12 items:
-Money(coins): they look
sophisticated. They have the vignette of some animals.
-Chestnut: they're small but hard. they are dark brown.
-Wallet: it looks old. It's probably
made from leather.
-Piece of cloth: it looks like a
blanket or a cover. It looks warm.
-The head: it doesn't have hair on
in. It looks like the head of a monk.
-A ruler:
it is made from wood.
It can measures in both centimeters and inches.
-A plate:
The base is quite thick. It has a simple vignette of flower on it.
-A canoe: it looks very simple and
unique. It may belong to a small tribe.
-A stamp (a seal): It's probably from
China.
It it probably made from gem.
-A vase/jar: it has a cork on the
vase. The body of the vase is big but the neck is narrow.
-An African statue: he's black. He
maybe the leader of a tribe.
-A drum player: he looks like a Pedro
in Mexico. He's playing a quite strange drum.
-A village: it is a small village
with a small amount of people. It may be located in a forest, where people
rarely know.
My Story-in-a-box:
In the olden days, there was a drum player who loved to collect the rulers. He bought as many rulers as he could. Unfortunately, he was
very poor so his collection was very limited. He wished some day he could have
another job and earn much more money and buy more rulers.
Although this drum
player was not rich, he was very kind and loved to help people around him.
There was a time he saw a monk walking in his town. It seemed like the monk
hadn’t eaten for a few days. Without a second of thought, the drum player
bought a plate of rice for the monk
and gave him some money.
On that day, in late night, he was drunk with some
other drum players after a festival in his town. On the way to home, he
stumbled on a small vase and fell in
a deep dark hole. He was very frightened but still tried to stand up and find a
way. Suddenly, a head of a monk
appeared in front of him. The head said: “Even though you’re poor but you are
always ready to help other people. I really appreciate your kindness. I know
you really love to collect rulers but don’t have money. Now I give you a chance
to make big money. When you wake up after this dream, you have to go and find a
Chinese seal from a witch in a
village and sell it to Doctor T. He loves everything from China. He will buy it
even with a high price. Good luck.” The drum player was so surprised and
speechless for a while. He asked the monk: “How do you know about it? And where
can I that seal?” but the head disappeared.
In the morning, he woke up on his
bed. He talked to himself: “It was only just a dream. But how did I come into
the house and sleep on my bed?” Lying next to him is the small vase that he
stumbled on last night. He took off the cork on the vase and found out a map in
it. The map guided him to the place where the Chinese seal is located. It also
mentioned that he should bring many coins
and chestnuts. He followed the
instruction and decided to get on the trip.
He put every coin he had in a wallet, packed the chestnuts in a piece of cloth. He had to come to a
small village, which is located in a
huge forest. To come to the forest, he had to go through a river but he
couldn’t swim. At the same time, there was a fishing man sitting on his canoe and trying to go to the forest
too. The drum player asked the fishing man for help. He accepted and the drum
player paid him 3 coins.
After many hours in the forest, he was lost. Luckily,
he met a leader of a tribe – an African.
The leader agreed to guide him to the village but he had to give the leader all
of his chestnuts. He finally reached the village and asked for the witch who
got the China seal. The witch did not need money but she wanted something to
exchange. Now all he had left was a piece of cloth. The witch did not want it
so she didn’t give the seal for the drum player. She said he also only could
stay in the village because there was no way he could come home.
Finally, he
had to give up his collection, get married with the witch and lived happily ever
after.
