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| ==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
| Henry McThrottle waits with his friends Jack, a drawer; panphobic Newton, muscular Gretel, sociable Jenny, and brainiac Fiona for their teacher Mr.s. Chalkboard to come. Mr. Greenbeard, the school principal and naval buff comes to the class to announce the new substitute teacher Mr. Brainfright who will replace Mr.s. Chalkboard while she’s sick. It becomes immediately apparent that Mr. Brainfright doesn’t know a thing about teaching, and proceeds to make his first lesson about how to breathe. This results in him nearly falling out the window, to where the whole class successfully pulls him back in, and where Mrs. Cross is introduced. | |||
| Mr. Brainfright (the substitute teacher) tells the class that a man has a goat, a wolf and some cabbage, and he needs to cross a river. There's a boat there, but it can only hold two things. If the man takes the wolf, the goat will eat the cabbage, and if the man takes the cabbage, the wolf will eat the goat. The class starts arguing about why he needs the things anyway, and why he needs to cross the river. To get them to try to work it out, he offers a lollipop to whoever gets it right, much to Henry's desire. While trying to work it out, Clive shoots spit balls at him. | |||
| Mr. Brainfright continues to tell the class about a riddle where a man has a goat, a wolf and some cabbage, and he needs to cross a river, with the reward being a lollipop. Henry correctly answers the riddle using spitballs thrown to him by Clive Durkin, the class bully. At recess Clive and his brother Fred claim that the lollipop is his, because Henry used Clive's spitballs to help him work it out. Fred and Henry then have a fight, until Mr.s Cross stops it and send Henry to the office. | |||
| Henry explains the problem to Mr. Greenbeard, who understands as a similar thing happened to him when he was younger. Mr. Greenbeard had a treasure chest full of things that he had, buried in a hill that he named "Skull Island", which had been stolen by another pirate! Mr. Greenbeard recited the poem that was left in the chest, which inspires Henry to look for it. He enlists his friends Jack, Newton, Gretel, and Jenny to help him. | |||
| The next day, Mr. Brainfright attempts to engage the class in history by mentioning how everyone’s making history as they live. They stage a “renactment” of yesterday’s breathing lesson incident, where this time Mr. Brainfright ends up falling out the window, much to Mr.s. Cross’ annoyance. Henry and his friends try to look for the treasure during lunch, but they failed. Henry correctly deduces that the book “One Thousand Nights and a Night” might contain clues for the treasure’s location, since the book was referenced in the poem. Going to the library, Jenny also correctly inferred another line referencing “The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through a Dream” means that Greenbeard’s treasure is still buried at Skull Island, the hill on school property. | |||
| <blockquote> | |||
| Search the Northwest Southeast seas | |||
| </blockquote><blockquote> | |||
| Search upon bended and bloodied knees | |||
| </blockquote><blockquote> | |||
| Henry enlists Grant Gadget, an inventor, to lend him a metal detector, where they find a metal key to the chest. The next day, Jenny accidentally leaked to Fiona that they were finding treasure, which sets up a treasure hunting craze and pushes Henry and his friends of Skull Island. Fred and Clive encounter them, to which Henry admits the treasure exists but proceeds to give them a fake map the next day, deliberately falsifying the location as well to successfully lure everyone off Skull Island. | |||
| But of your riches you will only dream - | |||
| </blockquote><blockquote> | |||
| Greenbeard's pirates are no match for me. | |||
| </blockquote> | |||
| Mr. Brainfright divulges his most unusual lesson yet: how to be f5riends with a banana. This leads to them skidding on banana peels, which lead to Mr. Brainfright accidentally bumping Mr.s. Cross out the window. She reports to Mr. Greenbeard and he makes Mr. Brainfright behave and co-operate. Mr. Brainfright begins normal instruction by giving the class a spelling test. Here he reveals he was formerly a archeologist, much to Henry’s delight when he asks for help finding the treasure. | |||
