1. And Steven!
Copy !req
2. Yeah!
Copy !req
3. Great job parking,
Lion!
Copy !req
4. Eh.
It's a little crooked.
Copy !req
5. Never mind.
It's perfect!
Copy !req
6. Is Lion gonna be okay
parked out here?
Copy !req
7. Oh, yeah.
Uh, I just gotta lock him up.
Copy !req
8. Boop, boop!
Copy !req
9. Don't worry.
He's not going anywhere.
Copy !req
10. I still can't believe
Copy !req
11. this'll be your first time
inside of a library.
Copy !req
12. Why?
Copy !req
13. Because libraries are full
of your favorite thing.
Copy !req
14. Books!
Copy !req
15. Shh!
Copy !req
16. Books.
Copy !req
17. All right.
Time to beat these books.
Copy !req
18. Ah.
What'd they do to you?
Copy !req
19. I'm mainly trying to get
a head-start on seventh grade.
Copy !req
20. We'll be covering
a lot of new stuff, so...
Copy !req
21. I just want
to be prepared.
Copy !req
22. Can't you just use your phone
to look stuff up?
Copy !req
23. Last time I relied
on the Internet for info,
Copy !req
24. I ended up writing
a very, uh...
Copy !req
25. erroneous paper about raccoons
having heat-vision.
Copy !req
26. Raccoons have heat vision?
Copy !req
27. Shh!
Copy !req
28. You should take a look around
while I get started.
Copy !req
29. There's tons of stuff here
I'm sure you'll love.
Copy !req
30. Okay.
B-R-B.
Copy !req
31. Nonfiction?
Wild.
Copy !req
32. Whee!
Copy !req
33. Wow!
Copy !req
34. There's even cool books
on the bottom shelves!
Copy !req
35. Huh?
Copy !req
36. What are you doing down here,
little buddy?
Copy !req
37. It's blank!
Copy !req
38. Whoa!
Copy !req
39. Connie!
Copy !req
40. Look!
Copy !req
41. It's blank.
Copy !req
42. It's the journal of first mate
Buddy Buddwick!
Copy !req
43. - Like, the real thing?
- Yeah!
Copy !req
44. Jamie did a play about
how Buddy helped
Copy !req
45. the first Mayor Dewey
discover Beach City!
Copy !req
46. There's even drawings
of gem locations in here!
Copy !req
47. Oh, my gosh!
Copy !req
48. Forget homework.
Copy !req
49. Let's take it
from the top!
Copy !req
50. Yeah!
Copy !req
51. After narrowly
escaping certain doom,
Copy !req
52. Captain William Dewey and I,
his first mate Buddy,
Copy !req
53. founded the land of Beach City.
Copy !req
54. With Captain Dewey's legacy
cemented — well, bronzed —
Copy !req
55. I wondered
what my legacy would be.
Copy !req
56. Would anyone remember my name?
Copy !req
57. Or will it be washed away
by the ocean of time?
Copy !req
58. I'm picturing buddy as Jamie
being all sad.
Copy !req
59. Oh, yeah.
Drama zone.
Copy !req
60. No!
I shall not disappear!
Copy !req
61. I shan't die a lowly first mate!
Copy !req
62. I schwill do something great
with my life!
Copy !req
63. I'll comb the world
in search of greatness!
Copy !req
64. And so began a new chapter
of my life —
Copy !req
65. to explore
the previously unexplored
Copy !req
66. and to make my mark
on the world!
Copy !req
67. I traveled for many days
and nights
Copy !req
68. until, finally, I found myself
in a field of sorts...
Copy !req
69. or, should I say,
a field of swords,
Copy !req
70. intermingled with giant,
sweet-smelling strawberries
Copy !req
71. as big as one's head.
Copy !req
72. "Who could have wielded
such a weapon?" I pondered.
Copy !req
73. "What sort of battle
could this have been used for?"
Copy !req
74. I contemplated.
Copy !req
75. I continued to sketch,
sinking into deep concentration
Copy !req
76. when I suddenly felt the touch
of a familiar hand.
Copy !req
77. Ahoy.
Copy !req
78. Salutations.
Copy !req
79. It was two
of the Crystal Gems.
