Rikkevi Rue

The wave surged up from the depths and there cast upon the shore, tangled amongst the algae covered branches of some ancient deadfall, covered with rank seaweed rotting in the sun, the child saw a streak of color glittering...the deepest ruby color she had ever seen. Cautiously, yet eagerly, she pushed aside the mound of seaweed sending hundreds of sandflies swarming up into the air. And then she saw it, partially buried in the hill of sand,a small chest bejeweled as only those from the days of yore. Trembling with excitement she knelt in the sand and raised the lid... Welcome! RR