#6: Lost!

  "Attention everybody...Attention...Please go to the campfire site at once. The treasure hunt in the woods is about to begin." a teacher's voice boomed over the whole camp area.

  "Oh yeah! I've nearly forgotten about it." I said while hurrying over.

  "Let's hope we can find some clues about white-tail." Natalie suggested hopefully.

  "Here's your map. The first team to come back here with the treasure is the winner." one of our teachers, who was actually a witch, winked at us,"Cute pets."

After an hour or so......

  "We are getting nowhere!" Trick complained, "according to the map, we've reached our destination. Lousy map! Our school never gives out any useful thing. I should have remembered that!"

  "Hang on a moment. The surroundings are different. See, there should be a path way nearby, but there isn't." Vironica, studying the map, pointed out.

  Natalie tear off a piece of colour paper and slid it under a stone. "You know, we should mark this place in case of...well, you know."

  "Why don't we just give up and go back? The prize is just a RM10 popular voucher, none of us need it, right? And vampire is not around to laugh at us. Plus, it's getting dark." I sighed impatiently.

  "You mean go back while we still can."Trick saw through my timidness,"But I agree."

  "Come on. It's only four. I know it's kind of dark, but hey, we're in woods, right? Trees. What do you expect? Just locate this bridge we've crossed, and we can start again."Natalie, showing her stubborn streak, urged us along.

  We walked for 15 minutes. Then, we ended up looking at the pieces of colour paper again.

<to be continued.>