Summer plans were going as fast as the ocean currents. Orrie, the chief of the school of fish in the depths of the deep aquamarine sea had found a treasure chest full of gold coins.

He had planned to swim south for summer and return home, but first he needed to stash the gold coins from this treasure chest in a safe place. Where? And how? A brilliant idea flashed in his large fishy brain.

Orrie gathered the school of fish around him and explained what they needed to do. Millions of green and blue scales flashed as the fish dove down and gobbled as many coins as each could ingest.

Together they swam south. It took a lot longer with their bellies full of heavy gold coins, but when they arrived at the Waitara River, they coughed up the coins in the place Orrie indicated.

When all of the coins were safe in the large concrete hole, Orrie jumped up and out of the water, landing on soft grass. He turned back into a boy. Now he could go home rich as he had promised his seven sisters. He covered the coins, making them safe in this River Bank.

© 2007 Carolyn Ann Aish. Original for CCF  (Aish grants CCF  first electronic rights for one month; CCF may archive the material indefinitely and include it in an eBook anthology).