The Penny Quest Essay Page 3

This is a pictorial essay. The story and the pictures are true.

Now I was excited. I had completed the first transaction of the Penny Quest. Where would it go from here. I had a candle in my hand and now I had to transform it into the next stage of the quest.

I proceeded on with my walk and after a half an hour I stumbled onto another Yard Sale. This one was a little bit different than the last. Almost all of the goods seemed to be personal possessions. There were several people that were running the sale and one of them I recognized. It was an older man, in his fifties that I had seen for many years. I struck up a conversation with him. "Are you so and so?" I asked. He replied yes with a little bit of shock. "My name is Will, do you remember me from way back when?" He replied "Oh my gosh. I haven't seen you since you were a little kid." We reminisced for a while about the old times and caught up on the status of our families. It was a strange set of events that brought me here to meet someone I hadn't seen in years. This buoyed my aspirations for the quest. We would have never reunited if it wasn't for the penny quest.

Now I was in a different stage of the penny quest. I would have to sell the candle.

I walked around the yard sale for a while, looking at all the items then I approached two women that were in charge of the yard sale." Would one of you be interested in buying this candle for a dollar?" They both looked at me like I was crazy. I could almost hear their thoughts.This is a yard Sale. We are Selling things, not buying them. Again I launched into my story of the penny quest. " Can I tell you a story?" They both nodded in amazement. "I had a dream that I found a penny and I turned it into a million dollars. Today I found a penny and with it I bought this candle. Now I am looking to sell it for a dollar." No sooner had I finished my story when one of the women scrambled for her fanny pack. She ruffled through it, pulled out a dollar and held it out for me.

I took the dollar and with a thankyou I handed her the candle. Neither she or her friend said anything. They just looked at the candle. As I walked away from the yard sale I found myself wondering if she would keep the candle.

Telling a story is a powerful thing. There is magic in stories and people are eager to participate in a story. I knew this was easy when the stake was only a dollar but this isn't going be of any help when the total gets higher. For now it is enough. Let's see what happened next.

I was a little bit flush with excitement. My penny quest had now taken another step and I had done a lot of walking so I head for home.

When I got home I Found a small frame for the dime that I had found with the penny and now I keep it on my desk as a reminder of my goal. Here is a picture of it.

I opened the sunday newspaper looking for another yard sale. I now had a dollar and I had to make good use of it. Let's see where this took me. I found an advertisement for a huge yard sale so I jumped in the car and went. Sure enough it was huge. I rummaged through the stuff looking for items that were a dollar. I found a cute set of Noah's ark bookends that were marked two dollars and right next to it was a cute Noah's ark frame marked one dollars.

I paid one dollar for this Noah's Ark bookends and picture frame. I would like to get Five dollars for the set. If you are interested in buying them go to the forum.

It didn't Sell on ebay. Here is the message they sent me:

But I did sell it!

Continue on with the quest.....

I am tracking my progress with the Google Calendar. You can see my progress and goals there.

The Penny Quest forum - News and information about the quest. Want to find out what the latest item is?