| McThrottle would go through all lengths just to find. He finds out that the line "''Dig for a thousand nights and a night''" was a reference to a book named ''The Thousand and One Nights''. He reads it, and discovers that the line "''But of your riches you will only dream''" is a reference to one of the stories in the book. The ending of the story leaves him to conclude that the chest should be right where they started: Skull Island. | |||
| He asks another boy at class, Grant Gadget, to borrow his metal-detecting machine. The next day, Henry, his friends and Grant watch as the metal detector (or what he calls the "super charged treasure detector") blow up and reveal a key. | |||
| Mr. Brainfright conducts an archaeological dig with the whole class, and they finally find the treasure. Mr.s Cross declares this the last straw and drags Mr. Brainfright to the office to get fired, but not before they free the treasure with his jackhammer. Henry is dismayed that Mr. Brainfright will be fired, but decides to use the treasure to convince Mr. Greenbeard to change his mind. They get the treasure out, but Fred steals it and opens it up with the key. All that is found is a marble, a rock, a pencil, a yo-yo, a shark's tooth, a rabbit's foot, a black-eye patch, a plastic ring, a water pistol, and a football card. Fred gets angry with Henry when he saw what was inside, and attempts to attack him. Instead, he trips over Newton's foot and falls into the hole where the treasure was found, giving time to grab it and race to Greenbeard's office. | |||
| Unfortunately, gossip has passed around the school, Fred and Clive pop up again, and outsmart one of Henry's friends, Jack Japes, into revealing that a treasure does indeed exist. | |||
| Greenbeard gets so happy that his items were found, and discovers the identity of the initials W.S. engraved in the chest as Wendy Smith, now Mrs. Cross. She reveals she was jealous that she wasn’t allowed to play with Mr. Greenbeard pirates and stole the treasure out of retaliation. Mr. Greenbeard forgives her and gives Mr. Brainfight his job back. | |||
| Henry double-crosses Fred by providing him with a realistic-looking fake map and get back to work. Unfortunately, they are caught by Mrs Cross, who just happens to be passing. | |||
| ⚫ | As a reward, Henry and his friends take one item each from the box, with Henry picking up a ]. | ||
| Mr Brainfright to conduct an archaeological dig to find the treasure. They do indeed find the top of the treasure box with the help of Mr Brainfright's jackhammer. This annoys Mrs Cross and she leaves to the principal's office to request that Mr Brainfright be fired. | |||
| Meanwhile, even Fiona admires Mr. Brainfright’s eccentricities, and he teaches the whole class how to fly. | |||
| Gretel manages to dig out thechest, but Fred snatches it, and opens it up with the key. All that is found is a marble, a rock, a pencil, a yo-yo, a shark's tooth, a ], a black-eye patch, a plastic ring, a water pistol, and a football card. | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| Fred gets angry with Henry when he saw what was inside, and attempts to attack him. Instead, he trips over Newton's foot and falls into the hole where the treasure was found, giving time to grab it and race to Greenbeard's office. | |||
| ==References== | |||
| Greenbeard gets so happy that his book was found, and saw that the bottom of the box had the initials - Mrs Cross' name before she was married! | |||
| ⚫ | Henry and his friends take one item each from the box, |
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| Author | Andy Griffiths |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Schooling Around! |
| Genre | Children's |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Publication date | 1 April 2008 |
| Publication place |  Australia |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 216 |
| ISBN | 978-0-330-42389-2 |
| Followed by | Pencil of Doom! |
Treasure Fever! ( La Fievre du Tresor) is the first book of the Schooling Around series by Andy Griffiths. It was published in April 2008 by Pan Macmillan Australia.
Plot
Henry McThrottle waits with his friends Jack, a drawer; panphobic Newton, muscular Gretel, sociable Jenny, and brainiac Fiona for their teacher Mr.s. Chalkboard to come. Mr. Greenbeard, the school principal and naval buff comes to the class to announce the new substitute teacher Mr. Brainfright who will replace Mr.s. Chalkboard while she’s sick. It becomes immediately apparent that Mr. Brainfright doesn’t know a thing about teaching, and proceeds to make his first lesson about how to breathe. This results in him nearly falling out the window, to where the whole class successfully pulls him back in, and where Mrs. Cross is introduced.
