Wednesday, January 18, 2012

A day in the life of a Bronze Age Trader

    I wake up on a sunny morning, go to the river and wash my face, and then I go off to work. My job is a trader. I work in a little town square, where most of the traders do their jobs. I sell bronze artifacts. There comes my first customer. He wants that nice bronze pot. Yes, first thing sold today. I traded the pot for a nice necklace. Now, there are two kids playing with stone swords. Ouch, one boy broke another boy's sword. Luckily I have a bronze sword so I traded it for a hat he was wearing.
    It is almost lunchtime, so I  go on a short break and visit some if my friends. We had lunch outdoors. After I ate, it's time to go back to work. I come to my stand and in front of it, a lady is waiting. She has a beautiful scarf around her neck.  " Hello, ma'am, what can I get you?" She wants a wheel. I gave her one of the two wheels which I have. I got that scarf just in time, it started snowing outside.
It's almost sunset, so I should close my stand, soon... However, a very weird looking man came toward me at that time. " What can I get for you sir?". He was a stranger from a little city close by. And one thing which was unusual about him is that he actually didn't want anything. He was drunk and didn't know what he was doing. I quickly took him to a witchdoctor who lived close by and left him there. I had to go back to my shop because there are many thieves who might steal my goods while I am away. 
Just before closing time, I heard screaming and  I saw a man running away from a group of people mounted on their horses. They had bows and arrows and some even had axes. The fugitive ran past my stand. I had another bronze sword, so I tossed it to him. To help him, there was a rock on the ground and I took it, threw it at the gang and they ran away. The flee awarded me with one of the most precious pots. I will try to keep it, but if necessary I will be able to trade it for many other useful goods.
     It is closing time, what a day! I had many customers, but for the last two, I put my life  in jeopardy, in order to save their lives.