Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
20/20 Investigations, Inc. The Curious Letter. Chapter 17.
It’s a fairly big piece of metal and quite solid. The others gathered round to watch. This was starting to get exciting. I finally managed to pry it out of it’s hiding place. Hmm, just a large rectangular piece of metal, very thick metal and obviously very old. But on the bottom was scratched the word, “DOWN”. “That must mean to keep going down,” said Lena excitedly. My excitement stopped with that piece of metal. “Okay, I’ll keep digging deeper,” I said. At about 4 feet deep I hit some old wood, kind of rotten wood. That did not get me too excited. First thing I thought of was a coffin. “Hey, I remember, they had a child that died, perhaps that’s where they buried him,” said Lena. I definitely wanted to stop after that bit of news.
But everyone said to keep going, so I did. I finally had it uncovered and sure enough it was a coffin, a small one. Meow, meow!=Open it, open it! Meow!=Yes, don’t wait! “I’m with them!,” exclaimed Lena. Sigh. The lid just sat on top, no hinges for it. Surprisingly it was still fairly solid though the wood was getting soft and rotten. I lift the lid and…hmm, no body inside, just a black leather pouch. I pick it up and climb out of the hole. I untie the leather cord around the top and pour the contents onto Lena’s outstretched hands. The look on her face! “Rocks! I’m expecting gold coins and it’s a bag of rocks,”, she said sadly. I thought she was going to faint.
“This is far better than a few gold coins,” I said to her, “these are diamonds, very nice ones at that. And likely worth a small fortune.” Lena just looked at them, then at me, then her hands started to shake. I quickly grabbed her hands so those diamonds didn’t fall back into that hole. We set them on the ground so the cats could see them too. Meow?=Those rocks worth lot of money? “Yes, Mr. Cat,” I started to explain, “when these rocks are cut and polished people will pay a lot of money for them.” Mr. Cat looks at Muffin. Meow.=Human people very strange, pay lot of money for rocks. Meow, meow.=I agree, can’t even do something with them. Let’s go back to barn and look for mice. Meow.=Oh, now that good idea, better than looking at rocks. Meow, meow.=Yep, all that work just for rocks, very strange indeed.
Lena and I laughed as the cats went back inside the barn. As we sat looking at those beautiful diamonds again there was suddenly a very familiar voice. “Thanks for finding our treasure for us,” said the other Lena. We looked up to see Lena and Chantelle standing there, Chantelle with a rifle and Lena with a handgun, pointing right at us. That Lena didn’t look at all like the real Lena now. “I see you have removed your mask,” I said, “it was very realistic, but you didn’t fool the cats.” “They do make masks very realistic these days,” she said, “but it’s good to get it off finally, now toss those gems over here.”
To Be Continued.
Photos of Mr. Cat are kindly supplied by his human, Nina.
Previous chapters of this story and other stories can be found on my home page under 20/20 Investigations, Inc.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Steve`s Country 
Surely the cats have their slingshots. Surely
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But they went hunting mice in the barn! They won’t even know what’s going on until…😬
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I’m losing track of all these Lena’s… they all sound the same to me!! How do you keep them straight?🤔🤪🤪
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Easy, they don’t look alike now. And my Lena isn’t holding a gun pointing at my head!😲😬
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They read the same to me! I wish I had a picture of them both!🤔🤓🧐
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Yeah, me too, then I would know what they looked like.🤔🤭🤭
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Now you’re understanding me..🤭🤭🤭🤭
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That’s a scary thought.😲😲😬
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I know!😳
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Yep.
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Hmmm…just wait for it! Muffin and Mr Cat will give you what you need! 😼😾
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I sure hope so, this isn’t looking so good!😬😾😾🕵️♂️👩
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What can happen next ? Wow ! Cats have excellent hearing, so perhaps they are tuned into what is happening ! …hmmm…hope so ! ☕️☕️🕵️♂️👩😺😺🎄
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I hope the cats are paying attention, but when they start concentrating on mice…
We’ll see in the next chapter tomorrow!😳😾😾🕵️♂️👩
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Wonderful photo of the house! And also that of the glowing moustache!
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Thanks so much Rossana! Have a wonderful weekend!😃😺🌞☕☕ Are you still under lockdown where you live? Is the virus bad there again. It is getting very bad here in Canada now, even our little town is starting to have problems.
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Yes, we have been in lockdown for a good month already, but the situation seems to be under control. I’m sorry that things are not going well there. Be very careful and take care of yourself! ☺️😸
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Glad to hear it’s not getting worse there. Yes, I try not to go out except when necessary and I try to be very careful. Thanks Rossana!😀😺
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Oh, oh! The cats to the rescue, I hope! 😱😬☕️☕️🙀🙀
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I don’t know, they’re off hunting mice in the barn, when that happens they don’t hear anything else!😳😼😼🕵️♂️👩
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Wow, that was quick. Looks like they had been keeping a close watch all along🙀🕵️♀️
That glowing mustache, though😹 Maybe Mr.Cat will blind them with it long enough for you all to escape 😹😸
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But don’t forget, the cats went back to the barn to hunt for mice, when that happens they don’t pay attention to anything else!😳😼😼🕵️♂️👩
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Huh… Bad…. I knew these people were watching, i was excited too 😐now you have to find a way to escape from these rifle or get shot 😳🙄 what you gonna do😲… Here I come next chapter… Read read read..🤸
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Well, at least there is a grave already dug for us.😳🙀🙀👩
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😂🤣 I’m glad I have read next part 😂🤣 Hey you stopped watching Lena 😜
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