The Curious Incident of the GOONEYBIRD

Chris Botkin

The Curious Incident of the GOONEYBIRD

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The Curious Incident of the GOONEYBIRD

Chris Botkin

The Curious Incident of the GOONEYBIRD

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The Curious Incident of the GOONEYBIRD

Chris Botkin

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In Chapter 17, the final chapter in Book 1, all the mysteries are explained with only a major suspension of disbelief required. Merry Christmas!-- Chris Botkin
In Chapter 16, "The Thief Strikes," the Cousins and Pets leave Athena's palace, pursued by an army of the palace guards, who think the cats are enemies from Egypt. Worse, when they reach the river at the bottom of the hill, the Gooneybird is go
In Chapter 15, Queen Ava the Rose directs the Gooneybird to take them to the wisest person in the Time of Legends, and they land before the palace of Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom herself. If you're paying attention, Athena drops several pointe
In Chapter 14, "The Council Plus One," the Cousins and Pets reconvene the Security Council to discuss what they have learned from the wisdom of the animals. They are surprised by the appearance of a black-and-white Now Pet kitten named Oreo, wh
In Chapter 13, the mermaid sisters Amelia and Madison meet Deep Blue, the wisest of the whales. Deep Blue takes one look at the mermaids and deduces they have found Skidbladnir, an ancient magical ship of the gods, and she advises them to seek
In Chapter 12, Madison and Amelia finally get to "tail," that is, transform into mermaids. The Gooneybird takes them far out into the Pacific Ocean, where they find a whale migration taking place, and they hope to speak to the wisest whale of t
In Chapter 11, Lukas and Jaksen ride the elephant Master Don (whose name involves too many puns and literary references to explain here) on a long trek to catch Nasty Tom (ditto) before he reaches the Elephant Graveyard. The Cousins' interest i
In Chapter 10, the Cousins land the Gooneybird on the African savannah. There, Lukas and Jaksen, in search of the wisdom of the elephants, meet an elephant who promises to take them to the wisest elephant he knows. But part of the deal is the b
In Chapter 9, the interviews with wise animals begins. Nathan, age 3 in real life at the time of Book 1, speaks to a Great Horned Owl high in a pine tree. The owl denies being wise, but fetches for Nathan either the wisest creature in the world
In Chapter 7, the eternal Pig/Capybara/Vashlymoss debate erupts, and Logan and Parker collaborate on the Karma Anti-Theft Scanner security system (aka "KATscan") to protect the Gooneybird against hi-jacking, after Empress Puffy warned Parker th
In Chapter 7, the eternal Pig/Capybara/Vashlymoss debate erupts, and Logan and Parker collaborate on the Karma Anti-Theft Scanner security system (aka "KATscan") to protect the Gooneybird against hi-jacking, after Empress Puffy warned Parker th
In Chapter 6, the Cousins explore the interior of the Gooneybird. The Then Pet crew show them to their quarters, and Queen Luci the Furest decides who will be the next Queen.The Cousins' rooms all reflect their choices for their characters -- e
The "Then Pet" crew of the Gooneybird -- Puffy and PJ and Razzmatazz and Rudy -- are all vaguely reminded by the different Cousins of someone they used to know. That is because, in their first lives, they were all real-life pets of the Cousins'
In Chapter 4, Queen Luci the Furest finally succeeds in getting Princess Jasmine to take the Cousins (except infant Emmett) to see the Gooneybird. If any of them see the canal boat as the magical craft, that will prove they are royalty, and thu
In Chapter 3, we finally see the magical canal boat. If you don't happen to be a grandchild of mine, or live in my home town of Saint Marys, Ohio, perhaps a little background info will help.There really is a canal boat. It's in the canal (surpr
The title of this chapter, "Enam Jallp," illustrates a shortcoming with the audio format. Enam Jallp is a kind of sight gag. It's an acronym of the nine cousins' first initials (in order from youngest to oldest), which is really tough to pick u
In Chapter 1, "The Queen's Palace," we meet Queen Luci the Furest, a black cat, the aging and respected monarch of the Cousins and Pets.-- Chris Botkin
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