HonestyAges 4-75 min read

The Missing Gold Coin

On a calm, starry sea, little Sol the otter loves the ship's lucky gold coin more than anything — the one never once lost in a hundred voyages. One quiet night he lifts it out just to hold it, sets it spinning on the deck — and the ship tips, the coin rolls away, and plink, it slips through a crack and vanishes. Soon the whole crew is searching, and the captain turns to Sol. What will he say? Only MoonNest knows how it ends.

A wide view of a friendly little wooden pirate ship rocking gently on a calm, starry sea at night, its lanterns glowing warm and gold beneath a crescent moon.

On a calm, starry sea, a little wooden pirate ship rocked gently through the night, its lanterns glowing warm and gold.

Kindly old Captain Wally the walrus, in a navy coat and tricorn hat, kneels on deck and shows little Sol the otter the glowing gold coin resting in a small wooden treasure chest.

On board lived a little otter named Sol, and the ship's pride and treasure — one shining gold coin. "A hundred voyages," old Captain Wally said, "and never once lost." It slept safe in a little chest.

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