“Say, what’s this over here in the bucket?” Connie suddenly demanded.
She had wandered over to the back of the ship cottage, noticing a tin pail which someone had placed there. A board half-covered the top.
As Connie curiously lifted off the board, a piece of paper fell from it to the ground. Seeing that something had been written on the torn sheet, she dropped the board and picked up the paper. “Why, it’s addressed to Vevi!” she cried. “A note!”
“A note for me?” demanded Vevi very much surprised.
Forgetting Snow White, she hastily thrust the pigeon back in his basket.
“What does it say?” she questioned, running over to where Connie stood.
“It’s very poor writing,” Connie replied, trying hard to make out the words. “All it says is, ‘For Vevi and the Brownies.’ It’s signed ‘Jamie.’”
“What has he left for us?” Vevi asked. “Is the present in that pail?”
“It’s something alive,” declared Rosemary, joining the group of Brownies.
The girls peered down into the pail which was three-quarters filled with water. A turtle was swimming slowly around.