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“Actually, David,” Aaron said," I think we should stick to the pumpkin/ plum connection for now. If it doesn’t work then we will look for those other fruits and vegetables. If the spot between the pumpkin patch and the plum tree turns out to be 25 paces from the garden gate,  then we  may be on to something.”

Mr. Lomber entered the room at  this point. He and Mrs. Lomber thought that this was a good  way to continue the search. By now Jeff and Anna were becoming very curious about the whole matter.

 

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CHAPTER 13: THE METAL BOX

 Carrie, David, Beth, Aaron , Mr. and Mrs Lomber, Jeff , and Anna went out to the garden gate. They figured out the place where the pumpkin patch and plum tree used to be. They walked from the gate to that spot. It came to 29 paces.

“Not 25,” moaned Carrie. “Back to the drawing board.”

“Not necessarily,” said David.
“ Just what a  pace is  depends upon the person making the steps. Perhaps Captain Patch was tall, and the space between each step  was longer than our steps.  I say we dig at this spot.”

“Agreed,” everyone shouted.

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