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A Key Stone State Mint


Due to a senior investment made during his final year in high school Ben Salem felt semi excited to hear about the financial maturity which had bloomed into a nice allowance pool.

“They told me to wait for it,” Ben Salem looked at the X account bank statement which was different from the Y and Z.

Deciding to make the with drawl Ben Salem had a nice cash sum to venture to Sun Fest where at the “Altar of Speed” he could conduct business with the Rose of Dublin.

His friend the King of Prussia was very concerned about this decision since the Rose of Dublin she thought had the combination to opening the stone which had gold for the commoners.

“It’s a nice way to distribute money,” the King explained about the fantasy legend to Ben while feeding him information, “it’s called the commonwealth way.”

“I need to go to the altar of speed, my dear King, and conduct business with the Rose of Dublin.”

As fate would have its Ben Salem crossed the river from the garden state where the King frequented to pick up good fruit. And finally made it to the “Altar of Speed”, he saw the Rose of Dublin sitting there doing a reading.

“May I help you?” She asked putting down the book which earned a special place in her heart.

“I came here after having a vision, to conduct business with the Rose of Dublin.

Taking her elderly hand and putting it on his shoulders she told him, “I am Rose Dublin and I have the key to open the stone.”

“Yes, and I have cash from my senior investment to hand you if you give me the keystone.”

Upon returning Ben Salem met with the King of Prussia, “I gave her my senior investment and brought back this,” he showed him the key.

“Let me get this straight Ben, you went all the way to the Altar of Speed, to meet with the Rose of Dublin and all you brought back to me was a key stone?”

“It will open up the stone with all its gold,” Ben reassured since that is what the mature lady Rose Dublin was claiming.

“How can I say this” the King of Prussia tried to explain, “um, stones do not have any gold inside them, and they do not have locks that keys go into… So how was Sunfest?

“It lit up my life,” Ben paused, “it gave me hope to carry on.”


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