Published by Smart Apple Media an imprint of Black Rabbit BooksPhoto Credits PO Box 3263 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Dreamstime Anton Petuhkov Berean Sifis Diamantidis Sylvia www smartаpplemedia com Nowik Tetyana Kypsyone Shutterstock Ales Liska andreiuc88 Andre Nantel Archiwiz basel101568 Devochkaizaiches U S publication copyright 2016 Smart Apple Media All rights dramaj Dziurek elsy fotofundi fototehnik Galyana Andrushko reserved International copyright reserved in all countries No geographio jeff gynane Kurt Kleeman malko nubephoto Potapov part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written Alexander romawka RUI FERREIRA Sergemi spline permission from the publisher Published by arrangement with Watts Publishing London Bold words in the text are included in the glossary Cataloging in Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress ISBN 978 1 62588 147 2 ibrary binding ISBN 978 1 62588 395 7 paperback ISBN 978 1 62588 578 4 eBook Printed in the United States by CG Book Printers North Mankato Minnesota PO 1723 3 2015 WHO S WHO JESS BEN AMELIE ZAC Jess is a bit of a daredevil Ben is a bit of a gadget She's always first to try fanatic He carries his something new She loves backpack with him at skateboarding climbing all times and it's full of and adventure stories useful and not so useful stuff Amelie is a science whiz She's not a know it all but she often has the right answers She doesn't like getting her clothes dirty or her hair messed up Zac is the youngest and although he never wants to be left out he can get a bit nervous and is easily spooked fun
CONTENTS Into the Dark We're Not Alone 10 12 14 16 The Long Tunnel Seeing Spooks Monster of the Cave Glinting in the Dark Finding Treasure Hidden Spaces Found but Lost Into the Light Quiz 18 20 22 24 26 Find Out More 28 29 Glossary Index 30
INTO THE DARK He e e lp shouts Jess Come quickly Poppy s chased a rat into this cave I told you not to bring that puppy with us snaps Amelie Well'm not going into that dark scary cave after her Let's wait till she comes out says Zac She could get hurt or lost Come on we ll see all right once our eyes get used to the dark pleads Jess No says Amelie Without light we won't be able to see where we're going and it could be dangerous A loud yelp comes from inside the cave and the three friends look at each other in panic Just then Ben runs up with his bulging backpack on his back as usual It's okay Ben says quickly've got a flashlight and a headlamp Let's go I've got a bad feeling about this warns Zac following the others into the dark WHAT DO YOU THINK Is Amelie right If there is no light can you
PROVE IT Let Test how light helps us to see You need bag made from thick tightly woven material a few small objects such as a ball a pencil a spoon nothing sharp small flashlight not too strong a light Restt the bag on the table and look into it Hold the top edge tightly around your eyes so that no light can get in from outside What do you see Put a few small objects into your bag Turn on the flashlight and hold it so that it points into the bag What do you see Turn off the flashlight so that it no longer gives out ight What happens now WHY IT WORKS Amelie is right we need light in order to see We see some objects because they are luminous they give off their own light such as the Sun or a flashlight We see other objects when light shines on them and bounces into our eyes That's why we can only see the objects in the bag when the light from the flashlight bounces off them and back to our
