1 00:00:07,667 --> 00:00:11,260 Columbus took Mandy to his cabin. 2 00:00:11,261 --> 00:00:14,926 "You will be safe here," he said. 3 00:00:14,927 --> 00:00:19,563 Curious, Mandy picked up a round metal object. 4 00:00:19,564 --> 00:00:24,039 Its pointy, moving hands were like a clock's. 5 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,974 "What's this?" asked Mandy. 6 00:00:27,975 --> 00:00:31,846 "It's an astrolabe," explained Columbus. 7 00:00:31,847 --> 00:00:35,314 "It measures the height of the sun from the horizon. 8 00:00:35,315 --> 00:00:38,995 It helps us know where we are on the ocean." 9 00:00:38,996 --> 00:00:42,262 Columbus took the astrolabe and said, 10 00:00:42,263 --> 00:00:47,689 "I have to go now. Stay here." 11 00:00:47,690 --> 00:00:51,397 Meanwhile, Vinnie was getting hungry. 12 00:00:51,398 --> 00:00:55,048 A sailor's life wasn't much fun. 13 00:00:55,049 --> 00:01:00,276 "We're all going to starve," said an old sailor nearby. 14 00:01:00,277 --> 00:01:05,806 "Monsters will eat us before we starve!" screamed another. 15 00:01:05,807 --> 00:01:09,877 "I want to go home!" thought Vinnie. 16 00:01:09,878 --> 00:01:13,472 Manuel was tying a knot in a rope. 17 00:01:13,473 --> 00:01:19,863 Another boy was standing by a large coil of rope, holding an hourglass. 18 00:01:19,864 --> 00:01:24,294 When the sand emptied into the bottom, the boy cried: 19 00:01:24,295 --> 00:01:26,423 "One glass is gone. 20 00:01:26,424 --> 00:01:28,785 Now the second begins!" 21 00:01:28,786 --> 00:01:32,808 "What's he doing?" Vinnie asked Manuel. 22 00:01:32,809 --> 00:01:36,206 "We take turns turning over the hourglass. 23 00:01:36,207 --> 00:01:42,033 Each time it empties, a half hour has gone by," explained Manuel. 24 00:01:42,034 --> 00:01:47,510 "After eight turns, or four hours, another boy takes over." 25 00:01:47,511 --> 00:01:49,807 The boy called to Vinnie, 26 00:01:49,808 --> 00:01:52,426 "Hey, take over a minute, will you?" 27 00:01:52,427 --> 00:01:56,008 He put the hourglass into Vinnie's hands. 28 00:01:56,009 --> 00:02:00,111 "It's the second half of the hour," said the boy. 29 00:02:00,112 --> 00:02:03,882 He ran off before Vinnie could protest. 30 00:02:03,883 --> 00:02:06,552 "Here," said Manuel. 31 00:02:06,553 --> 00:02:11,018 He took a biscuit out of his pocket and gave it to Vinnie. 32 00:02:11,019 --> 00:02:16,760 Biscuits were used to mark the time after each turn of the hourglass. 33 00:02:16,761 --> 00:02:20,277 Vinnie thought he was supposed to eat it. 34 00:02:20,278 --> 00:02:24,484 "Ow!" cried Vinnie, after he tried to bite it. 35 00:02:24,485 --> 00:02:29,481 The biscuit was so hard that Vinnie put it down on the ropes. 36 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:34,104 Meanwhile, Mandy sat alone in the captain's cabin. 37 00:02:34,105 --> 00:02:38,023 The cabin boy had left her a biscuit to eat. 38 00:02:38,024 --> 00:02:40,389 She put it in her pocket. 39 00:02:40,390 --> 00:02:44,259 Suddenly, there was a loud boom. 40 00:02:44,260 --> 00:02:47,743 Mandy, ran out onto the deck. 41 00:02:47,744 --> 00:02:51,457 "What was that?" she shouted. 42 00:02:51,458 --> 00:02:54,977 "It's the Pinta!" cried someone. 43 00:02:54,978 --> 00:02:57,285 "The ship needs help!" 44 00:02:57,286 --> 00:03:01,826 At that moment, she heard a familiar voice shouting, 45 00:03:01,827 --> 00:03:06,522 "One glass is gone, and now the second begins!" 46 00:03:06,523 --> 00:03:10,323 "Vinnie!" she cried happily. 47 00:03:10,324 --> 00:03:13,951 "Mandy! Am I glad to see you!" 48 00:03:13,952 --> 00:03:16,773 he exclaimed when she ran up. 49 00:03:16,774 --> 00:03:20,549 He put the hourglass on top of the ropes. 50 00:03:20,550 --> 00:03:24,308 "What are you doing?" she asked. 51 00:03:24,309 --> 00:03:29,304 "Every thirty minutes, I turn this hourglass over. 52 00:03:29,305 --> 00:03:33,542 Each time, Manuel brings a biscuit. 53 00:03:33,543 --> 00:03:38,003 They're so hard I can't eat them," said Vinnie. 54 00:03:38,004 --> 00:03:39,929 "Don't eat them!" 55 00:03:39,930 --> 00:03:43,798 Mandy shouted, pulling out the photo. 56 00:03:43,799 --> 00:03:47,104 "We need them! See?" 57 00:03:47,105 --> 00:03:49,885 The photo was glowing blue. 58 00:03:49,886 --> 00:03:54,520 "But there are only two biscuits!" cried Vinnie. 59 00:03:54,521 --> 00:03:57,206 "We need three to go home." 60 00:03:57,207 --> 00:04:03,430 "Don't worry," said Mandy, pulling the biscuit from her pocket. 61 00:04:03,431 --> 00:04:07,541 Mandy placed it next to the other biscuits. 62 00:04:07,542 --> 00:04:12,159 In the photo, the hourglass glowed red. 63 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:16,670 "I'm so glad we're leaving!" cried Vinnie. 64 00:04:16,671 --> 00:04:24,991 The children closed their eyes and fell down the dark tunnel.