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The Treasure On Oracle Island
Can Kyle the explorer find the treasure he’s looking for?
June 27, 1691
A slightly weary but possessed Kyle sailed on his small brown wooden boat, navigating with his steering wheel in calm waters.
After seven days of battling intense waves around Florida and northern Cuba, the kind-hearted Carolinian explorer was relieved to have quiet waters below his small boat. If Kyle could find the treasure on an Island called Oracle, the rocky trip would have been worth it for him.
Kyle had heard about this mythical island since he had begun his career working on ships/boats on Liles’s Dock by the Atlantic Ocean. He had heard numerous tales from much older men about explorers, pirates, and former war vets who had attempted to find Oracle Island and its treasure.
One older man in particular Kyle thought about now and then was Sam. Kyle could never forget Sam’s crusty personality whenever Sam would talk to Kyle at the time on the dock.
A few words remained with Kyle that he never forgot. ‘‘The soul who finds that treasure will be rich in a-bod-ance.’’
The words flowed through Kyle’s mind as he saw unknown land with some unique trees a few miles in front of him. Kyle grabbed his dusty map and looked at the island on…
