Midnight on the Moon: Prologue

OK, yeah, this is another “series recap because it’s a while between when each book got published,” but the more I think about it… these prologues for the past few books I read in the series the past few days look suspiciously copy-pasted with minor tweaks to include what happened in the immediately previous book…

Sunset of the Sabertooth: This Age

So it looks like Peanut came home with them.
And the mammoth bone flute is the next M Thing.
Looks like the next book is gonna be the next day. (OK, it’s going to be Midnight on the Moon, so just based on the title alone, who thought it was a good idea to let the kids run around in the woods in the middle of the night?)
But anyway, they’ll be home in time for dinner.

So now Annie’s trying to get Jack to play the flute to call the Master of the Animals.
Or… it’s telling the sabertooth tiger to go away.
So yeah, now Lulu’s taking them all the way to the treehouse.
OK, but where’s Peanut?
So now they’re leaving the coats for the cave family.
The cave family’s coming to get the coats, but they might not be super friendly.
And now it’s time to go home.

So yeah, all the animals from the paintings are leading Jack and Annie back to the treehouse.
Oh, fun. Now the sabertooth is trying to hunt them.

So yeah, the Master of the Animals just threw down a rope to help pull them up.
OK, a woolly mammoth also helped pull the rope. And Annie decided the mammoth is called Lulu.
OK, for real, Annie? Sure mammoth is an M Thing, but Lulu’s a bit too big to be the M Thing.
But the mammoth bone flute could be the M Thing.
Yeah, even if the Master of the Animals does know Morgan, but he probably can’t talk. At least, not to people.
And now the mammoth is taking the kids back to the treehouse.

And now they’re trying to track Peanut, but her footprints disappear after a bit.
Oh, fun. Now a sabertooth tiger showed up.
OK, it was there on the cliff one second, and now it’s not. That’s not good.
Even better. They just fell into a trap dug into the ground by the cavemen. Except they’re the ones trapped instead of whatever’s the cavemen were trying to hunt.
So now it’s the Master of the Animals and Peanut to the rescue.

I mean, Annie’s kinda right about it being an art gallery, just with pictures telling stories about going hunting.
Also, this Master of the Animals sorcerer dude sounds like some sort of early religious figure.
OK, maybe he is somehow connected to what they have to get for Morgan.
Oh, fun. Peanut ran away.

So, yeah, this is the cave house now.
And Annie’s over here like “hey, let’s borrow their old coats.”
OK, so the coats are made from reindeer skins. Or a prehistoric equivalent. Or something.
So, they’re leaving their towels and swim goggles. Yeah, leaving those there would probably mess with history. I mean, that’s why Jack didn’t want to leave his backpack with the dinosaurs that one time, right?
Of course Annie’s trying to explore the back of the cave, and is just keeping on going while Jack’s getting the early lantern thing,
OK, so Annie just stumbled on a bunch of cave paintings of some animals.

So, Annie just wandered into the back of the cave, and Jack freaked out before finding her.
Well, something is back there…
Yeah, it was the bear. And they’re lucky to have gotten out of there before it woke up. (I’m surprised Jack didn’t wake it up with all the racket he was making when looking for Annie.)
So, yeah, they’re still freezing, and they found another cave that looks like the cavemen are using as a house.

So, yeah, now Annie’s freezing her butt off.
And of course they’re stuck there until they find the M Thing.
And they’re Somewhere in the Ice Age.
OK, so they’re going to get help from cavemen. And the cavemen are about to go hunting.
So, Annie wants to meet the cavemen, but Jack is worried the cavemen would freak out and attack them. Hey, Jack, I mean, what if they can give you guys, like, warm clothes?
OK, they just started using their swim goggles as snow goggles.
And now they’re wandering into a cave.
Oh, fun. The cave is full of bones. And it probably belongs to a cave bear.