Do you know what geocaching. Well Mr. Robertson had no idea
what it was.
Mr. Robertson lived in a very respectable house on the
outskirts of town. For month, every Saturday afternoon, he observed families of
yuppies trudging across the empty field beside his yard, just past his fence. A
small group of trees flanked a hill towards the far end of the field.
Inevitably, the people ended up near the trees, looking lost and confused. They
would often gather and eventually leave.
At first Mr. Robertson was annoyed; who where these people
traipsing around too close to his yard for comfort. Them he became curious. What where they doing
and why did they keep coming, week after week?
He watched and observed. One sunny Saturday, after a batch
of brightly clad individuals that had been milling about near the trees were
well on their way, Mr. Robertson donned his jacket and headed over to
investigate.
He looked near the tree line, then a little deeper into the
wooded area. He followed the meandering footsteps of the former visitors and
found nothing obvious. He started to kick the underbrush and sure enough, he
found a small Tupperware container.
He opened the container and discovered a few hand written
notes and a laminated paper with a set of neatly printed Cartesian coordinates.
Mr. Roberson considered himself to be a smart man and he
soon figured that it must be one step along the path of a modern day treasure
hunt.
He replaced the container and returned home to ponder his
discovery.
From that moment on, he considered himself the honorary keeper
of that treasure. Early each Saturday morning, before the treasure hunters
would arrive, he would trek to the trees and ensure the container was where it
would be, but well covered, and not too easy to find. He would also put stray
branches across the path, as an added obstacle.
And now when the yuppie families and the brightly clad young suburban couples trampled the field next to him, Mr. Robertson would watch with
anticipation, would they find it, or wouldn’t they? How long would it take them
before they found it, or before they gave up?
And each time they left, he would make sure the treasure was replaced where it should be, and ready for the next modern day pirates.
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