Simon Dalton sat miserably at the kitchen table with his parents. It was the middle of August and it was very hot. They all wanted to go on
garden Buster, his dog, followed him happily. Simon lay on the grass He
felt bored. He looked around the garden for something to do. Suddenly
he had an idea. "Come on, Buster! Let's plant some trees. Simon tooka
3 Suddenly, his spade hit something hard. It was the top of a small
wooden chest. He kept digging until he could pull the chest out. Het ed
to open it but it was locked, 4) he used his spade to breathe
he opened the chest he couldn't believes
eyes. The chest was full of ancient coins. "Mum! Dad!" he shouted lolly.
he went into the
started digging
old padlock 5)
holiday 1)
they just couldn't afford it.
2 Simon finished his breakfast, 2).
spade from the garden shed 3)
"Come and see! It looks like treasure!" It is," his dad replied. "It's sily
4 The Daltons took the treasure to the local museum and they weə
delighted to receive a reward. Simon was in all the newspapers and tty
even interviewed him on TV.
5 A week later, Simon was on a sandy beach in Florida. His idea of
planting trees in the back garden wasn't such a bad one, after all! He
looked at his parents and smiled happily. This was going to be a great
holiday
