I Found A Bottle…..

• Kevin Martin, Grade 7
• Short Story
• 2014

Hey guys, I am going to tell my story. How I found my treasure box with millions or maybe billions of dollars inside!
It all started on one beautiful morning when I was going for a jog on the beach. Then I stopped for a break saw a green, mouldy thing floating on the surface of the salty sea. I decided to go for a swim to get that green thing.
As I was swimming I could taste the salt in the water. Yuck! It tasted offal. You won’t believe it I still have the taste of the water in my mouth.
Back to the story. I am still swimming. Finally I got there. It was a bottle with paper inside it. What? Who puts paper in a bottle!
I started swimming with it back to the beach because I didn’t want a fish to die over it. Eventually I got back. And that bottle was so slimy that I could not pick it up!
I thought for a while. I took my shirt off and then I was able to pick the bottle up so I could take it home.
… I am at home, finally! Do you know what I do now? I open the bottle and inside it was…….. wait for it……. about 30 different pennies in the bottle and a piece of paper. Written on the piece of paper was:
Those pennies are worth millions or maybe billions!!!!
I am rich. I am booming out with joy!
Months went bye. I had sold those pennies and I made billions of dollars. I have given part of the money to charities. I am living a wonderful life.
Oh I forgot to tell you the bottle is worth a lot too but I keep it as a souvenir to remember how I got here.
Come to think of it did you like my story? Hope you did?