after a war and a mask

After the war There had been a war that Germany lost a soldier found a mask made of wood  in a basement and took it home  as a souvenir When demobilized, he sold the mask to  a second-hand shop, as no one knew it's real value, he was only paid a few shillings enough for a few pints at the local pub The store owner put the mask on a shelf where it lingered until an art collector saw the mask and quickly bought it cheaply  the store owner was glad to be rid of the mask as it, despite being face down on a shelf, made him shudder. a visiting American entrepreneur bought the mask that in the night sprung alive  and thanked the American for rescuing him a life on a shelf and promised to make  He was super rich as he had been a god of wealth in the Roman epoch. True to his words,  the entrepreneur had  success, whatever scheme he had, came up  triumph, he came to be known as the the richest man in the world, which we know is abstract, as only those who can conquer  death is wealthy. Nevertheless, our cereuses set about  creating an artificial being with super-high intelligence yet free of soul and emotions a construct living forever The rich man's plan, when his time was up to become an AI and rule the world a thousand years to come The mask that hung securely on his office the wall fell and broke in bits, and out came slimy  maggots as telling our rich man that only un-life lives forever