As his eyes followed a piece of snow falling from the top branch of a tree in front of him, he noticed a glowing light. It was coming from behind the tree. Jamie slowly walked forwards to find out exactly where it was coming from. The fresh snow crunched under his feet with each step he took. As he made his way round the tree he discovered the source of the light. It was coming from a wooden chest.
It looks just like a chest from a pirate story, Jamie thought to himself. He wondered why there would be such a chest in the middle of a forest on a snowy mountain. It was made of solid wood, but had a fluorescent light radiating from within. The only metallic part on it appeared to be a small brass plaque attached to the front of the lid. It was covered in snow so Jamie brushed it off, with his bare hand, to find out what it had written on it.
‘Wow!’ was all Jamie could say as he read the inscription:‘The contents of this box
are reserved for Jamie.’
How can this be, thought Jamie. He could not understand how this box had been put here for his benefit. How did anyone know he would end up here?
Suddenly the green ball, which was still in his left hand, heated up.
‘Ouch! What now?’ said Jamie as he loosened his grip on the ball. He looked down to discover the words on it had changed. It now read, ‘Open the chest Jamie!’ His curiosity led him to do just that.
Gently Jamie lifted the lid. It opened straight away with no need for a key of any kind. His face lit up as the light shone from within. He was amazed to see hundreds of sparkle worms wriggling before him.
‘What are you doing here?’ said Jamie.
But there was no time to talk to them because, without any warning, all of the sparkle worms shot straight up into the air and disappeared through the branches of the trees above.
For a moment Jamie continued to stare at the small patch of cloud he could see directly above him. Eventually his focus returned to the chest. As he looked at it again he was surprised to see that it was not empty. In fact, the sparkle worms seemed to have been protecting what lay beneath them. There was a set of thick warm clothes, which was a very welcome sight to Jamie who was starting to feel his feet and fingers going numb with the cold.
He quickly removed the contents of the chest and began to put them on. There was a pair of thick lime-green trousers with a matching coat. There was also a pair of warm winter socks, some black boots, two red gloves and a grey hat. Jamie felt much warmer now!
‘Ah, that’s better,’ said Jamie as a contented smile formed between his rosy cheeks.
As he closed the lid of the chest he was surprised to see a small brown mouse standing upright and staring at him. Jamie stared back until the mouse spoke to him, ‘Are you Jamie?’
‘Yes, that’s me,’ he replied.
‘Quick! Follow me!’ said the mouse, who then ran off through the forest.
‘Wait!’ shouted Jamie, ‘I’m not as fast as you!’
‘Fly Jamie, Fly!’ shouted the mouse.
‘Of course!’ said Jamie as he pointed his finger out in front of him and flew through the trees. He had to be very careful not to hit any, but somehow he knew how to avoid each and every one of them.
Eventually Jamie and the mouse came out the other side of the forest. The mouse stopped at the top of a very steep slope. Jamie stopped and landed next to the mouse.
As the two of them looked down the slope Jamie said to the mouse, ‘Wow, it’s so steep! Hey… Mr. Mouse...’
‘Yes?’ replied the small furry animal.
‘You know what I really wish I had…’
‘One of these?’ said the mouse.
‘Wow! Yes! One of those!’ replied the ecstatic Jamie as he saw that the mouse was pointing to the exact thing Jamie was thinking of – a snowboard!
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