Read the excerpt from “On the Mountain.”Jess had done enough climbing to know that most accidents happen when you're going downhill, so she was careful as she headed back. The first mile or so was easy, but during the second mile, she began to get a little nervous. As she went farther down, she began to be less frustrated with Will. He was her climbing companion, and he was supposed to stay with her, but the reverse was true, too. She had abandoned him there on the path. For all she knew, something could have happened to him. Feeling worried, Jess moved faster down the mountain.
Read the scene from Between the Silver and the Ash.They sit in silence. The sound of the brook gets louder. Suddenly, XAVIER jumps up and runs to the back of the stage between the trees.
Read the excerpt from Between the Silver and the Ash.KENNETHBut if she found it . . .XAVIERShe put something else there. Just for me. She died last year, you know. She put something in the hiding place for me before she died. I've been following her clues for a year. This is the last one.KENNETHWhy didn't she just give it to you? Whatever it is?XAVIERShe said I needed to learn persistence. I always gave up on things. So she hid her gift in the forest so I would learn to persevere.KENNETHWell, it doesn't look like you're going to get it, no matter what.
Read the excerpt from Between the Silver and the Ash.In wintertime you will not see The object of your heart's desire.The treasure that will set you freeYou will not find in earth or fire.But stand where rocks and pebbles singAnd seek the joyous sounds of spring.
Read the excerpt from Between the Silver and the Ash.They sit in silence. The sound of the brook gets louder. Suddenly, XAVIER jumps up and runs to the back of the stage between the trees.XAVIERThe joyous sounds of spring. The joyous sounds of the spring. The spring!KENNETH(Jumping up) Where rocks and pebbles sing. The water going over the rocks and pebbles. And you can't get to it in wintertime because the spring is frozen then.XAVIER(From behind the trees) The treasure is in the spring, between the ash tree and the silver beech.
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