Story in a box
There was this boy growing up in a small town in Minnesota who had big dreams of traveling the world when he graduated high school. His parents were so proud that he was going to broaden his horizons and escape the family tradition of settling down as a small town farmer.
So the now young man decided he’d use his exceptional skill as a welder and go find a job in New York city until he had enough money to finance his voyage across the world. Despite his ambitions and all of boasting he happened to be content with all the vastness and cultural differences that were in the big city. To add to this change of perspective he happened to find a woman he fell hard for and had the intentions of settling down with. Now the problem this once small town boy from Minnesota has to face his either telling his parents the disappointing truth or find a way to beat around the bush.
The young man hates being a disappointment to his family and has no problem telling a few white lies to maintain fame within his family. So he had to find a way to deceive his parents into thinking he had many great adventures in his travels.
So after a long days work doing what he loves he stumbles on a very cultural diverse fea market and comes up with a cunning plan. With all the amazing artifacts within the tents he chooses the ones that he can relate to his adventures back at home on the farm.
He finds an old tribal miniature replica style canoe that he said he got from an old Indian Woman on a reservation in New Mexico. This item was an easy choice for him because he and his father often went on early morning canoe trips during his childhood.
Following that a statue of an African Woman caught the corner of his eye. He thought this would be perfect because his little sister was always fascinated with the cultural ways of African tribes. He then continued to make up a story how he stumbled upon a tribe when he was traveling in Africa.
Shortly after seeing the statue of the African Woman he say cheaper wallet that had a picture of an elephant and other various African animals on the front. So he just made a little joke as to how poor he was and this was the only souvenir he could afford to send back at the time. One he picked up at a supermarket in southern Africa.
Then he say a statue of a little drummer boy. He thought this would be great because it was one of his family's favorite Christmas song and this statue was fitting cause he was dressed up as if he was a fellow Minnesotan. He then went on to talk about how he found this trinket in South America and told a few other stories of his adventures down there.
He then caught a glimmer off a little statue of a bald man. He chuckled to himself a little and remembered when he was swimming high school and he had his parents bic his head before a big swim meet. So he explained how he got this during his travels in Europe when he engaged in conversation with an older German carving this out of wood on his stoop.
Then he noticed hanging from the rafters was an older blanket of some sorts. He figured it could some traditional family heir loom. So coincedently he got this from an older woman on his travels to India. Which happened to be his fathers favorite type of food.
Also right below the blanket he spotted a relica of a small Mexican house with a donkey in the front yard. He thought it was perfect because it reminded him of how his mother always talked about taking a trip to Mexico that is apparently still on delay. So in his description he said
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