Author: Falguni Athale, Class VII B
My vacation had just started. I wanted to go for an outing. It had been almost two years since I had gone on a trip. I asked my father to plan a trip. After a few days, my father decided to go to Goa for a tour. I agreed at once.
We packed our bags and the next day we set out for the trip. When we reached Goa, we decided to live at our uncle’s place. He had a big mansion. It was lovely. The interior of the house was pleasing. Beautiful pictures hung on the walls of the house. Many attractive art pieces were used to decorate the house. There were several rooms in it.
While exploring the house, I saw a small dusty room. It seemed as if no one had visited that room in a long time. There was a closet in that room. I opened the closet and saw a weird thing. It was a small machine with several buttons.
Accidentally, I pressed a button and to my surprise, I realized that I had landed on another planet. It was similar to Earth. I couldn’t believe my eyes. The natives of that planet were similar to that of Earth. It had water. It had life!! But the twin earth was not developed. There was no technology. People lived in villages. I was worried and excited.
I started walking on the surface of the twin earth. After some distance a few natives of the planet came near me and said “caraboujon”. “What is caraboujon!!” I exclaimed. I couldn’t understand their language and had a blank look on my face.
One of those men knew English. He had once visited our Earth where he had learnt English. The man said “My name is Geronimo. Hundreds of years ago, there was a ship named Caraboujon. It was one of the best ships of those times. Every sailor wanted this ship. Many pirates attacked Caraboujon to capture it.”
“But why did every sailor want Caraboujon? What was so special about that ship? I enquired. Geronimo continued, “The Caraboujon has a hidden treasure in it. The captain of the ship wanted the treasure to be found by someone who is honest, kind, pure hearted, innocent, intelligent and someone who would use the treasure in the right manner but till now no one has found that ship or the treasure.”
I said “I will help you to find the hidden treasure. It would be exciting.”
The next day a throng of people along with Geronimo and I set out to find the hidden treasure. While walking Geronimo found something hard under his feet. He dug a bit and found a small box. He opened the box. It had a piece of paper on which was written “You are very close to the most precious thing in the world.” I understood that the treasure was somewhere very close to us. A group of men started digging. After digging for some time I found a rock with an inscription. I read it out loud, “6 km deep and you are the richest. 1 km wide and 10 tons”.
I understood the meaning of the note. I said “After digging for 6 km we will find the Caraboujon and the hidden treasure, the ship is grand. It is 1 km wide and weighs 10 tons.” All the men got excited and resumed digging. After digging for a week, they found the grand and majestic Caraboujon. In the storehouse of Caraboujon was the hidden treasure. There were tanks filled with gold and silver jewelry, loads of diamonds and precious stones and many more. Everyone had sparkling eyes. All the people were on cloud nine. Geronimo thanked me for helping him to find the treasure. He also gave me some jewels and precious stones. Now it was time for me to return home. I had a very good time with the natives of twin Earth. I pressed the button of the machine again and returned home.
