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    • Chapters
      • Marry your BEST friend
      • Sequoia
      • Grandmother's Castle
      • Cake Bake, Sleep Over
      • Attic Investigators
      • Who, What, When, Where
      • East Overshoe
      • Mustang in the Barn
      • Discombobulation
      • Bedtime Lessons
      • Celestia
      • Mysterious Script
      • Secret Room
      • Protect the Puffins
      • Thing-a-ma-jig & Which-a-ma-callits
      • Nooks full of BOOKS!
      • Bubble Room
      • The Guardian
      • Odd Ouija
      • Search for Answers at the Library
      • Coddiwomple
      • Chapter 19
      • Chapter 20
      • 2nd Challenge, the second room
      • Hope, Faith, Charity
      • Chapter 23
      • Chapter 24
      • Chapter 25
      • Chapter 26
      • Chapter 27
      • Chapter 28
      • Chapter 29
      • Chapter 30
      • Chapter 31
      • Chapter 32
      • Chapter 33
      • Chapter 34
      • Chapter 35
      • Chapter 36
      • Chapter 37
      • Bob's your Uncle, Jaimie's your Aunt
      • Bubbleverse Worlds
      • Mystery in the Steamer Trunk
      • A Verona Mystery
      • Mystery Puzzle Boxes
      • Valley of Trolls
      • Chest and the Key
      • Felix Pickles Cheshire Cheese
      • The Book of Mysteries and Investigations
      • Rat and Parrot
      • The Shadow People
      • Save the Tawny Frogmouth
      • Tiger Lily and her Pajamas
      • Peanuts for Stella
      • Mysterious Key
      • Banned Bunnies
      • Chip and Mimi
      • Sister Rose and Rabbi Shapiro
      • Nanny Doll Collection
      • Limpy and Stimpy
      • Mr. Jones and Mr. Jenkins
      • Bread in a Bag
      • The Majestic Chest
      • The Crystal Cave
      • Grumpy King
      • Mad Hatter Bunny
      • Mrs. Crabernathy
      • Gobbledegook
      • I Remember
      • Pudding
      • Kumbaya
      • Milky Way Galaxy
      • Oh Fudge
      • Phase Two
      • Women in History
      • Sword in a Stone
  • Alien Earthlings
    • Bee Humingbird
    • Mantis Shrimp
    • Aye-aye
    • Axolotl
    • Jerboa
    • Murder of Crows
    • Greenland Shark
    • Narwhal
    • Platypus
    • Pink Fairy Armadillo
    • Pangolin
    • Tawny Frogmouth
    • Shoebill
    • Bullet Ant
    • Naked Mole Rat
    • Saiga Antelope
    • Hickory Horned Devil
    • Honduran White Bat
    • Scaly-Foot Snail
    • Kookaburra
    • Humphead
    • Nautilus
    • Aardvark
    • Jesus Lizard
    • Bewitching Mason Bees
    • Giant Manta Ray
    • Sea Angel
    • Mandrill
    • RED Fire Ant
    • Budapest Short-Faced Tumbler
    • Blobfish
    • Elephant Shrew
    • Colugo
    • Frigate Bird
    • Manatee
    • Tenrec
    • Tasmanian Devil
    • Sea Cucumber
    • Dumbo Octopus
    • Sea Bunny
    • Sea Pig
    • Angler Fish
    • Sunfish
    • Sea Spider
    • Tree Kangaroo
    • Poodle Moth
    • Immortal Jellyfish
    • Star-nosed Mole
    • Bald Uakari
    • Blue Whale
    • Kakapo
  • Be all YOU can be!
    • DIRECTORY
    • Astronaut Collins
    • Suffragettes
    • Stars are...
    • Frequency Hopping
    • The Bi-Plane Pilot
    • Her Deepness
    • Human Computer
    • Daughter of the Dragon
    • Rosie the Riveter
    • Toshiko Akiyoshi
    • Louisa May Alcott
    • Maria Tallchief
    • Susan B. Anthony
    • Sojourner Truth
    • Katharine Graham
    • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    • Indira Gandhi
    • Golda Meir
    • Taylor Swift
    • Estée Lauder
    • Maryam Mirzakhani
    • Sacagawea
    • Catherine the Great
    • Mother Teresa
    • Amilia Earhart
    • Princess Diana
    • Rosa Parks
    • Marie Curie
    • Ada Lovelace
    • Margaret Hamilton
  • Things, Bits & Bobs
    • Wilhelmina's Wardrobe
      • Delilah's Dress
      • Umbrella
      • Wellies
    • Trudi's Steamer Trunk
      • Dolly's Doll
      • Bobby's Baseball Glove
      • Jeanne's Red Jacket Skates
      • Eddy's Teddy Bear
      • Christmas Ornaments
      • Quack !
      • Photo Album
      • Jacks
      • The Rose
      • Leica Camera
      • Passport
      • Italy Map
      • Cap Gun & Holster
      • Recipe Box
      • Love Letters
      • Tea Set
      • Lost Keys
      • The Journal
    • Tippi's Typewriter
    • Patty's Painting
    • Hollie's Horsey
    • Chester's Chess Set
    • Rodolfo's Golf Clubs
    • Frank's Fishing Rod
    • Chugga Chugga Choo Choo
    • Molly's Doll House
    • Susan's Sewing Machine
    • Verona Street Sign
    • Metal Detector
  • Odd Relationships
    • Goby and Pistol Shrimp
    • Woolly Bats and Pitcher plants
    • Clown Fish and Anemones
  • Words of Wisdom
    • The COSMOS
    • Yinyang
    • Confucius
    • ZEN
    • Tree of LIFE
    • Practice = Happiness
    • Friendship
    • Buddha
  • Solve the puzzel
  • Chit-Chat
  • CONTACT
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Chapter 

