The Unpredictable Adventure | English Story Level 4 | Discovering the Unexpected

🔍 The narrator has been every type of silly person except one: looking for hidden treasure.

💔❤️ The narrator falls in love with a girl named Martha Mangum, but doesn't tell her.

🤔🤝 The narrator and Goodloe Banks, another young man, both try to figure out who Martha Mangum likes more.

💡 May Martha and her father suddenly disappear, leaving no trace, after the main character and his friend try to impress her.

🔎 The main character and his friend search for May Martha for two months, seeking help from various sources but finding no answers.

💔 The main character's rival questions the value of finding May Martha, suggesting she is meant for bigger things, while the main character remains determined to find her and build a simple, happy life together.

A young farmer discovers a folded blue piece of paper left by his grandfather, containing information about a hidden treasure of gold and silver coins.

The instructions on the paper lead the farmer and the narrator to a location on top of a small mountain where the treasure was buried.

Using a working drawing made from surveyed land, the narrator and the farmer are able to find the spot on the river and connect it with an important corner of a land survey.

📍 Using a map and the help of a surveyor, we marked the route to our destination to save time and money.

💰 I believed I could find a hidden treasure worth $300,000, which would help me find someone important to me.

🔍 After days of searching, we realized that the treasure might not be where we expected, teaching us that appearances can be deceiving.

🧭 The variation in the magnetic compass and true north is crucial in finding the hidden treasure.

🚗 The protagonist and Goodlow become partners in the treasure hunt, renting a covered wagon in Chico after adjusting their distance with a surveyor.

🌄 The next morning, they prepare to explore the Hills across the river and continue their search for the treasure.

🔍 The protagonist and Goodloe discover a hidden mark on an old document, indicating it may be a fake.

🗺️ Goodloe criticizes the protagonist's lack of basic education and mistakes in their plans for a treasure hunt.

⛰️ Despite Goodloe's doubts, the protagonist is determined to search a mountain across the river for the treasure.

Jim searches for buried treasure but finds nothing.

Jim encounters a wild man and Martha Mangum.

Jim finds happiness and success in his life.