第34章 爷爷的藏宝图A Giant Mystery(第1页)
第34章爷爷的藏宝图AGiantMystery
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ThesoundoftheadeBridgetjump。Ithadbeehelivingroom。Hereyeswenttothecarvedblathedesk。Ihetiochime。Thenotessoundedsaday。
&hiyiagesindpahaddied。He'dlivedherefhty-twoyears,ahadvisitedhimeverysummerofherlife。agewouldbesold。
“Youkeepsomethingtrandpaby,”momhadsaid。
Bridgetlookedawayfromtheclock。Thatos;twhatsheoremindherofGrandpa'steasingeyesandhishugs。Wouldabookmakeherthinkofhim?Shewenttotheshelf,butmostofthebooksl。Thenshesaerstigoutofabook。Gentlyshepulleditout。
Adatewaswrittenohepaper:February1,1927。Ohersidewassomethiigaveashoutthatbroughtherbr。
“LookwhatIfetsaid。
tookthepaperahedate,thengaspedwheheotherside。Abwerethewords“MyTreasureMap”。
“Grandpaal;apos;dburiedatreasureonhisland,”Bridgetsaid。“Ithoughthe>
“SodidI,”said。“Thismapprovesthatheos;t。”
Itlemap:justabigcirclethatsaid“TheGiant”andanarrowpointingfromitenty-YardWalk”。Attheendofthearrowwasasmallcirclemarked“Stone”,andanX。
&isacalledthatbigboulder,”
Bridgetsaid。
“Areasureisburieduoyyardsfromit,”said。“Let'sgo!”
&sideandgrabbedshovelsfromtheshed。TheyracedacrossafieldtoTheGiant。ItwastheonlybigboulderontheIowafarm,anditstoodbesideastream。
startedtowalkawayfromTheGiant。Itos;teasytomeasuretwentyyardswithhisshortstrides,butaglahefieldshowedonlytwostocouldhidethetreasure。
“Thiso,”said,rollihebiggerstone。
Bridgetthrusthershoveli。Whatcouldthetreasurebe?“Guessed。“Orjewels-achestfullofsapphiresanddiamonds。”
Didtheoldtreasuremapmakesense?
laughed。“Berealistic,Bridget。I'llbetit'smoney。”
&obuyaerorabike?”
“Maybeenoughtosavethisplasaid。“Ifwefindalotofmoney,momos;thavetosellthecottage。endoursummershere。”
Bridgetkos;tbethesamewithoutGrandpa,butshelovedtheoldcottage。Thethoughtofsavingitspurredheroenedhergripontheshovelanddugharder。Buthalfanhourlater,allthey'duncoveredwasdirt。
“Itmustbeuone,”said。
&otheotherspotanddugfet&apantoadherfaedi。“Thetreasureisn'thereeither,”shesaid。Sheturnedaowardthecottage。grittedhisteethadigging。
BridgetwentiageaGrandpa'smap。Wastheresomethingshehadmissed?Someclueshehadn'tsnappedup?Shesearchedthedrawinginturhepaper。Theonlythihedate。