The 26-Storey Treehouse

The sequel to The 13-Storey Treehouse

Part 1 of 3

Here’s the plot:

Andy introduces himself and Terry in the usual manner and reveals they’ve added another 13 storeys to their treehouse. The new levels include a mud fighting pit, an ATM (no, not an automatic teller machine — ATM means Automatic Tattoo Machine), an ice skating pond, and so much more.

Andy tells the reader — who’s probably wondering how he and Terry met — that it’s a long story. Andy then begins the story.

Once upon a time, in a city far away, there lived a lonely boy who lived alone in a very tall tower. Then, the video phone rings. Andy supposes it’s Mr Big Nose, their publisher. Andy answers, and sure enough, it is Mr Big Nose. Andy was telling the story of how he and Terry met. Mr Big Nose says it will be a good story and he wants it on his desk by tomorrow — Saturday at 9.

Andy hangs up and starts to tell the story… until Terry runs in yelling that the sharks in the shark tank ate his underpants because he was trying to wash them — using a mannequin to make the water all frothy and bubbly like a washing machine. But the sharks knocked the underpants off the stick and ate them. Andy says this is the number one stupidest thing Terry has ever done.

Here’s the list of the top 5 stupidest things Terry has done:

5. Put jelly crystals in the penguin bath

4. Rowed a boat with his elephant pal

3.Rode a horse past a sign that said Danger: Quicksand

2.Took his boa constrictor to the movies

1.Used the shark tank as a washing machine

Andy suggests they call Jill using the video phone, but Jill doesn’t have one. So, Terry uses his titanium-coated talking tube instead.

Terry talks to Jill, but Jill is busy having a tea party with her catnaries. However, when Terry mentions the sharks ate his underpants, Jill — in her catnary-drawn sleigh — comes to the treehouse and gets into the shark tank in a diving suit to check on the sharks.

Jill uses multiple cures like aquapuncture, motivational movies, and many others, but nothing works. So, Jill decides she must do open shark surgery. Andy and Terry are too nervous, so they leave Jill to it, as Andy is in the middle of telling a story. But Jill needs their help with the surgery and warns the reader not to sneeze as the surgery commences.

Jill asks if anyone has questions. Andy asks, “If we’re underwater, how can we talk?” But Jill says that was two questions — and they only have time for one.

Jill injects the sharks with Dr Numbskull’s Sleepy Knock-Out Juice to make sure they don’t eat them during surgery. Jill tells Andy and Terry to find the zipper on the shark’s stomach. They find the underpants… and also the wooden head of the pirate Captain Woodenhead.

To be continued….