Sunfish was there, riding serenely at anchor. They pulled up alongside it and climbed on board, then Will and Annalie rushed below to check the starboard cabin. The internal joinery hadn’t been tidied up yet, but they could see that the hole had been repaired.

  They hurried back up on deck.

  ‘We going?’ asked Pod.

  ‘Yep,’ said Will.

  They jumped to their posts—Annalie casting off, Pod hoisting the sail, Will at the wheel—and soon they were sailing out of the marine repairers and into the dark waters of the night.

  ‘Which way?’ asked Will.

  ‘Let’s keep going east,’ Annalie said.

  ‘Aye aye,’ said Will, and turned the wheel.

  The Sunfish’s sails filled, and the little boat went gliding out into the Moon Islands once more.