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Un-buried Treasure






 

“Lisa! ” Nancy exclaimed. She couldn’t believe it.

“Remember when Lisa ran to tell her dad she was meeting us for lunch? ” George said. “When we all went back to the beach, the ‘stay away’ was gone! Lisa must have erased it then.”

Nancy shook her head. “I still can’t believe it, ” she said. But there was only one way to find out if it was true, and that was to go and talk to Lisa. The girls ran across the sand to Lisa.

“Lisa, did you wreck our castle? ” Bess demanded.

Lisa’s mouth dropped open. “Is this a joke? ” she demanded.

Nancy shook her head. “Someone told us they saw you on the beach that night.”

“Someone! Someone who? ” Lisa asked.

“I can’t tell you that. But can you tell us if that’s true? ” Nancy asked.

“Yes, it’s true, ” Lisa said, “but not for the reason you think! ”

Lisa pointed to the other side of the beach. “See that man in the blue bathing suit? ” Lisa asked. “That’s my father. He’ll prove I didn’t do it! ”

The girls silently walked over to Lisa’s father. “Dad? ” Lisa said. Lisa’s father sat up, smiling.

“I was just thinking I would walk over and check on you, ” he said. He looked at the other girls. “Are these the new friends you were telling your mother and me about? ” he said. “I’m so happy to meet all of you, girls. I’m so sorry, too, about what happened to your sand castle, but I know you will rebuild it better than ever.

“What’s the matter? ” Lisa’s father asked. “You all look as if the ocean had dried up! ”

“Someone blamed me for wrecking the sand castle! ” Lisa said. “Just because they saw me on the beach that night! Will you tell them where I was — and why? ”

Lisa’s father frowned.

“Dad, remember yesterday when you came to take me to the dentist? ” Lisa asked. “You didn’t want to get your good shoes wet so you stood at the edge of the beach waiting for me? ”

“Yes, I remember, ” he said. He looked at the other girls. “When Lisa came off the beach she pointed out the castle to me. I remember thinking how great it looked.”

“The castle was still there? ” Nancy asked.

“Certainly it was, ” Lisa’s father said. “Number nine. And Lisa was with me for the rest of the time. We went to the dentist and then back home and I took her back to the beach this morning myself. She couldn’t have had time to destroy your castle.”

Nancy frowned. “Lisa, we’re sorry we accused you, but if you didn’t destroy our castle, then who did? ”

“I don’t know, ” Lisa said.

“But I bet you girls will find out, ” her father said kindly.

The four girls walked back to the castle. No one felt like working. The sun beat down on them, and the girls began to get really hot.

Just then Mr. Drew came out onto the beach, carrying a towel. “Why don’t you girls take a break and take a swim? ” he asked.

“We can’t! ” Nancy wailed. “We don’t have enough clues yet.”

“Take a break and you’ll think clearer, ” Mr. Drew said. “I’ll watch you from right over there.” He pointed to a patch of sand.

George scanned the horizon. “We could swim out to the kiddie float, ” she said, pointing to the big yellow raft.

“All right, ” Nancy said. “But let’s not just swim, let’s race! ”

The girls ran into the water. The waves lapped at their legs and the water was so cool and delicious Nancy felt as if she could have stayed in it forever. Nancy got to the raft first.

Dripping water, she tugged herself up on the raft. Her eyes opened wide. Katharine was lying on the raft, and she was crying.

“Katharine, ” Nancy said, and Katharine looked up. Her eyes were red and her face was tear-streaked. Bess, George, and Lisa pulled themselves up on the raft, too. “What’s wrong? ” Nancy asked.

“I’ve had a bad day, ” Katharine said, sitting up. She pushed her long braids behind her shoulders.

“You think you’ve had a bad day! ” Lisa said. “You should hear about mine! Someone thought I destroyed the sand castle! Can you believe it? Of course I didn’t do it! ”

Katharine sat up. “Do you have any new suspects? ” she asked Nancy.

“No, ” Nancy said slowly.

“But we’ll find one, ” Bess said. “No one is a better detective than Nancy Drew.”

Katharine moved to the edge of the raft with a start. “Last one to shore is a piece of seaweed! ” she called, and dove right into the water.

“Hey, I’m no seaweed! ” shouted George, jumping in after her. Bess jumped in, and then Lisa, with Nancy leaping after her.

Katharine was really fast. She was on shore before any of the girls. “I won! I won! ” Katharine cried happily, clapping her hands.

Bess plucked up a pretty shell and handed it to Katharine. “And here’s your trophy.” She laughed. Katharine ran her fingers over the shell. “I’ve never had a trophy before! ” she said excitedly.

“Wait! Let’s take the winner’s picture, ” Nancy said. “My camera is right in my beach bag.”

The girls ran to their bags, pulling out their cameras. Katharine posed with her shell. “The winner! ” Nancy said. “The last shot, ” Nancy said. “My film is finished.”

“Mine was finished this morning, ” George said.

Bess grabbed for her camera. “All of you stand together, ” she urged. “I have one picture left! ”

The four girls linked arms and smiled. “Say sand castle! ” Bess said.

“Sand castle! ” called the girls and Bess snapped.

“I’d better get back home, ” Katharine said.

“And we’d better get back to work, ” Bess said. “Maybe while we build, we’ll find some more clues.”

The girls worked hard on the castle. George took a small melon scoop Hannah had loaned them and dug a moat. “This is going to be the best moat ever, ” George said, and then she suddenly stopped digging.

“What is it? ” Nancy asked.

“Buried treasure, ” George said, lifting up something sparkling and shiny. It was a small, glittery red stone. But whose was it? And what was it doing in their castle?

 


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