The Hunt for Gold

The Hunt for Gold

Wilma's mum had a charm bracelet. It was made of gold. The bracelet had ten charms on it. The charms were made of gold too. "It's a beautiful bracelet," said Chip

Wilma's mum was washing her hands at the sink. She had the bracelet on. One of the charms fell off the bracelet, and it went down the plug hole. Wilma's mum was very upset. "I hope I can get the charm out of the plug hole," she said. Chip ran and got his mum. 'She can get the charm out," he said.

Mum put a plastic bowl under the sink. Everyone looked in the bowl. "There's the charm," said Mum. "Yuk!" said Wilma. "It's got dirt on it." Wilma's mum was glad to get it back. Mum found something else. "Yuk!" she said. "Look what I've found." It was Wilf's old chewing gum. "What a place to stick old chewing gum!" said Wilma’s mum.

The children went to Biff's bedroom. Wilf had three packets of chewing gum. He gave some gum to Chip. "This is my bedroom," said Biff, "so mind where you put the old chewing gum." Suddenly the magic key began to glow. "Help!" said Wilf. "I don't know what to do with my old chewing gum."

The magic took the children back in time. It took them to a river. A boy and a girl were looking for something in the water. The boy and the girl had big pans. They scooped up little stones from the river. Then they looked for tiny bits of gold in the bottom of the pans.