They were too busy looking for their boat. Then Fletcher whistled
again and the horses began to jum p in excitement. lhis did
surprise the men. Every time Fletcher whistled, the horses
jumped until they managed to pull thei r ropes free from the
men's hand s. 'Ihen they began to run in circles around them.
"Catch them, stupid!" shouted one of the men.
"You try! They're too quick!" replied the other one.
This was the moment Pizza was waiting for. She ran onto
the beach, jumped in the air, gave a high kick and knocked the
fat mall down to the ground.
"What's going on ?" shouted the thin man. He tried to run
and help his friend, but all th ree horses moved into his way.
He couldn't move! Pizza sat on top of the fat man, who lay face
down, and held his arms behind his back.
"Ow!That hurts!" he screamed .
"Well, ..Ion't move then!" replied Pizza.
She w..itched as Fletcher tied the th in man's hands and feet
togeth er with a rope and then she looked out to sea. The lights
from the kidnappers' boat were getting much closer, making
the horses ru n away.
"What are we going to do when that boat gets here?" she
asked Fletcher.
"Yeah!" said the fat man through a mout hful of sand.
"What arc you going to do?"
"It's OK;' said Fletcher. "It's going to be OK."
In tr uth, fletcher was beginning to get a bit worried, too.
However, just at that minute they heard a familiar voice.
"Fletcher? Is that you?"
"Dad!"
Richard Mcintyre appea red out of the dark. Behind him
was Fizz..is dad , lmran, and, farth er back, two of his carriage
drivers.