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A Strange Day in July
"Grettle, why do you follow me everywhere?" exclaimed Gavin, Grettle’s twin. Grettle started crying and ran off to her mother, sobbing, but couldn’t wipe her eyes, because she was grasping her floral dress.

Their mother was cooking and preparing for Gretle and Gavin’s Auntie Sarah’s wedding that afternoon. Gavin didn’t feel like dressing up, so he only wore a green tee shirt and baggy caramel colored pants, that had been torn a multitude of times due to running around with his friends lakeside.

Gavin started down the large hill to the lake. He always had a feeling of guilt come over him when he yelled at Gretle. He would always wander down to the lake, and skip stones for hours on end.

This time Gretle followed, silently. She watched every move he made. Finally, when he was halfway down the hill, Gretle ran after him and quietly apologized. His head slowly turned to meet hers, he gave a smirk, then put his arm around her. She gave a smile of trust.

They continued down the hill, only to notice they felt a cool breeze. "Did you feel that" Gavin said softly. "Yeah, it was kind of a cool feeling." They shook it off, and walked down to the dock.

The wood creaked as they got closer to the bucket where Gavin kept washed up rocks to skip. He dumped them out, so that she could get some too.

Gavin threw a rock very hard. Gavin was a pitcher on his little league baseball team, so "hard" is very hard. All of a sudden, just as the rock had smacked against the water, he heard an unusual clank. "Okay, what was that?" he said very loud and lively. The stone bounced right back to him. He picked up another rock, this time shifting it in his hand slowly. He then looked at Gretle with a face of concern, with a hint of confidence, and threw the stone in the same way, same place, only to hear the loud clank, again. "Maybe it’s only a coincidence, let’s try this again. He sat down, and jumped off the dock with a stone in his hand and took one step forward. He threw with all his might, but the third stone came skipping back.

"That’s it," he said, "Gretle, go get the shovel." She paused a moment, registered in her mind what she had just seen, then, ran like lightning to her house.

Her mother was up at the top of their lighthouse, with a cup of tea, so they were in the clear. Gretle grabbed the shovel, and ran back. By the time she had reached the dock, Gavin was in the exact spot where the stones were hitting. " I feel something. It’s very big."

Gretle ran out in the lake, getting her floral dress soaked. She handed Gavin the shovel, wiping the water that had flung into her eyes on the way out the spot. Gavin pulled with all his might, only it wouldn’t budge. "Help me Gret!" He yelled to his sister. She went under the water to get under it.

After severe struggling, and hard work, they got this mysterious box out of the water. They heaved the box up onto the ground under the dock.

"What is it?" Gavin said.

"There is only one way to find out!" Gretle said cheerfully. She got on her knees, and pulled the hatch on the front of the box upward.

She opened the box slowly. She noticed all the beautiful items inside. "Whoa, this must be like a million years old!" She screamed to Gavin. Inside was: a priceless emerald necklace, a pure gold bracelet, a pair of blue earrings, a watch, old photos of a girl around 6 or 7 (like Gretle) and a woman, a rabbit’s foot, a pearl, a burned out candle, a young girl’s toy rabbit, some old bullets, and a piece of paper with a label for each item.

Gavin noticed that in the background of the old picture was the lighthouse that was next to Gavin and Gretle’s house. "We’ve got to tell mom!" Gretle said with amazement.

Gavin grabbed her arm, and pulled her back. "If we tell mom, she will report it to someone, and we won’t get to keep any of it!"

"Come on Gav, if we hide it from her, and she finds it she’ll get mad. Also, this box thinggy is all rusty, we could get a disease."

"First off, it’s a time capsule, and second," he paused, "lets throw this under the dock, and wash our hands." She did as she was told.

The next thing they knew, Auntie Sarah was kissing the new Uncle Josh. Gavin only had the time capsule on his mind at the moment, not cuties, or even his new uncle. Gretle found it hard to sleep that night, as did Gavin, but Gavin was thinking more about the photo.

He tossed and turned. It was 2:10 AM when he decided to go out and look at the photo again. He tried to walk down the hall when Grettle whispered, "Can’t sleep either." He was busted.

He said, " Why don’t you come down to the dock with me, I have something to show you."

She screamed, "Are you craz…" But Gavin covered her mouth and pulled her by the arm, leading her outside.

She tried running to the house, but Gavin tackled her. She thought about what could be so important. He opened he hatch, and showed her the photo. She asked him, "Is that….our lighthouse?"

"Yes" he said back.

They walked back inside, but Gavin had sneaked back the paper, and photo to his room. He looked at the photo label, and it said: 1608 Maple Street, Quartly, North Carolina, October 28th, 1841, Colleen Smith, with her mother, Judy Smith. He looked at it over and over again, but it told him nothing. In the morning, at around 8:30, he took the photo and paper back to the time capsule, placed it in, and walked back to eat breakfast.

After he finished his omelet, and bacon, he went back to the time capsule. When he looked at the jewelry description on the paper, it said, An emerald Judy’s husband had given her before he died. Price: $300. Beautiful pure gold bracelet Judy’s grandmother had given to her. Price: $500. Earrings, bought for $200 in New York.

He flipped the paper only to see faint writing on the other side. He could barely make it out, but it said, Our wish for you, is that if anyone ever finds this box, they keep the remains. If you decide to turn these items in, you will be cursed, please keep these items. Signed Judy, and Colleen Smith.

He blinked for a couple moments, then jumped up, ran to his mom, and Gretle, he was screaming, "Look, look! Mom, Gretle, look! Read that. They glanced at it, as their eyes lit up with joy.

They all were quite pleased with the turnout, and started up an exhibit at the lighthouse.

"Wow, I have been waiting my entire death for someone to find that. I'm glad now everyone will know what life was like when we were down ther on earth." Said Colleen.

" Yeah, I'm happy as well. We should give them a true blessing." Said Judy.

She pointed to them on Earth, just as a big time movie director pulled up into the driveway. He asked if he could do a segment on the lighthouse, and the old items in the time capsule. He offered them each a half a million dollers. And they all lived happily ever after.

The End