Story-in-a-box

The Inventory of 12 items

1. Money: They are some coins from China. These coins represent the year of dog from 12 Chinese Animals.
2. Chestnuts: These chestnuts are from chestnut trees in a village. They are brown, hard, and shiny. They taste sweet.
3. The Wallet: A colorful wallet with decoration. It's rectangular shaped, thin and small.
4. The Piece of cloth: It is a beautiful piece of cloth with some decoration on. It looks like a tiny Aladdin's carpet and seem to be made from wool.
5. The face: This is actually a wooden head which has a strange face with both eyes closed. The lips are painted with red. It looks a bit mystery.
6. The Ruler: A person who is the ruler of a town. He creates rules for people.
7. The plate: This is a tiny plate with the diameter of about 1.5 inches. It has colorful decoration. The plate is an American Indian product.
8. The canoe: This is a wooden canoe with bright color. Both sides of the canoe are sharp and this is a consistent canoe.
9. The Chinese stamp: It's a green gem stamp which is carved dragon pattern. It's about 2 inches height and gets a square stand.
10. The Glass Jar: This is a jar with something looks like sand inside. It's a small jar but can bring luck.
11. The Man:  He wears an outfit which is not a normal outfit. It looks like a homely dress. The man always sticks both hands together in front of his chest.
12. The Drum player: He is a street drum player. He wears a colorful outfit and his drum is even also colorful. He looks happy and can make people feel happy each time he plays the drum.
13. The Village: This is The Man's home. We can see his house with a garden and a pond in front.

The story:

The Journey of a Countryside Man

There is a man who lives in a small village. He works as a farmer year around. Everyday, he wakes up in the early morning, start working in his farm. He harvests fruits, vegetable and nuts. He also raises cow, chicken and he raises fishes in a big pond in front of his house. His life is keep going day by day without anything new. One day, he thinks to himself: “This is boring, I want something different”. He feels like he’s bored of his constant life in the village. He has never been gone anywhere outside of the village, so he feels curious about the outside world. After that, the Man decides to pack stuff and get on the way to discover the world.

In the early morning, the Man leaves his hometown by a consistent wooden canoe. He brings with him some coins which are put in a colorful small wallet. He also brings a jar which can bring luck to him, and a bag filled of chestnuts as his food. And then he starts his interesting journey by rowing the canoe along a river.

The Man rows the canoe for a day and a night. Finally he get to a town, he sees that people are walking around on the street. There are a lot of stores along the street. While the Man is looking around, suddenly there is a man appear in front of him. He is the ruler of the town. He said to the man that everybody has to be allowed by him before get into the town. The Man takes his lucky jar out from his bag and gives it to the ruler. Then he has a paper signed by the Chinese stamp states that he can get into the town.

After that, the Man walks on the street and see lots of things that he never seen in his life. The Man stops by a store that has a beautiful tiny plate that he really likes. He buys the plate by the Chinese coins he has been brought. He smiles and thinks he is going to put it in a glass box at home, so that he can see it everyday. He keeps walking and sees a drum player, this is the first time he see an entertainer like this. After he had listened to the drum sounds, the Man feels so happy surprisingly and decides to give the player some of his special coins.

The Man goes to everywhere in the town until sunset. His stomach is empty and he takes chestnuts out and eats them. After done eating, the Man keep going and meets the ruler again, the ruler gives him a piece of cloth due to the jar bringing him real luck. The piece of cloth will transfer into a carpet which can bring the Man anywhere he wants each time he says: “Let’s get on the trip”.

The sky is dark now, everybody are back to home. The man decides to come home by the carpet and end his journey after discovered lots of new things. It again takes him a night and a day to get home. The Man, after that, puts the plate that he got at the town in a glass container then goes to bed with a happy feeling.