It was a very happy boat ride home. They had faced danger and darkness and a possible ghost, yet things had turned out fine in the end, which always puts everyone in a good mood.
They were traveling upstream now, so the Voyajer was moving at a leisurely pace as Hugo rowed. Nogg had his notebook open and was jotting down notes. Boone was gazing up at the wispy clouds and smiling.
“You know something?” Boone said. “This is the best birthday I’ve ever had.”
“But I ate your cake,” Hugo said. He had nearly forgotten about that little disaster, and now that he was reminded, he felt bad all over again.
“It doesn’t matter, because I still got to make my birthday wish. And guess what? The wish actually came true.”
“It did? What did you wish for?” Hugo asked.
“I wished for an adventure that we could include in our book,” said Boone. To Nogg he explained, “One day I’m going to write a book about my adventures with Hugo. It’s going to be called The Adventures of Big Foot and Little Foot. Now I can include a chapter about Tommyknockers.”
“That’s true!” Hugo said, already feeling better.
“Anyway,” Boone added, “I bet my grandma is baking us a new birthday cake right now.” He tapped his Golden Eye. “Just a hunch.”
And you know what? He was right!
