大衛的漂流瓶

重慶 安麗娟

Forty years ago,a relative helped a 3-year-old boy named David write a message.They rolled up the handwritten note,which was signed by David in his child's scrawl(潦草的筆跡), put it inside an old bottle with a rubber stopper, and then tossed it into the Pearl River.Life went on, and the bottle floated in the river for the next four decades,until Jeremy Weir came along.

Jeremy is a retired high school principal and amateur treasure hunter.He loves to spend time fishing on the Pearl River,and keeps his eyes open for any objects that would fit into his collection.Over the years, he's brought home special pieces of rock and driftwood, and sometimes an old bottle or two.

When Jeremy got home, he examined the bottle.Once he washed away the mud and silt, he noticed a slip of paper wrapped in plastic inside the bottle.“I looked at it initially, and I thought it was trash.I noticed there was a small plastic bag.It looked like maybe a calendar out of somebody's planner,and it was dated 1983,”he said.

Jeremy carefully removed the note and opened it up.It was dated June 4th 1983, and it says,“To the finder of the mystery bottle, my name is David and I live in Jackson.I am 3 years old.If you find my bottle, please call me at ###-###-####.Good Luck and Happy Hunting.”

Curiously, the former educator contacted David! Jeremy called him on the phone, and it's a conversation neither man will soon forget.

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