Mr. Brainfright continues to tell the class about a riddle where a man has a goat, a wolf and some cabbage, and he needs to cross a river, with the reward being a lollipop. Henry correctly answers the riddle using spitballs thrown to him by Clive Durkin, the class bully. At recess Clive and his brother Fred claim that the lollipop is his, because Henry used Clive's spitballs to help him work it out. Fred and Henry then have a fight, until Mr.s Cross stops it and send Henry to the office.
Henry explains the problem to Mr. Greenbeard, who understands as a similar thing happened to him when he was younger. Mr. Greenbeard had a treasure chest full of things that he had, buried in a hill that he named "Skull Island", which had been stolen by another pirate! Mr. Greenbeard recited the poem that was left in the chest, which inspires Henry to look for it. He enlists his friends Jack, Newton, Gretel, and Jenny to help him.
The next day, Mr. Brainfright attempts to engage the class in history by mentioning how everyone’s making history as they live. They stage a “renactment” of yesterday’s breathing lesson incident, where this time Mr. Brainfright ends up falling out the window, much to Mr.s. Cross’ annoyance. Henry and his friends try to look for the treasure during lunch, but they failed. Henry correctly deduces that the book “One Thousand Nights and a Night” might contain clues for the treasure’s location, since the book was referenced in the poem. Going to the library, Jenny also correctly inferred another line referencing “The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through a Dream” means that Greenbeard’s treasure is still buried at Skull Island, the hill on school property.
Henry enlists Grant Gadget, an inventor, to lend him a metal detector, where they find a metal key to the chest. The next day, Jenny accidentally leaked to Fiona that they were finding treasure, which sets up a treasure hunting craze and pushes Henry and his friends of Skull Island. Fred and Clive encounter them, to which Henry admits the treasure exists but proceeds to give them a fake map the next day, deliberately falsifying the location as well to successfully lure everyone off Skull Island.
Mr. Brainfright divulges his most unusual lesson yet: how to be f5riends with a banana. This leads to them skidding on banana peels, which lead to Mr. Brainfright accidentally bumping Mr.s. Cross out the window. She reports to Mr. Greenbeard and he makes Mr. Brainfright behave and co-operate. Mr. Brainfright begins normal instruction by giving the class a spelling test. Here he reveals he was formerly a archeologist, much to Henry’s delight when he asks for help finding the treasure.
Mr. Brainfright conducts an archaeological dig with the whole class, and they finally find the treasure. Mr.s Cross declares this the last straw and drags Mr. Brainfright to the office to get fired, but not before they free the treasure with his jackhammer. Henry is dismayed that Mr. Brainfright will be fired, but decides to use the treasure to convince Mr. Greenbeard to change his mind. They get the treasure out, but Fred steals it and opens it up with the key. All that is found is a marble, a rock, a pencil, a yo-yo, a shark's tooth, a rabbit's foot, a black-eye patch, a plastic ring, a water pistol, and a football card. Fred gets angry with Henry when he saw what was inside, and attempts to attack him. Instead, he trips over Newton's foot and falls into the hole where the treasure was found, giving time to grab it and race to Greenbeard's office.
Greenbeard gets so happy that his items were found, and discovers the identity of the initials W.S. engraved in the chest as Wendy Smith, now Mrs. Cross. She reveals she was jealous that she wasn’t allowed to play with Mr. Greenbeard pirates and stole the treasure out of retaliation. Mr. Greenbeard forgives her and gives Mr. Brainfight his job back.
As a reward, Henry and his friends take one item each from the box, with Henry picking up a pencil with a skull on it.
Meanwhile, even Fiona admires Mr. Brainfright’s eccentricities, and he teaches the whole class how to fly.
Reception
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