the treasure

Once there was this young man, and his parents owned a lovely estate where they raised their six kids. As he visited one of his older married friends, they went on what turned out to be a life changing adventure. It was out out in the mountainous terrain to the west, and there, upon laborious searching, found the site. Each of them broke open their packs, fueled up with a couple peanut butter and Grammy's strawberry jam sandwiches, and got to work. The crevice scowled uncooperatively at each of their pick axes.

After several hours they reapplied thick sunscreen to their already drenched bodies, which ran down their arms and legs. Their canteens lay empty on the dusty terrain, and June bugs called out in a mocking buzz. As the sun began its decent down the cloudless sky, their progress made a significant turn for the better, a glimmering object of hope.

Upon separating the last corner from the gnarled rock, the most beautiful gem yielded itself to the pair. They went back into town with their treasure carefully wrapped in a thick burlap bag and thrown over a weary shoulder.

The local mineralogist immediately confirmed the genuine stone and her eyes lit up as she held it up to the light which danced about the walls across which is was refracted, even while somewhat dirty. The three of them began removing all the residue and attached barnacles of sorts.

At its completion, they just marveled for what seemed to be a short moment at the stunning beauty of the gem. All the facets of pure beauty. Under magnification it showed its utter perfection in flawless crystallography.

And when they both got home, the young man went and sold all that he had, gradually and persistently, so that he could pay for the land where the magnificent treasure came from, and he told his family of it and showed it to them, and had him help sell things. And when it seemed difficult to part with a particularly comforting keepsake, they all brought out their true treasure to admire, and the task got suddenly pleasant in pursuing the field, for it was a glorious treasure indeed.