were missing and the sun set behind the mountain.
After about an hour, when it was pitch black and freezing cold, I heard something howling. I
shivered and quivered. I turned on my flashlight and looked around but could not see anything. I
heard another howl and saw a big bear standing next to the tent. We ran with our guns. The bear
was really tall, approximately 10 feet with dark brown fur. It got sharp teeth and claws, chasing
behind us. Charlene fired at the bear and shot one of its leg. We saw blood dripping down from its
left leg and heard it screaming painfully. We watched the bear walking back to the sand cave. We
returned to our camp, packed our staff and left at dawn.
We rode our camels for days and nights and we finally reached the X on the map, which was
the peak of rocky mountain. It was difficult for us to find the exact location because of the rolling
sand plains.
By using our large metal detector, we found the exact spot at the end. Thank God! We got our
heavy shovels and dig. We dig for hours and found an old bronze rusty sign, which asked us to
walk another mile and dig again. We all thought “Holly Molly, so far!” But on a second thought
‘we should continue’ so we followed the instruction, rode on our camels and started the journey
again. It did not take long for us to reach the destination. We dig and soon found a chest with
a key hole, but we did not have a key. Charlene said, “Why don’t we continue digging? We may
be able to find more hints to help us? Thus we kept digging and there came a golden glooming
key. Jimmy couldn’t wait and jumped to the chest with the key. He unlocked the chest and found
gold and silver coins, gems and jewels inside. A box full of precious stuff. Yes, I couldn’t tell how
many there were. There were probably thousands of gold and silver coins, diamonds, pearls, etc.
Charlene giggled. Jimmy and I kept on singing and dancing like crazy.
After all, we put the chest on the camel’s hump to bring it all the way to the airport. Next we
boarded the plane to Canada. I fell asleep after such a tiring journey. I dreamt that I lived in a
house, which was made of gold. I saw myself laughing with joy and mumbled to myself “Money!
Money! Money!
