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Mr. Lomber went to the garden shed and returned with a  shovel.

They decided to dig in the spot between the place where the plum tree used to stand and where the pumpkin patch was supposed to have been.

He dug in one spot  and finding nothing,  decided that this  might not be the right place at all.  If it weren’t for Carrie  insisting that they try a little longer, they might have given up altogether.  

After, having dug about 3 feet down, the shovel hit something  that sounded like metal.

Everyone stared at the hole in the ground, their heartbeats quickening.  Soon they saw a small metal box in the ground.

“That’s a treasure?!?!” Carrie cried out with a very odd expression on his face, as Mr Lomber lifted the box out of the ground. . “This box is only the size of a large pencil case. What kind of treasure could be hidden in there?”

 

 

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The box was quite small— for a treasure chest--about  12 inches long,  5 inches wide, and 3 inches deep. It was an odd color, with faded paintings on it. It was tightly shut.

“Perhaps we should take it into the garden shed. I think I will have to pry it open. All our gardening tools are in there.”     

Mr. Lomber led the way to the shed.

He had to work hard at prying the lid open. The metal was rusty, which made everyone assume that it had been buried for a long time.

Mr. Lomber was finally successful.
Inside the box was a map.

“It might be some sort of a treasure map,” Jeff Foster said, as he  looked at the yellowed paper.

 

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“Yes, it is,” everyone seemed to shout at once.

“And there is some  faint writing on it,” Mr. Lomber said, as he held the paper up to the window. “Wait, let’s go outside. The sun is shining brightly, and we could probably see it better.”