The Treasure in the Forest Summary The story entitled 'The Treasure in the Forest' has been written by H.G. Wells.This story is an ominous suspense story which is about the two treasure hunters, Evans and Hooker, who have murdered a Chinese man to steal his map that locates a buried stash of gold ingots. This story describes how power of greed corrupt human beings and leads to destruction.Evan and Hooker travelled in a canoe in search of the treasure. Hooker studied the map, which he stole with Evan from a Chinaman, Chang-hi. They murdered Chang hi during their theft as Chang-hi by chance had discovered the treasure left behind by a shipwrecked Spanish galleon. He had decided to rebury it elsewhere, at a location revealed by his map. Both Evan and Hooker were very thirsty, tired and hungry as they had no food and water. They looked at the map and got puzzled by the dashes in the map. Evan fell asleep and saw the dream of killing Chang hi and Chang’s grin during his death.Evans and Hooker identified the spot indicated on the map after reaching the island. They stroke into the interior of the island through the forest. They soon discovered the identifying pile of stones just as the map said, but alongside it laid the dead body of a Chinaman who had evidently himself been looking for the treasure. The men assumed the Chinaman to have been one of Chang-hi's associates, who had decided to try and claim the treasure.Evans and Hooker started to pick up the gold ingots to take them back to the canoe. They loaded as much of the gold as they could drag back to the canoe.They kept the gold ingots in Evans's jacket. They set off, but after about a hundred yards Evans's arms started to ache. He became pale and fainted. He fell down. Hooker started to rearrange the ingots on the jacket after Evans's collapse. He also started to feel like a thorn prick. Hooker then realized the true meaning that Chang hi had behind his grin. Chang-hi had covered his treasure with thorns. The story ends as Hooker lay dying alongside the body of his companion.
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