For Emily my adventurer and all the readers in search of buried treasure
Chapter One I dug deep into the muddy sand I was looking for treasure at the bottom of the lake But the more I dug the darker the water got Then something soft touched my foot I froze What was it A weed Or worse a hungry fish I was a treasure hunter not a diver I needed to get out of here As soon as my head popped out of the water I gasped for air I was at the very far end of the 1
marked swimming area I thought again about what could be moving around below me Why had I swum out so far I knew if Mom were here she’d tell me to just take a breath that my active imagination was always working overtime But she was at work right now She is a park ranger for Buffalo Pound Provincial Park That’s why we live here I love living at the lake I can ride my bike anywhere I want to go I have hills to explore And my best friend Sam lives close by so we can hang out most days But the lake water hides a ton of scaly creatures that make me nervous Have you ever seen a fish up close Their big eyes spiky fins and sharp teeth make them look like monsters Hurry up Macy Sam called from the shore He was standing next to my little brother Real nice They left me alone out here to be fish food I looked around trying to figure out the fastest way out of the lake Old Lady Wilson’s dock was to 2
the right In front of me was the beach To my left were tall reeds they were a bit closer but I hate the feel of moving through them Something soft touched my foot again The creature had found me This time it grabbed on to my toes Ahh I screamed kicking my feet furiously It wasn’t letting go I swam as fast as I could toward the beach When I reached the shallow water I tried to stand but slipped on the thing attached to my foot I fell back into the water and grabbed at my toes It was just a chunk of lake weed I laughed but then remembered that leeches and other creepy crawlers love to hide in lake weed I stood up quickly I looked down at my feet to make sure there was nothing near them That’s when I spotted something sparkly under the water I had to investigate Finding things is kind of my thing 3
