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About 50 years ago, someone reported seeing  a man with a patch over his eye floating over a group of trees.  There were a few other sightings reported, but nothing
was ever proven.”

Mr. Lormer continued to flip the pages of the book.
“ Now where is that poem? Let me see .... wait, hummm,  ah, here it is.....”
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         The tree is planted, now it’s smaller,
          Some day it will grow much taller
          You’ll FIGURE out the very one,
          Before the August setting sun.
           Solutions  hide not far away,
          100 paces on,  they say.
          You’ll dig and pry the secrets loose.
          The answers lie in Mother Goose.
           And if you aren’t too contrary,
           You may start with Mistress Mary.
*

"How do you know the poem is connected to the buried treasure?" Aaron asked.

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“Does anyone know what the poem means?”

“We just assume it has to do with the treasure. And as for anyone knowing what the poem means, my  answer is –not really.”

“There are some ideas.” Mr. Lormer went on. “ People have been looking and figuring and wondering for  years and years and years and years.  The mystery remains. Folks 
have come here to look for the treasure, but go away disappointed.That is why this place came by the name ‘ The Treasured Inn.’
And again,  we don’t even know if the legend is true or not.   You know, kids, if you want to give it a try,  you can study the poem.  I could write it out for you.”

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