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Rosebud Evergreen yawned as the cock began to crow. She hurriedly got out of bed and opened the curtains and watched the sun rise.
Rosebud was a pretty 10 year old girl with long, curly, brown hair and brown eyes. As she hurriedly got dressed and combed her hair, she wondered about what she would do that day. Then she heard her dog, Rover, barking and smiled.
“He’s barking at the chickens again,” she thought. She hoped her uncle wouldn’t send him away as he had threatened to do, when Rover had once chased the cockerel.
She quietly sneaked downstairs, trying to sneak out before her Aunt Abigail caught her and got her to do her chores. Luckily, Aunt Abigail was still getting dressed. As Rosebud could hear her upstairs, she quickly opened the front door and ran out. Rover jumped up and licked her face like he hadn’t seen her for a year. Rosebud giggled. “Come on, Rover” she said. “Let’s dig a hole in one of Uncle’s fields and pretend we’re archeologists and we’re digging for treasure.”
She quickly ran off to find a spade in one of the sheds, Rover tagging along.
“I wonder which field we should dig in, Rover” she said, as she found a big spade and a hand trowel in her uncle’s shed. “I know! Let’s dig in the big one that’s besides the cow’s field.”
They quickly set off.
Soon they got to the field – an old, disused one. She quickly dumped down her tools and looked around to see where she should dig.
“Let’s dig right here, okay?” she said to Rover.
She started to dig a small hole with the hand trowel. Rover, catching her drift, barked excitedly and started pawing at the ground too.
Soon they made a very big hole.
“Okay, Rover. Let’s use the big spade now.” she said.
They made good progress and soon they had a quite a big hole in front of them.
“Okay, Rover. One more spadeful and we’re done for the day” Rosebud said.
As she dug the spade in, she heard it clink against something metal.
“I wonder what we found, Rover.” she said.
She quickly uncovered it with her hand trowel. It was an old looking metal box.
“It looks gold” she thought. It had a big red ruby on the front of it. Rosebud pressed the ruby accidently and all of a sudden, the box yawned open and there was a beautiful golden ring inlaid with all sorts of beautiful jewels. It was lying on a red velvet cushion inside.
Rosebud knew there was an old legend that if someone found an old ring on one of the fields on the mountain (for the field was on a mountain near her home) that if they said a magic sentence that no one knew, they could travel back in time but the only way back was to find another magic ring identical to the one Rosebud had found.
Rosebud quickly put the ring into her pocket to show her uncle later in the day.
She quickly skipped home where her aunty was waiting, very cross.
“Rosebud, you naughty thing!” she shouted. “Come in here and do your chores. It’s almost lunchtime!”
Rosebud frowned.
“And if you don’t do your chores you won’t get any lunch!”
Rosebud went inside and started to do her chores. She was starving she realised. She had forgotten to have breakfast in her rush to get out before her aunt got her.
Chapter 2
Rosebud was a pretty 10 year old girl with long, curly, brown hair and brown eyes. As she hurriedly got dressed and combed her hair, she wondered about what she would do that day. Then she heard her dog, Rover, barking and smiled.
“He’s barking at the chickens again,” she thought. She hoped her uncle wouldn’t send him away as he had threatened to do, when Rover had once chased the cockerel.
She quietly sneaked downstairs, trying to sneak out before her Aunt Abigail caught her and got her to do her chores. Luckily, Aunt Abigail was still getting dressed. As Rosebud could hear her upstairs, she quickly opened the front door and ran out. Rover jumped up and licked her face like he hadn’t seen her for a year. Rosebud giggled. “Come on, Rover” she said. “Let’s dig a hole in one of Uncle’s fields and pretend we’re archeologists and we’re digging for treasure.”
She quickly ran off to find a spade in one of the sheds, Rover tagging along.
“I wonder which field we should dig in, Rover” she said, as she found a big spade and a hand trowel in her uncle’s shed. “I know! Let’s dig in the big one that’s besides the cow’s field.”
They quickly set off.
Soon they got to the field – an old, disused one. She quickly dumped down her tools and looked around to see where she should dig.
“Let’s dig right here, okay?” she said to Rover.
She started to dig a small hole with the hand trowel. Rover, catching her drift, barked excitedly and started pawing at the ground too.
Soon they made a very big hole.
“Okay, Rover. Let’s use the big spade now.” she said.
They made good progress and soon they had a quite a big hole in front of them.
“Okay, Rover. One more spadeful and we’re done for the day” Rosebud said.
As she dug the spade in, she heard it clink against something metal.
“I wonder what we found, Rover.” she said.
She quickly uncovered it with her hand trowel. It was an old looking metal box.
“It looks gold” she thought. It had a big red ruby on the front of it. Rosebud pressed the ruby accidently and all of a sudden, the box yawned open and there was a beautiful golden ring inlaid with all sorts of beautiful jewels. It was lying on a red velvet cushion inside.
Rosebud knew there was an old legend that if someone found an old ring on one of the fields on the mountain (for the field was on a mountain near her home) that if they said a magic sentence that no one knew, they could travel back in time but the only way back was to find another magic ring identical to the one Rosebud had found.
Rosebud quickly put the ring into her pocket to show her uncle later in the day.
She quickly skipped home where her aunty was waiting, very cross.
“Rosebud, you naughty thing!” she shouted. “Come in here and do your chores. It’s almost lunchtime!”
Rosebud frowned.
“And if you don’t do your chores you won’t get any lunch!”
Rosebud went inside and started to do her chores. She was starving she realised. She had forgotten to have breakfast in her rush to get out before her aunt got her.
Chapter 2