Ripley's RBI 03: Running Wild

By Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Join the RBI—a group of teen agents with special gifts—on a series of action-packed adventures as they travel the world!

A plane crash ten years ago and reports of a strange wolf boy lead the RBI to the wilds of western China and to a girl who thinks that the creature might be her long-lost brother. But the mountains and surrounding jungle are full of dangers. Can the team brave hungry tigers, snarling wolves and treacherous ravines to uncover the truth? A dangerous mission for the RBI.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ripley Publishing
• Release date: Dec 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9781609910358

Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is globally renowned as the authority on the weird, the eccentric, and the amazing. Ripley's Believe It or Not! provides entertaining books for children of all ages which educates and informs them in a humorous style. The Ripley brand is known around the world as a trend-setting source of family-friendly fun and excitement! Every day the researchers at Ripley's are busy digging up the craziest true stories and the most unbelievable facts.

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Ripley’s, Believe It or Not!, and Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

are registered trademarks of Ripley Entertainment Inc.

ISBN : 978-1-893951-55-6

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Design: Dynamo Limited

Text: Dynamo Limited

Interior Artwork: Ailin Chambers

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All characters appearing in this work (pages 1-118) are fictitious and

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WARNING: Some of the activities undertaken by the RBI and others in this book

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Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1: Robo Snoop

Chapter 2: Wolf Boy

Chapter 3: Territory and Tracking

Chapter 4: In the Hengduan Mountains

Chapter 5: Talking with Wolves

Chapter 6: Coming Home

Chapter 7: Tiger Attack

Chapter 8: Into the Ravine

Chapter 9: A Question of Taste

Chapter 10: The Mystery Grows

Book 4: Secrets of the Deep – Teaser

Case File #001

Case File #002

Case File #003

Info Files

INTRODUCING THE RBI

Hidden away on a small island off the East Coast of the United States is Ripley High—a unique school for children who possess extraordinary talents.

Located in the former home of Robert Ripley—creator of the world-famous Ripley’s Believe It or Not!—the school takes students who all share a secret. Although they look like you or me, they have amazing skills: the ability to conduct electricity, superhuman strength, or control over the weather—these are just a few of the talents the Ripley High School students possess.

The very best of these talented kids have been invited to join a top secret agency—Ripley’s Bureau of Investigation: the RBI. This elite group operates from a hi-tech underground base hidden deep beneath the school. From here, the talented teen agents are sent on dangerous missions around the world, investigating sightings of fantastical creatures and strange occurrences. Join them on their incredible adventures as they seek out the weird and the wonderful, and try to separate fact from fiction …

Prologue

10 years ago, somewhere over the

border of western China.

The small plane buzzed like an angry hornet as it wheeled around beneath the clouds searching for somewhere to land, a plume of white smoke streaming from one engine. Clearly, it was in trouble . . .

Suddenly, the plane banked sharply to the left, heading for a small clearing in the vast expanse of forest below. As it came in to land it was losing height fast. Too fast! Its wings clipped the tops of the giant conifers, crashing through their upper branches. Nose-first, it plowed through the understory toward the clearing. The ground shook as the fuselage slammed down on the forest floor and shot like a giant missile toward a narrow gap in the trees, gouging a deep scar in the earth. With a sickening crunch, the nose crumpled as it was forced between two trees, the wings shearing off on impact. At last, the plane stopped.

The silence that followed was deafening. Time passed, but it was impossible to say how long. Then as the light began to fade, from somewhere inside the wreckage came the thin wail of a young child. It was a little girl, no more than five or six years old. Partly buried beneath luggage bags, she cried out for help, but no one came.

Barely conscious, the little girl struggled to