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"It was almost time to leave and King Leo met the Crew at Jabu Mission
Station to give them their last instructions.

   “When you leave the safety of Jabu City and enter the earth's atmosphere

you will struggle with weaknesses, just like the Earthlings.” King Leo said.
  “Weaknesses, King Leo?” Chopper asked nervously.
  “Yes. Life is perfect here in Jabu City, but not in the world of the Earthlings,”
 

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King Leo explained.

” The Whicked Wheed knows that the success of the mission depends on you staying
on track and he will try hard to get you off track by activating TROUBLE
TRACKS. Once you are off track, you are caught in his territory … and then
anything can happen to you. If you don’t recover and get back on track, he will
snatch the SECRET WEAPON and the mission will fail, and you may ...”
“Crash!” Chopper said to finish his sentence.
“Yes,” King Leo replied with a distraught look on his face.
“So we can die?” the Crew gasped as the full risk of the mission dawned on
them.
“It is possible,” King Leo said.
“That is why it is so important that you stay on track. This mission is of great
importance to me and I need you to understand how the …”
King Leo was interrupted by a tremor that shook the giant Baobab tree. The
ancient old tree, fortunately, stood its ground. Everyone looked around with
increasing concern, but King Leo continued unperturbed,
 

“You will travel on railway tracks. However, the tracks have two sides: an
upside and a down side. The upside is called TREASURE TRACKS, while
the down side is called TROUBLE TRACKS. Your choices will determine
which side of the tracks will be activated. Right and good choices will activate
TREASURE TRACKS, but wrong choices will activate TROUBLE TRACKS.
Once you are on TROUBLE TRACKS, the Snatchers will move in fast to
feast on your weaknesses, and this will pull you deeper and deeper into their
territory! Do you understand?”
“Yes, King Leo,” they all replied.
Meanwhile, the Whicked Wheed, aggravated by being ignored, once again
wrapped his tentacles around the Baobab tree and squeezed tightly. For the first
time the tree moaned and squeaked.
“How do we stay on track?” the Crew asked nervously.
“Like Earthlings, you each have a gift to make choices. Every right choice
you make releases a TREASURE TRACK, which gives you a grip to stay on
the right track towards your destination,” King Leo answered.
“Tell us about the TREASURE TRACKS King Leo,” Chopper asked.
King Leo smiled and said, “They are the hidden treasures of your heart,
my child, such as courage, wisdom and honesty. And the biggest treasure of
all is love, of course. They are all great treasures and are far more valuable
than silver or gold. These treasures hold the power for you to succeed on your
mission. Make it your quest to find and activate the TREASURE TRACKS at
all times.”
 

King Leo looked sad when he said, “It’s the TROUBLE TRACKS that create
the fighting and biting that hurts the planet … and you want to avoid activating
them at all cost.”
The Crew agreed in one accord, “King Leo! We won’t hurt anybody or
anything on Earth. Please don’t think that!”
King Leo smiled, “I know you want to do your best, but be vigilant. The
enemy lurks around every corner to see whom he can deceive and snatch from
me. The Vile Guile has been fighting this war to destroy honesty in the Land of
Honestasia for quite a while and the Snatchers will do anything and everything
to make you dishonest. If they succeed, it is game over and mission failed!”
“What happens when we are dishonest?” Chopper asked.
“The Honesty Track will fly out and then a few things can happen. You will
either stand still, go off track, back track, or you may crash.”
“If we go off track, is there a chance of getting back on track again?”
“Yes, the way back is to right the wrong you did.”
“But how would we know what is right and what is wrong?”
“You will find the answer in your heart,” King Leo said.
 

Hotdog couldn’t help thinking that this whole thing about going on a mission
to see how many TREASURE TRACKS versus TROUBLE TRACKS they
could score sounded like a chess game to him. Except, he realised it was not a game
and they couldn’t afford to lose. Too much was at stake.
 

Just then another violent tremor shook the Baobab tree and Flash meowed,
“It’s that Whicked Wheed again. He is going ballistic! He wants to uproot our
tree … what if he catches us and skins us alive?”
“We have been warned that this mission will be tough,” Digit said. “We
should show good attitude no matter what. It’s the only way to succeed.”
“What is attitude? Pixel asked curiously.
 

King Leo explained, “It is not what happens to you that matters most, but
how you react to what happens to you – that is what I call attitude. The way in
which you react to your circumstances is what gives you the power to succeed
on your mission.”
 

King Leo ended his briefing session and Hotdog barked wagging his tail,
“Did you hear that guys? There is power in good attitude! Yeah! Let’s get some
jolly good attitude ... let’s take our attitoood … to the MAX!”
It was time to go and Trackeroo and the Crew got up and left to pack and
prepare for their yourney.​