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“Yippeeeeee!” rejoices Ilvie. “Now, be careful. I’ll help you down!”

Ilvie carefully helps her friend down from the shelf, then both girls climb down from the table and place the chest on the desk. Slowly and carefully, Leonie opens it, holding her breath.

‘What’s in it? What’s in it?’ twinkles Theo eagerly, trying to climb onto the table in order to see better.

Ilvie helps him up. ‘Theo, I believe we’ve found the treasure map,’ she twinkles with joy.

“Here’s a piece of paper—this looks like it.” says Leonie, beaming as she pulls a rolled-up paper out of the chest and gently opens it out. “By the green-eared Coleoid! A map!” she cries so loudly that Theo has to cover his ears. “Amazing! We actually found the map that so many people have ­looked for! And it was always right here on the Anastasia!”

“Yippee!” shouts Ilvie even louder, while Theo dances his monkey-joy jiggling dance which makes Leonie shriek with laughter. The girls put the map on the table and unroll it completely.

“Great-grandmother Grace’s treasure map,” breathes Leonie joyfully. ­Beaming, the girls look at each other.