Mystery in the Steamer Trunk

The Lost Passport
It was a beautiful summer day in Florence, Italy when Julia realized she had lost her passport. She had been sightseeing all day and stopped for a gelato at a local shop. As she reached into her bag to grab her passport, she realized it wasn't there. Julia searched through her bag, but it was nowhere to be found. She retraced her steps but still couldn't find it.

Panicking, Julia decided to head back to her hotel to see if she had left it there. As she walked back, she saw a man handing out flyers for a lost and found service. She approached him and explained her situation. The man told her to fill out a form and he would keep an eye out for her passport.

Days went by, and Julia hadn't heard anything about her passport. She was getting desperate as her flight back home was quickly approaching. One day, she received a call from the lost and found service. They had found her passport!

The Italy Map
As Julia was on her flight back home, she started to go through her bag to make sure everything was there. She found a folded-up map of Italy that she didn't remember putting in her bag. It was strange, but she assumed it must have been from her sightseeing adventures. However, as she unfolded the map, she noticed something peculiar. There was a handwritten note on the back of the map. It read: "Find the heart at the Verona train station lockers."

Julia was confused. She had never been to Italy before April 2nd, and it was currently August. Who could have left this note for her? And what keys were they talking about?

The Locker Key
When Julia arrived back home, she went through her luggage to see if she could find any keys. That's when she found a small keychain with a single key on it. The key looked old and rusty, but it had an airport locker key on it.

Julia's mind raced. Could this be the key the note was referring to? She knew she had to find out.

The Steamer Trunk
Julia decided to investigate further and went up to the Victorian attic to look for clues. As she was searching through old boxes and trunks, she came across a large steamer trunk. She opened it up and found a stack of old love letters tied together with a ribbon.

The letters were written by a man named Antonio, who professed his love for a woman named Isabella. Julia was fascinated by the letters and wondered if they were connected to the mystery of the passport and Italy map.

The Connection
As Julia sat down to read the love letters, she noticed a name that caught her eye. It was the same name as the man who had handed her the flyer for the lost and found service in Florence.

Julia realized that the mystery of the passport, Italy map, keys with an airport locker key on it, and the love letters in the steamer trunk in the Victorian attic were all connected.
Antonio must have been the person who left the note for Julia in Florence. The keys he was referring to must have been the airport locker key that Julia found in her luggage. But why did he leave the note for her? And why did he leave the love letters in the steamer trunk?

Julia realized that she had to find out the answers to these questions. She packed her bags and headed back to Florence, determined to solve the mystery once and for all.

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