The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Treasure Page #2

You keep eating cherries

and candy like that,

You'll get fat, fat, fat.

You won't even be able to ride

your hog.

You might have made a less

noticeable entrance into town.

I heard you coming

from a mile away.

Yes, general.

We need not raise eyebrows.

One of the elements

has surfaced.

The Petoskey stone.

Well, where is it?

It was bestowed

to a runt of a boy.

Who's gonna give it to a kid?

Jack Bettys.

Ugh.

He must've been desperate.

Now, I don't think the boy

is even properly trained.

Well, if he's just a kid,

Why don't we just go snatch it

from him?

No, no, no, no, no.

We will be patient.

And when the time is right,

We will reclaim

what is rightfully ours.

And our glorious flag will fly

proudly across this community

And every other

around the nation.

Not a normal breakfast.

Nope.

It's lunch.

Taking a friend

on a bike ride...

To coffer woods.

Coffer woods?

Mickey, that's too far.

You know...

No, it's not too far.

I'm not a little kid anymore.

So this friend,

Would it be the girl

that was climbing down our porch

When we got home last night?

Yeah.

Sully.

She's staying with her grams

this weekend.

Mickey, about yesterday.

There's something that you need

to know about your grandpa.

There was a good reason

That grandpa jack

gave me that rock.

I just have to figure out

what it is.

Hand me the pliers, sully.

Get this up, and it'll be

running smooth like pudding.

I didn't think you'd show.

Morning, Mickey.

Good morning.

Sorry to hear

about your grandpa.

Jack and I were good friends.

Thanks.

Um, we should get going.

It's a little bit of a ride.

See you, grams.

Bye. Have fun.

Bye!

We're getting close.

Just a few more miles.

Miles? Seriously?

Things are a lot closer

in the city.

Watch the roots.

It gets a little bumpy.

What did he leave you

that was so important

He had to make it

this hard to find?

I don't know.

I was in the, like,

third grade

When grandpa jack brought me

here for the first time.

Wow.

I've never seen a stump

this big before.

I know it's here somewhere.

What do you think

it means?

Wait.

This symbol's different.

The one on the map had an "n"

in the middle of the triangle.

Yeah, you're right.

"37"?

37 what?

Well...

The other symbol

on the map had a north arrow,

So if we, like,

combine the two together,

We get 37 north.

Paces,

like for buried treasure.

37 paces.

But which way is north?

Okay, so how is a pocket watch

going to help us?

We need a compass.

Well, grandpa jack taught me

how to use a pocket watch

As a compass.

Of course.

You just point the hour hand

at the sun

And put a blade of grass

on the face of the watch

And put it right in between

12:
00 and the hour hand,

And then the blade of grass

should point south and north.

That's amazing.

He said

it would always keep me pointed

In the right direction.

One...

Two, three, four,

Five, six, seven, eight,

nine, ten,

11, 12, 13, 14...

35, 36, 37.

So now we dig, right?

I guess so.

Hey,

the ground looks soft here.

I see something.

I haven't seen this one before.

It's some sort

of geometric shape.

So open it already.

What is that?

A picture.

An old one.

With some letters.

"I-H-H-U-E."

Looks like an old-Time photo

Of a barn being built

or something.

Yeah,

with a bunch of numbers.

Lotto numbers?

Who knows.

And an old key.

I have to be honest.

Not really

what I was hoping for.

You wanted it to be gold

or something?

Jewels would've been...

Ah!

So you're Matson, hey?

Ah, look at you.

Scrawnier than I expected.

I told him this weren't

no mission for a kid.

And I'm sure

he didn't expected ya

To have a little girl

tagging along.

Watch it, fur face.

I'm from Chicago.

- Sully...

- This ain't a joke, girly!

And you ain't cut out for this.

Now, you take your little friend

from Chicago here

And head back to town

Before you get hurt!

And if people

come looking for you,

Tell 'em what they want to know.

Maybe you'll survive.

Survive?

Uh,

let's back the truck up here.

I don't know what

your granddaddy was thinking,

Trusting this to a boy.

Now,

the two of you get out of here.

Get.

Now!

Don't you ever come back, ever!

You hear me?

Now, Jeremiah,

this ain't gonna agree with you.

Hmm?

Why you do this all the time,

huh?

You know I'm gonna be up

all night with you

Giving you that pink stuff,

And you know

how we both hate that.

Yeah.

Don't you growl at me.

And why you drinking water

out of a flower vase?

I mean, ain't you never heard

of "etiquit"? Huh?

Wh...

Boys, please.

I think it's time we had

a discussion with an old friend.

Ivan Stumpwater

followed the boy to the beach.

I think it's more

than coincidence.

Do you have any idea

what the symbols mean?

Nope.

But I think I know

who can help us.

We need to check

the fishery reports.

Mr. Stumpwater?

Hello?

Um, okay.

Weird.

Mr. Stumpwater?

Gross.

Ah.

Shell's good for ginger's cold.

I meant the stuff in the pan.

I found the map...

In the rock.

Uh, Petoskey stone.

One of a kind.

Told you

it was a Petoskey stone.

Well, it led us

to another clue.

And a guy

who hasn't showered in a while.

Ooh, Buckshot Plindenberg.

He's still around, huh?

Yeah.

We were wondering if he's,

You know...

All there.

Ah, never has been.

I knew it.

But if he put

the fear of god in you,

It's for good reason.

Coffee?

I'm not allowed

to drink coffee.

Me either.

Make mine a double.

Well...

Did he, um...

Tell you

about the symbols?

That is terrible.

Is that even coffee?

Sully.

No, he didn't say anything

about the symbols.

- Hmm.

- Do you know what they are?

What exactly do you know

about your granddaddy?

I know

that he was in the coast guard,

And when he retired,

He moved home

and bought the museum.

There are tales

of an ancient process.

Some call it science.

Some call it magic.

It's called alchemy.

Alchemy.

I've heard of it.

I think.

What is it?

It was developed

by ancient mystics

As a way of turning any object

into silver.

Those symbols you've been

following from your granddaddy,

They're part

of the alchemy process.

You know eating that

Is why you smell the way you do,

right?

Mmm.

Mm-Hmm.

Yeah.

So what'd you find out

in coffer woods?

This key

And an old picture

Of what looks like

a barn being built

With some letters on it.

There's a bunch of numbers

on the back too.

Yeah.

Ah.

Oh, yeah.

He had buckets of faith in you.

Mr. Stumpwater, please.

We're just asking you

for a little help.

What is all this about?

What I do know is that

there are three powerful objects

That are used

in the alchemy process.

Your granddaddy's

been protecting these items

For many years,

But now they're in danger

of falling into the wrong hands.

What wrong hands?

Ooh,

some of the nastiest people

You will ever meet in your life.

So...

We're supposed to find

these objects to protect them?

Now, I'm sorry

this has to fall on you, boy.

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