▁tre asure ▁home ▁originally , ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁almost ▁certainly ▁have ▁revealed ▁its ▁existence ▁and ▁would ▁thus ▁have ▁become ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁receive ▁one ▁hundred ▁per ▁cent ▁of ▁its ▁value , ▁which ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁anything ▁between ▁half ▁a ▁million ▁and ▁a ▁million ▁pounds ." ▁ ▁After ▁D ahl ' s ▁article ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁America , ▁he ▁sent ▁half ▁the ▁money ▁to ▁But cher ' s ▁family . ▁D ahl ▁later ▁decided ▁to ▁publish ▁a ▁second ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁with ▁a ▁few ▁twe aks . ▁D ahl ▁believed ▁the ▁first ▁version ▁revealed ▁too ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁ind ignation ▁against ▁Sid ney ▁Ford . ▁He ▁titled ▁the ▁new ▁version ▁simply ▁‘ The ▁M ild en hall ▁Tre asure ’ , ▁as ▁the ▁story ▁is ▁now ▁known . ▁ ▁Richard ▁Hob bs , ▁cur ator ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Museum , ▁drew ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁the ▁academic ▁world ▁to ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁Ro ald ▁D ahl ' s ▁account . ▁Hob bs ' s ▁first ▁encounter ▁with ▁the ▁M ild en hall ▁tre asure ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁when , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁eight , ▁he ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁D ahl ' s ▁book . ▁Many ▁children ▁world wide , ▁having ▁read ▁the ▁story , ▁are ▁drawn ▁to ▁the ▁Roman ▁Britain ▁gallery ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁tre asure . ▁Hob bs ▁has ▁since ▁addressed ▁the ▁difficult ▁issues ▁surrounding ▁the ▁actual ▁finding . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁Ro ald ▁D ahl ▁short ▁stories ▁ ▁References ▁