The Gold Nugget

Rushworth is the sort of town where people buy holiday houses in. One day Erin's family arrived at their new holiday house in Rushworth. Her two big brothers jumped out of the car first and said, "Wow! That's cool!"

Erin's mum said, "Come on everyone. We've got to help unpack the car."

Everyone grabbed something and started to walk into the house. The whole family helped change the rooms around so that everyone had a place to sleep.

As Erin lifted up a box she noticed an old piece of paper.

"Jayden. Look at this. It was under the box."

"That's awesome. It's an old map."

Erin said, "Mum we've found an old map. Can we follow it?"

So Jayden and Erin put on their bicycle helmets and rode down the road following the map. The path led into the forest and they found an old mine.

"Oh I wish we could go down there," said Jayden.

"No, Jayden, remember what Dad said about the old mines were dangerous."

Just then they heard a sound. The earth was rumbling and crashing.

A huge nugget of gold came rolling out of the mine and crashed to a stop at their feet. It was so big that Jayden had to use his mobile phone to call Dad and pick it up.

That night they had a big party and invited everybody in town. Erin's family gave the nugget to the museum and you can see it there even today.

(© This story was created by Daryll Bellingham with assistance from Erin and Bonnie at the Campaspe Region Library, Rushworth Branch Vacation Program, 13th January, 2009.)