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The chest shot into the air, tumbled down end over end, and split wide open on the beach. THE CHEST SHOT INTO THE AIR TUMBLED DOWN END OVER END AND SPLIT WIDE OPEN ON THE BEACH
 Monster slyly. "You take a--" Pretending not to hear, the Phoenix stood first on one leg and then on the other and stared into the sky. David dug tirelessly. Suddenly the spade grated on something solid, and they all jumped. David shouted "Here it is!" and shoveled up sand frantically. The Phoenix danced around the hole, also shouting. Even the Sea Monster arched its neck to get a better view. They could see a brass ring, crusted with verdigris, fastened to a partly-exposed piece of wood. The sand flew. Now they could see studded strips of metal bound to the wood, and a rusty padlock. And in a few minutes a whole chest, with slanting sides and a curved lid and tarnished brass hinges, was uncovered. David threw the spade on the beach, seized the brass handle, and tugged. It came off in his hand. [Illustration] "Here, let me," said the Sea Monster. David got out of the hole, and the Sea Monster worked one flipper carefully under the chest. "Look out," it said, and heaved its flipper up. TELL YOU WHAT'S A GOOD THING FOR SEA SICKNESS SAID THE SEA MONSTER SLYLY YOU TAKE A PRETENDING NOT TO HEAR THE PHOENIX STOOD FIRST ON ONE LEG AND THEN ON THE OTHER AND STARED INTO THE SKY DAVID DUG TIRELESSLY SUDDENLY THE SPADE GRATED ON SOMETHING SOLID AND THEY ALL JUMPED DAVID SHOUTED HERE IT IS AND SHOVELED UP SAND FRANTICALLY THE PHOENIX DANCED AROUND THE HOLE ALSO SHOUTING EVEN THE SEA MONSTER ARCHED ITS NECK TO GET A BETTER VIEW THEY COULD SEE A BRASS RING CRUSTED WITH VERDIGRIS FASTENED TO A PARTLY EXPOSED PIECE OF WOOD THE SAND FLEW NOW THEY COULD SEE STUDDED STRIPS OF METAL BOUND TO THE WOOD IN A RUSTY PADLOCK AND IN A FEW MINUTES A WHOLE CHEST WITH SLANTING SIDES AND A CURVED LID AND TARNISHED BRASS HINGES WAS UNCOVERED DAVID THREW THE SPADE ON THE BEACH SEIZED THE BRASS HANDLE AND TUGGED IT CAME OFF IN HIS HAND HERE LET ME SAID THE SEA MONSTER DAVID GOT OUT OF THE HOLE AND THE SEA MONSTER WORKED ONE FLIPPER CAREFULLY UNDER THE CHEST LOOK OUT IT SAID AND HEAVED ITS SLIPPER UP
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