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“So what have you found, Joe?” Grant<br />

asked again.<br />

Joe grinned. “Oh, about a million things or so!”<br />

That answer silenced the kids. “Well, the<br />

place is 400 years old and we’ve been digging<br />

awhile,” Joe explained. “During all this time, we’ve<br />

found everything from pots to weapons, as well as<br />

about 80 burial sites. And now we’ve unearthed<br />

part of the original location of James Fort, built by<br />

the first Englishmen to come here.”<br />

Joe waved his arm around at the site and the<br />

many artifacts on display. The kids looked up, down,<br />

left, and right, realizing that there was a lot here to see.<br />

Grant stooped down and whispered, “And<br />

what about the missing S-K-E-L-E-T-O-N-S?”<br />

“Grant!” Christina said. “I think Joe and<br />

everyone else listening knows how to spell skeletons.”<br />

“I know that!” Grant grumbled back to his<br />

sister. “But Joe says it’s all H-U-S-H—H-U-S-H!”<br />

Joe just shook his head. “Uh, why don’t you<br />

guys follow me to my office and I’ll catch you up on<br />

the events.” He turned and climbed out of the site<br />

area and the kids followed close behind, trying to<br />

see everything they could on the way.<br />

The archaeologist’s office was just a small<br />

area behind a wall, but it was cool, with its<br />

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