Prince & Princess of Ireland

 Chapter Three- A coin

The man walked away and left Elda speechless. Soon the house was empty and Elda and Torin had no where to go. For the last time, they sat together on the beach starting at the ocean. Suddenly Elda noticed a shining thing washing up from the sea. Elda ran and picked it up. "T-Torin, look." Torin jumped up and examined it. "What is it?" He asked. Elda playfully hit him on the head. "It's a coin, you rubber head," she responded. Elda was very outspoken, while Torn was very shy and naive sometimes. 

The coin was very peculiar. On it was a large S. After looking more closely at it, Elda found a compass rose on the coin. "If that's a compass rose, then the S must stand for south!" Torin pointed south. "South is across the ocean. We'd have to buy a boat, or even worse, use Athair's old boat." Torin looked at Elda. A mischievous grin lit Elda's face. Torin knew what that meant.

"Are you daft? No way are we following a coin. We have much more important matters going on right now." 

Elda's grin faded. "But Torin, what if it leads to somethin' importan'?" 

"What coin could lead you to something important? No, Elda. We're not going anywhere."

An hour later.........

The glowing stars hung in the dark sky as Torin and Elda Braygan snuck into their used-to-be- barn.

Torin shushed Elda. 

"Look, if we're going to do this, we have to do it quickly. Here, you get that side of the boat and I'll get this side. And remember, if someone caught us, we could go to jail. Technically, this is not our property, and this is not our row boat since Athair never gave it to us." 

"I know, I know!" Elda complained. 

"Well, then, keep your mouth shut!" 

The two crouched down and heard a man snoring. "Someone's sleepin' in here, Torin." Elda whispered. "No kidding." Torin said sarcastically. 

They were now looking for the oars. Finally they found them. They carried them out and pushed the boat into the water. Slowly the two climbed in, and began rowing.

As the night dragged on and it seemed to get quieter and quieter, the two fell asleep.

To be continued....