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“It’s gold!” Jake said suddenly. “He’s

robbed a bank and he’s looking for

somewhere to hide bars of gold!”

“Don’t be daft!” I said. “He wouldn’t put

that in a skip.”

“Just joking!” said Jake.

The man was now standing and looking

at the rubbish. He tossed the object into the

skip and wiped his hands down the front of

his T-shirt. We could see the box better

now. It was about the size of an egg box or

a small box of tea bags. But it wasn’t for

eggs or tea because it was bright gold

coloured with no words on it.

It was just at this point that a large,

flapping bird flew unexpectedly into our tree

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