SPYOLOGY

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF

SPYCRAFT

CODE NO. 6654gam4289wy11000.//zob 

It all happened one afternoon when code-name Bald Eagle (My Dad) came home from town.

He entered, and announced my name, handed me a parcel and raised his eyebrows.

I took the parcel, shock, surprise and excitement shivered down my spine. I flipped it right ways up (it having been handed to me upside down) and saw my true identity written on the parcel. (Must not be anything important, or else they would have sent it to me with my code-name – CodeRed Jack.) On the top was written: ‘Wacky But True’. I gasped. Could it be? Could I have won the competition?!? I tore up the brown wrapping paper and yes! There, in my hands lay. . . Spyology! The secret spy manual that any spy wanna-be would die for. I spent the rest of the day breaking the codes, learning about other spies, discovering all the secret compartments and suspecting suspects.

About Spyology:

Spyology is the coolest book on earth. It has a ‘secret compartment’ in the spine and one in the back. And the way the book was printed provided me with a ‘secret compartment’ in each page, making sort of like a file. It has a fancy cipher wheel on the front with the Barbinton code on it, the Barbington code was invented by Anthony Barbington in 1586 to send secret messages to Mary, Queen of Scots. The code was used to plot a murder against Queen Elizabeth I and put Mary on the Throne. Mary wore her Cipher wheel around her neck on a chain with jewels and pearls as not to attract too much attention. Spyology also has an actual secret agent mission, which is really exiting! Its about disguises, triple and double agents, bad-guys, codes to crack, microdot messages,* swimming with the crocs and

. . . dare I say it. . . taking over the world!

*Microdot messages are another way of sending secret information and instructions to-and-fro. It is information that is teeny-weeny! Whole pages of information can be shrunk down to the size of a full stop, which can only be read by a microscope. (You probably just looked at that full stop didn’t you?!)

 I’ve learned heaps of stuff about spies from this Top Secret ‘File’. The manual says specifically, and I quote: “Congratulations on being selected to serve your country as a covert operative. . . .If you prove yourself in your new role, you may soon be undertaking missions of the utmost importance . . . .Be thorough, and remember to keep you eyes open at all times - as a spy, you’ll never know who may be spying on you!” End quote.

CODE NO. 6654gam4289wy11000.//zob 

...CodeRed Jack...