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Show -2- She let her thoughts soar as she gazed at the clustered hills spread over the distant horizon. "What _i_s the matter with that bird?" It was swooping dangerously close now, seemingly very upset. "Oh, look! A nest.'" Three baby sparrows, beaks wide open, sat in a little nest by her feet. She bent down to get a closer look, and a beam of light struck her eye. "What's that?" she cried. As she moved her head, the flash of light struck her eye again. The sun was striking an object lodged in a crack below her, just out of reach. Sandy edged out onto the limb, entwined her legs around it and tipped herself upside down. With a quick motion, she pulled the object free and swung herself upright again, "Y/hy, it's a gold spoon!" she exclaimed, surprised. It was larger than a soup spoon , and edged by a webbed design which met at the tip of the bowl in a miniature emblem of the sun. Sandy could see five letters engraved inside the sun, but the spoon was so dirty she couldn't make them out. "I'll take it home and wash it," she decided. She scrambled down the tree and ran through the back door of the house into the kitchen. Before long, she had the spoon sparkling. "Oh, how pretty!" There was a soft glow which had been hidden. Now the design could be seen, laced vith small stars and moons. Sandy looked at the sun symbol, and there, in small, curved letters was the word 'VERUS'. "How odd! What does it mean?" As she stared at it, she |