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Cornflake Coin

1The find

‘Look!’cried Kerry. She was scrabbling in the long grass.‘What is it?’asked

Omar.Itwaslunchtime,andKerryandOmarwereoutintheschoolfield.Kerryheldupsomething round and shiny. It gleamed in the sun.‘It’s a coin!’she said.‘It looks really

old.’‘Let’s take it to Mr Hart,’said Omar.‘Then he’ll put it in for the competition. You neverknow, you might win.’

The local newspaper was running a competition for schools in the area. The child whofound the oldest and most exciting treasure would win a trip for two to Space Fun Park.‘Youcan find buried treasure anywhere,’the newspaper had said. ‘Let’s have a look at that coin,’said Omar. Omar spun it in his fingers.‘Wow!’he said,‘itdoeslook old!’Omar passed it back to Kerry who was jumping about with

excitement.‘It’s a real treasure coin,’she grinned.‘Come on!’she shouted.‘We’re going to showthis to Mr Hart right now.’

2 --- The real thing?

Mr Hart was sitting at his desk when Kerry and Omar burst into the

classroom.‘What’sgoing on?’asked Mr Hart, looking up.‘I just found this on the field!’panted Kerry.‘Will youenter it for the buried treasure competition?’She

dropped the shiny coin on to Mr Hart’s desk.Mr Hart rubbed the coin. Then he looked at the writing on it. Kerry and Omar stared at him.

‘If you look at the edge of the coin,’he said,‘you can see the wordsFun

Start.’Kerryand Omar looked at each other.‘You mean likeFun Start, the cereal?’asked Kerry.Mr Hart nodded.‘Yes, Kerry. This coin looks real, but it’s a copy. It’s a free gift from acereal packet.I’m really sorry.’Kerry felt her heart sink.Mr Hart saw her face.‘Cheer

up,Kerry,’hesaid.‘There’splentyoftimetofindsomerealtreasurebeforethecompetitioncloses.’

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Kerryand Omar walked back across the classroom.They were about togo

outwhentheyheardsomeonebehindthem.ItwasMattThorn.Hewasalwayssayingmeanthings.Now he was laughing at Kerry.

3Cereal laughter

The next day all the class knew about Kerry’s cereal packet coin. Matt Thorn had toldeveryone.‘Kerry wanted to enter acornflakecoin in the treasure

competition!’Matt smirked.Everyone laughed, but Matt laughed the loudest.‘That’s enough, Matt,’said Mr Hart.‘Don’t let Matt bother you,’whispered Omar, but Kerry had gone red in the face. Shewas angry with Matt and cross with herself. How could she have been so stupid to think thatthe coin wasrealtreasure?

Over the next few days everyone talked non-stop about the treasure competition. Lots ofchildren brought inthings they’d found athome or

intheirgardens.Kara broughtinsomeyellowy old photos, Ben dug up an old glass bottle and Jas brought in an old children’s bookwith a green cover.

Then Matt Thorn showed everyone a white and blue china teacup. He’d taken it out ofhis gran’s cupboard. Mr Hart looked at the teacup very carefully.‘This isveryold, Matt,’hesaid.‘Ithink it’s got a good chance of winning the competition.’Matt chuckled proudly.Kerry glared at him. There was no way she was going to lethimwin. At the end of the1

day she hurried out of school.‘What are you doing?’asked Omar, trying to keep up with her.‘We have to find something older than Matt’s teacup,’Kerry said. Backhome,Kerryaskedhermumtotakethemtothepark.KerryandOmarlookedunder benches, in bushes and next to the fence. They found half a pencil and an old

football.Then Kerry asked her mum if they could go down by the canal.‘What are you two up to?’asked Kerry’s mum.‘Nothing,’said Kerry.

By the canal, they looked under the bridge and along the path. They found a broken dolland six empty sweet packets.Half an hour later, they were both tired and fed up.‘Let’s gohome,’said Omar. Kerry nodded glumly.‘Let’s forget about the stupid competition,’she said.4Barker digs for gold

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At the weekend, Kerry and Omar were in the park having a picnic with Kerry’s mumanddad.Kerrywasstillinabadmood.‘What’supwithyou?’askedhermum.Kerryshrugged her shoulders.

‘I’m taking Barker for a walk before he digs any more holes,’her dad said.‘Why don’tyou two come with me?’

‘Don’tfeel like it,’said Kerry.‘Come on!’said Dad.‘We can go up the big hill

wherethey’re building that new café.’Kerry groaned. She stood up and took Barker’s lead.Ten minutes later, they were at the top of the hill. There was a huge, muddy hole in theground where the caféwas going to be built. Dad went to look at the yellow digger parkedunder some trees. Barker suddenly started howling and pulling away from Kerry. She droppedhis lead. In a second he had raced down into the hole and started digging.

‘Maybe he’s found some real treasure!’Kerry shouted.‘Ibet it’s just an old bone,’saidOmar.‘He’s always digging up something.’

Barker scrabbled about and dug up some bits of wood. Then he trotted over to Kerry.There was something in his mouth.

The look of excitement vanished from Kerry’s face.‘Just our luck,’she grumbled,‘it’sanother of those stupid cornflake coins.’

‘Let’s keep it, anyway,’said Omar.‘You can if you want to,’shrugged Kerry, handinghim the coin,‘butI’ve had enough of cornflake coins.’

Just then, Kerry’s dad called them over. It was time to go. Omar slipped the coin into hispocket. Kerry grabbed Barker’s lead and they all went back down the hill.

5And the winner is…

On Friday, Mr Hart packed up all of the treasure that the class had found. He put it into abig cardboard box.‘The competition closes today,’he said.‘I’ll drop this off at the newspaperafter school. Does anyone have anything else?’Everyone shook their heads.

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