[ FF ] - 250 Words ; 2 months Reddit Gold prize

Kylie was digging a hole. She squatted in the dirt, her hands turning the same dark brown as her curls and garden loam she displaced. It was slow work. She wasn ’ t allowed to use a spade since she had left it outside one rainy night, but her stick was sharp. She was digging to China – or buried diamonds! Whichever came first was fine with her. 
 
 Kylie dug with the intensity and anticipation of a 6 year old. Something magic was sure to come out of the hole, you just had to dig far enough to find it. Kylie wondered who had buried the treasure she was about to find. Maybe it was a pirate, maybe a king - maybe a pirate king! She dug alone in her backyard. Her mother was inside watching the evening news, her father was still at work. 
 
 Kylie ’ s stick struck something hard. She let out a little gasp, but continued to dig slowly, methodically. She savored the anticipation. Soon her excitement took over and her tiny fingers grabbed handfuls of dirt and brushed the cold object below. It was smooth and a dull grey, though it had once been white. It curved like a ball, a medium sized ball, not like the baseballs and kick balls at school. Her fingers scrambled to clean the object. 
 
 Kylie stopped digging. She stared at the object in her garden, and ran inside to her mother. 
 “ Momma, I think someone got lost on the way to China. ”