Copy !req
80. Hmm.
Copy !req
81. Would the Gems have looked
different back then?
Copy !req
82. Yes.
Definitely.
Copy !req
83. It was two of the Crystal Gems
Copy !req
84. that had saved my captain
from a sea beast.
Copy !req
85. And now we're here
to save you.
Copy !req
86. But I'm not in peril.
Copy !req
87. I'm just a humble traveler
who wants my name
Copy !req
88. to be remembered
by everyone for all time.
Copy !req
89. Well, travel not here,
traveler,
Copy !req
90. as this place
is very dangerous.
Copy !req
91. Very well.
I'll go elsewhere.
Copy !req
92. Wait!
Copy !req
93. There are many places
on this Earth
Copy !req
94. that a human like you
should avoid.
Copy !req
95. Here's a convenient marking
of all the places
Copy !req
96. where you should absolutely,
under no circumstances, visit
Copy !req
97. if you'd like to keep
your short life.
Copy !req
98. Only the bravest,
most courageous,
Copy !req
99. most memorable explorers
would dare
Copy !req
100. to visit
these fascinating places.
Copy !req
101. Yes, that's essentially
what I just said.
Copy !req
102. Anyway,
glad we cleared that up.
Copy !req
103. Fare thee well!
Copy !req
104. Surely,
if I do explore these places,
Copy !req
105. I'll be remembered
as brave and courageous!
Copy !req
106. He drew the communication hub.
Copy !req
107. Sparkling slugs?
Copy !req
108. Where'd he get
these names from?
Copy !req
109. Ooh!
He got this one right!
Copy !req
110. I feel like I'm back there.
Copy !req
111. What's this place?
Copy !req
112. I don't know this one.
Copy !req
113. Ooh! It looks like he went
to the kindergarten!
Copy !req
114. I found myself at the most
amazing locations.
Copy !req
115. Hmm.
Very pointy.
Copy !req
116. Though
I could not shake the feeling
Copy !req
117. that something about this
journey felt a bit... off.
Copy !req
118. Hmm.
Copy !req
119. I wonder why all these
tiny caves are here.
Copy !req
120. Hey, Buddy!
Copy !req
121. Th-This is Buddy speaking.
Copy !req
122. Get out of my hole.
Copy !req
123. Lo, it was the third
Crystal Gem.
Copy !req
124. Do you, uh, live here?
Copy !req
125. Used to!
Copy !req
126. Nowadays,
I just come back every so often
Copy !req
127. to see how the fam's doing.
Copy !req
128. The fam?
Copy !req
129. Hey, how you been?
Copy !req
130. Aw!
You getting taller?
Copy !req
131. Uh, give me a sec —
I have a visitor.
Copy !req
132. Why are you here?
Copy !req
133. Oh. My apologies.
Here, I'll show you.
Copy !req
134. I've been traveling the globe
as an adventurer and explorer.
Copy !req
135. Neat!
Copy !req
136. I've been on a journey
to discover
Copy !req
137. places no one has ever
been before.
Copy !req
138. But by the looks
of this place,
Copy !req
139. many people
have been here before.
Copy !req
140. Hold on.
Did you make this map?
Copy !req
141. It was drawn up for me
by your compatriots.
Copy !req
142. So, pbht!
Copy !req
143. What have you discovered
on it?
Copy !req
144. Well, I uh...
That is...
Copy !req
145. Oh. Uh...
Oh, dear.
Copy !req
146. I haven't discovered
a single thing on this map!
Copy !req
147. Yeah, man.
Copy !req
148. You're just following
someone else's footsteps.
Copy !req
149. And here I was,
Copy !req
150. claiming to be
a great explorer and adventurer,
Copy !req
151. when all I really am...
Copy !req
152. is a tourist!
Copy !req
153. Whoa.
Don't get all sad on me.
Copy !req
154. This is why my journey
hasn't felt right!
Copy !req
155. Uh...
Copy !req
156. Uh, oh, yeah!
Copy !req
157. Why don't you try and find
the sand castle?
Copy !req
158. Uh, wha?
Copy !req
159. Out of the way.
I'll show you.
