King Dave

I sat on my throne and ranted. "I'M TIRED OF BEING ROBBED FROM!" Someone keeps stealing my golden nuggets. I found those nuggets, so I should be able to keep them. I should be able to spend them however I like. I need to come up with a solution, or this is not going to end well.

"What would you want us to do about it, Lord?" My advisor asked.

I think, maybe if I hide my nuggets in a perfect place. That only I can find them, then no one can steal them. "Get me Smith Shepherd, my digger."

"May I ask why, Lord?"

"I'm going to have him bury my golden nuggets and provide me a map so that only I can find them," I explain.

"Smart plan, Lord. I'll get him here." My advisor left.

In the meantime, I gathered the rest of my golden nuggets and put them in a bag. I walked back to the throne room and sat on my throne. Then I wait for Smith Shepard to arrive. A few minutes later, Smith and my advisor showed up.

"Burry these around the castle and provide a map," I instructed as I handed smith the bag of nuggets.

"Is this because of the thief?" Smith asked, taking the bag.

I nodded.

Smith bowed, then left.

I trusted him with my gold, and I hope this plan doesn't backfire on me. And that's precisely what happened.

"We have some bad news, Lord." My advisor said, looking sad.

"What is it?"

"We found Smith Shepherd dead, and we don't know if he finished burying all the nuggets yet." I felt sad. I wondered how he died? "We did not find a map or the bag. It looks like someone killed him on purpose." My advisor informed me.

"Perhaps the thief." I suspected.

"Maybe, Lord."

"Notify Smith's family members of his death."

My advisor nodded, then left.

When I tell someone to notify their family of their death, that also means to ship their body to their house. I walked around the castle and tried to figure out where Smith buried my gold. I made a map and marked the places.

Eventually, we caught the thief, and today I will be questioning them in the throne room. It's been about a week since shepherd Smith was killed.

Evette

The guards had walked me to the throne room. The king looked a little shocked to see me as the thief. But I didn't care. I had to tell the king what happened, so I did.

The last time I stole from the king was successful, so today, I decided to spy on the kingdom.

I found a guy burying golden nuggets. I bet that they are the kings! So I picked a rock and threw it at the guy. It hit him in the head, causing him to fall to ground. I had knocked him unconscious, I walked over to the guy, and I hit him again with the same rock in the head to make sure he was dead.

I check his pulse, nothing. I threw the stone back into the bush, and I took the bag. I noticed a paper next to him. I also grabbed that. There was a lot of gold in this bag.

I realized it was a map telling me where all the gold was buried. I made a plan to come back every day to retrieve all the gold.

One day when I was trying to retrieve the gold, a guard caught me. That's how they came to the realization that I was the thief, and that's how I ended up here.

After telling the king what happened, he sent me back to my cell.

King Dave

We had found Smith with blood on his head, meaning that he had died from a head injury. Evette just told me that she hit him in the head twice with a rock. Evette had told us that she is a thief, so she had committed a homicide and theft. So I will have her hanged.

I told my guards to bring Evette back.

"You will be hanged for your crimes," I told Evette.

My advisor whispered in my ear. I forgot to ask about the gold.

"Tell us where you hid the gold," I asked.

There's no way she'd tell us, who would after hearing that they will be hanged?

She laughed. "I'm not telling you." They always refuse.

"Then you will be hanged."

"And you'll never find out where the gold is." She shot back.

"Then you won't live to use it. " I growled then demanded. "Hang her!"

That was the final ruling.

They nodded and grabbed Evette. Evette yelled remarks as they escorted her.

200 years later

Tyrone

As I dug a hole and noticed something shiny. I discovered that it is a fist-sized nugget of gold. I smiled; I'm rich! I put the nugget in my pocket and continued gardening.

~Dominique