Sir Tyler Digsalot & Professor Adelaide’s Treasure(Linda McMann) Six-year-old Sir Tyler Digsalot was on a mission to discover treasure under the sand. He and his trusty cousin, Professor Adelaide, dug deeper and deeper in the sand close to the surf.

They dug so deep they both disappeared from view. Sand flew over their heads and onto the beach and as they dug, they got smaller and smaller. Soon they found themselves standing in front of a clear blue pool of water. It looked like a window to the mystery of the deep.

Suddenly a huge crab came into view. He had a very large crown on his head and was clearly in charge. He motioned for them to come through the pool of water into the sea creatures world below.

Sir Tyler Digsalot and Professor Adelaide, being an adventurous duo, dove through the water into the world on the other side.

King Crab spoke, waving his pincers in the air. “I can see that you are very curious indeed and want to know more about our world. What would you like to know?”

“I want to know if you have any games to play under the sand," Sir Tyler said.

“Of course we do. Come with me to the Sand and Surf Arcade. But it requires whole sand dollars to play the games there. Do you have any?”

Sir Tyler Digsalot and Professor Adelaide dug into their pockets and found only pieces of sand dollars they'd found with their grandparents earlier that morning.

“Well, we’ll make an exception for the two of you. Follow me,” said King Crab.

Sir Tyler Digsalot and Professor Adelaide followed King Crab into a massive room full of activity. Shrimp sat around large open shells playing card games and jellyfish danced to music played by a quartet of sand crabs. Starfish showed off their climbing skills on a towering piece of coral, clams competed in a squirting contest, and sea worms and snails played arcade games.

The games looked like fun, so Sir Tyler Digsalot and Professor Adelaide played each one until they had used up all of their sand dollar pieces.

Finally, King Crab motioned to them. “There is one special game to play before you return home.” He took them to the back of the Sand and Surf Arcade to a race track. Waiting in race stalls were sea horses with saddles, bridles, and reins.

Sir Tyler Digsalot and Professor Adelaide each picked a sea horse to race. Sir Tyler Digsalot picked a pink one named Toohey and Professor Adelaide picked a green one named Calvin. As they raced their sea horses, the other sea creatures cheered.

First, Sir Tyler was ahead, then Professor Adelaide took the lead. Finally in the last stretch, they were neck and neck. Their sea horses crossed the finish line at exactly the same time.

“You're both winners!” King Crab shouted above the cheering crowd. “But now it is time for you to return home.” He motioned them towards the pool of water.

Sir Tyler Digsalot and Professor Adelaide thanked the King Crab for letting them play the arcade games at the Sand and Surf, and especially for racing the sea horses. They walked to the blue pool of water, dove in, and found themselves back on the other side. When they looked up they could see the beautiful blue sky above them.

They returned to their normal size as they climbed out of the hole they had dug. “That was awesome,” Professor Adelaide exclaimed as they brushed themselves off. “But no one will believe us when we tell them.

"Yeah, we have no proof.”

Suddenly Sir Tyler Digsalot felt something in his pocket, then so did Professor Adelaide. They each pulled out two perfectly whole sand dollars. “Now we have proof,” said Sir Tyler Digsalot. “We have whole sand dollars. King Crab must have put them in our pockets before we left.”

The tide was starting to come in and the waves were coming closer and closer to their dig site. Finally one big wave completely covered the top of it. When the wave went back, their hole was gone.

“We'd better go anyway,” Sir Tyler Digsalot said, looking at smooth sand. "It's time for lunch plus we need to tell Grandma and Grandpa about our great adventure."

“Yeah, and show them our cool treasures,” said Professor Adelaide, gazing at her perfect sand dollar.

They carefully put their whole sand dollars back in their pockets and raced each other back to the beach house to be the first to show off their treasure.

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