All That Glitters Is Not Gold
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"Out of the box flew every kind of trouble that people had never known about before: sicknesses, and worries, and crimes, and hate and envy and all sorts of bad things. The bad things all began to fly away like little bugs, all over the place.
Pandora was very sorry now that she had opened the box! She tried to catch the bad things and put them back in the box but it was too late. They all flew away but there was one left behind for the sake of all mankind. It was HOPE."
-Prometheus
Hope, that is the only thing that was left behind and that was indeed mankind's
fate and that's what we're going to see.
By the way, my real name is Kushagra and this is my first story so, please provide me with constructive criticism.
Gold is a really precious metal and is present at the surface of the reactivity series {For you Chemistry lovers :) }. It has been used for many purposes in history. From the clothes of the pharaohs to the clothes of Indian women to satellites. It has been used as both a weapon to attract love and also as something that puts you against it.
But is it all worth it? It is just metal like copper but it still has some value and for it, mankind has taken up weapons( and mobiles for playing Fortnite) and killed men, women, and children.
SPOILER ALERT
In this story, we are going to see how a young and cheerful detective's life is turned into a dull and erratic one just for somebody's attraction towards gold and although the story ends with everyone happy and gay, we are going to see that how gold can leave someone scarred forever.
Anyways, I don't expect any views, comments or votes for this but I'll hope that you enjoy it. Cheers, fellas if anybody is even reading sob..sob..sob Crying sounds.
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