“I think you’ve found most of them now. There may be another penny or two.”
“I’m quitting,” announced Sunny, brushing sand from her hands.
“So am I,” agreed Vevi with a tired sigh. “Anyway, I have two pennies. And it was fun.”
“Don’t forget to smooth out all the holes you have made,” the Brownie Scout leader reminded her. “We owe it to Mr. Fulsom to keep the beach looking nice.”
Vevi began to shovel sand back into the holes. It was nearly as much fun filling them up as it had been searching for the coins. The others finished ahead of her.
“Hurry up, pokey,” Jane urged her. “It’s time to get dressed.”
“I’m hurrying,” sighed Vevi.
She had one more hole to fill. She shoveled sand into it, patting it down with her hands. Then because the hole still wasn’t quite filled, she reached for a little more sand.
As she dug down with her shovel, the edge struck a soft object.
Vevi thought she had uncovered a wadded up handkerchief or a piece of cloth. But as she pulled the article out of the sand, she saw that it was neither.