Inside the house with the angry woman sculpture, there were quite a few other statues. Mostly animals like wolves, lions and eagles. None of them were life-sized, but more than one was actually made out of green jade. Oliver recognized it as one of the more valuable gemstones that could be found in the mines. Of course, there were also very stark differences in value depending on the appearance and quality of the jade.
“This has to be worth a fortune, right?!”
Continue reading*Ding~! Ding~! Ding~! Ding~!*
The dark tunnel was filled with the clanging of metal and stone. A short boy, barely a teenager, was alone in the darkness. He wore a dark-gray steel hard hat, with a big, bright flashlight on the front. His mouth and nose were covered by a simple gas mask, while his green eyes were protected by dusty goggles.
Continue reading“It’s not impossible but…” Greenstone shook his head and sighed, “Just too difficult.”
“Oliver’s Great Grandfather did it!” Orna retorted angrily.
“Mister Kale was an amazing man… But do you know how he became a ‘Miner’?”
“Umm… He was really good at mining?”
“Yes. He was very good! The best! He started mining when he was five! He spent his entire childhood and adolescence in the mines! He got married in the mines! His wife gave birth in the mines! He lived every day of his life until he died in the mines! He was only twenty five years old! *Cough-cough-cough~!*”
Continue reading“In the beginning, the Earth was Flat.”
An old man was sitting in front of a few little kids and pointing to a piece of paper on the ground. There was a circle with the word ‘Flat Earth’ written on it.
“Grandpa, if the Earth was Flat, then what about the Sun and Moon?”
“They were also Flat.”
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