Sunday, September 2, 2012

My Story-in-a-box


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.




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