Copy !req
160. It's right around here
in this sandy area.
Copy !req
161. - Really?
- Yeah!
Copy !req
162. They say it's never
in the same place twice.
Copy !req
163. It's always rebuilding itself
all over the desert.
Copy !req
164. That sounds like the perfect
adventure for me!
Copy !req
165. And I'll be the first one
to see it!
Copy !req
166. Heh. Okay.
Copy !req
167. Thank you for your help.
Goodbye!
Copy !req
168. Come back anytime!
Copy !req
169. But not too much!
Copy !req
170. I've been wandering this desert
for 10 days now.
Copy !req
171. I suppose I could take off
my explorer's coat
Copy !req
172. for a bit of relief,
Copy !req
173. but if I wasn't wearing this,
people would see me and think,
Copy !req
174. "Oh, just some man
wandering around.
Copy !req
175. Not important at all.
Copy !req
176. Why, he can't even find
the elusive sand castle!"
Copy !req
177. "Ha, ha, ha" they'd say.
Copy !req
178. "What a fool," they'd continue.
Copy !req
179. Ugh.
Copy !req
180. This is it, then —
the end of my adventure.
Copy !req
181. I've just followed a map
to my own end.
Copy !req
182. And this will be the last thing
I ever see as I expire —
Copy !req
183. an angel and her —
one, two, three —
Copy !req
184. several lions, here for my soul.
Copy !req
185. Is this the end?
Copy !req
186. I guess so.
Copy !req
187. Oh, wait.
There's a bunch more.
Copy !req
188. As I slowly regained
consciousness,
Copy !req
189. I became aware
of a large figure
Copy !req
190. in the shape of a giant woman.
Copy !req
191. The ringlets of her hair
Copy !req
192. spilled over her shoulders
and back
Copy !req
193. like a swath of roses.
Copy !req
194. Mom!
Copy !req
195. Hey.
Are you okay?
Copy !req
196. I realized I was surrounded
by her pack of...
Copy !req
197. Seven lions?
Copy !req
198. Please — don't eat me!
Copy !req
199. Oh, don't worry.
We mean no harm.
Copy !req
200. That's good.
Copy !req
201. Ugh.
Copy !req
202. What brings a human
out to a place like this?
Copy !req
203. I was a first mate on a ship,
but we found land.
Copy !req
204. And then I realized I didn't
want to stay in that land,
Copy !req
205. so I went to find
more land.
Copy !req
206. But then I was told
not to find that land
Copy !req
207. because
it was really dangerous.
Copy !req
208. But I wanted
to prove myself and...
Copy !req
209. Look.
I wrote it all down here.
Copy !req
210. Why am I looking
for the sand castle
Copy !req
211. that probably
doesn't even exist?
Copy !req
212. A sand castle?
Yes.
Copy !req
213. I've combed these deserts
for weeks,
Copy !req
214. and there's been
no sign of one.
Copy !req
215. Would that be a sign of one?
Copy !req
216. That's it!
I've gotta record this!
Copy !req
217. I've got to —
Wait.
Copy !req
218. You saw it first.
This doesn't count at all!
Copy !req
219. I'm a terrible explorer.
Copy !req
220. Eat me.
It's all I'm good for.
Copy !req
221. Now, now,
that's not true at all.
Copy !req
222. Sure, all these places
have been explored before,
Copy !req
223. but they haven't been
recorded so intimately
Copy !req
224. as they have been
in this journal.
Copy !req
225. It makes them new and special
all over again
Copy !req
226. for any reader
to experience.
Copy !req
227. Have you ever considered
becoming an author?
Copy !req
228. And become an author I did.
Copy !req
229. I wrote up a storm,
making book after book,
Copy !req
230. so many until I realized I
could fill a library with them!
Copy !req
231. I get it!
Copy !req
232. The Buddy Buddwick Library!
Copy !req
233. Shh!
Copy !req
234. He really did leave
a mark on this town.
Copy !req
235. Whoa.
Hold the phone.
Copy !req
236. Is that
what he looked like?
Copy !req
237. We imagined him way off.
Copy !req
238. I kind of liked
our version better.
Copy !req
239. Me, too.
Copy !req