Crack! 12 year old John Westhood, with a wooly hoodie to keep him warm from the cold snow elegantly falling from the sky, strolled into the back garden . John was an intelligent boy who had flaxen colored hair and lived in a small villa beside River Chithat. John had a dream to become an adventurer but his parents thought that was a dumb idea and he should carry on with his studies. But John didn’t give up.

One day, a letter came from King Chingum lll from the Furfuri Castle that there have been severe attacks on their castle and John parents needed to help, but there was a problem John’s father was on a business trip in a town 10 miles away and John’s mother couldn’t go to help King Chingum because she had her leg operated on two weeks ago. Later that day, John asked his mother that if he could go his mother didn’t really have a choice so she said yes .

In the afternoon , John and his friend Patlu set off to get to the other side of River 

Chithat. Then they eat their samosas that John’s mother packed for them. After that, John and Patlu wrote a letter to John’s mother about how nice the samosas were and if  she had put chutney on  it would’ve been better.

Later on, when they got to Crying Boy Hill it was midnight so Patlu said to John , Should we rest and then we’ll carry on with the journey tomorrow? John said yes .

The next day, when they reached Furfuri castle they found the only severe attack was the king’s wife Shabana torturing him.