2) Journey Under the Sea

[stevendoig]

Jings! - I have this one!!

Okay, I don't think I've read this in at least 25 years.

I'll go into a wee bit detail as I go along as many of you might no' be familiar with this particular book.

Its by a mysterious sounding 'R.A Montgomery' - I ken nothing aboot this laddie.

Its illustrated by 'Paul Granger'

The cover art is a bit poor.  A u-shaped green submarine lacking in any kind of dimensions, a diver who must be at least 20ft tall getting sucked down iinto it, and a fearsome shark who is cocking his head quizzically at the diver.

My particular edition was reprinted in 1984 (If ye like that kind of thing)

okay - are you all ready for my frightening and thrilling adventure undersea with overgrown divers and puzzled sharks? - I sure hope so!!

[stevendoig]

Reference 1 is a cheat as it is actually a scary 'WARNING'

Onto the story proper - LOTS OF SPOILERS FAE NOO ON!

The background is summed in in two lines - I'm an underwater explorer looking for Atlantis - so there ye go.

Anyway, my Sub hits the sea bed, so I decide to get oot and have a wee wander....

Disaster! my sub is attacked by a fearsome monster which going by the illustration is a large tattie with an amusing hat.

I have the frankly very tricky descision to either - fight the monster with my spear gun - or return to the surface with the GUARANTEE that I will get the bends.

Oh, the suspense.

[stevendoig]

Jings - as I was heading to the surface a lucky dolphin appeared and it meant that I didn't get the bends after all, not sure I quite understand. Anyway, the crew congratulate me on doing very little at all, and I decide to head back down again for some more thrilling encounters with fortunate dolphins and laughable potatoes.

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I head back down and enter a wee grotto. I use my super dooper light which enables me to find a submarine, which I decide to go in.

it is a 'mysterious submarine'

I find a 'mysterious device' which tells me that Atlantis is nearby.

I spy an 'unbelievable craft'

This 'unbelievable craft' is scary so I move down a secret passageway.

I find Atlantis through an airlock in an extinct volcano.

Haud on - This 'R.A Montgomery' watched the Doctor Who story 'The Underwater Menace' - did he no' just!!

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Some natives tell me the King is bad.

I meet the King - hes only a wee bit bad.

The King lets me go back to the natives, we plan a revolution and then the volcano starts flooding.

Yep - he definitely watched 'The Underwater Menace'!

I help the natives work the pumps for 72 hours. I am very tired but Atlantis is safe.

THE END

What!

[a moderator]

But does anybody exclaim that nothing in the world can stop them now?

[stevendoig]

Not yet!