I Got Rich Because I Picked Up a Rock On The Beach!
the sea was lapping at the sand and I
could hear the waves roaring as they hit
the shore birds tweeted and called
around me while I walked down the beach
on that warm sunny morning everything
was peaceful and tranquil as it always
was when I took my morning walk until
suddenly it wasn't when I bent down to
pick up a pretty piece of coral my
golden retriever named Rufus suddenly
flew forward snatching his lead out of
my hand as he bolted ahead of me I
called his name so many times but he
didn't come back all of a sudden he
stopped and started staring down at
something in the sand he was snuffling
and moving pebbles around with his nose
then he started barking loudly and I was
totally lost I didn't understand why my
dog was barking like a madman I pinched
myself just to check if I was dreaming
since it seemed totally bizarre Rufus
was usually such a good boy I didn't
understand why he was disobeying me all
could hear the waves roaring as they hit
the shore birds tweeted and called
around me while I walked down the beach
on that warm sunny morning everything
was peaceful and tranquil as it always
was when I took my morning walk until
suddenly it wasn't when I bent down to
pick up a pretty piece of coral my
golden retriever named Rufus suddenly
flew forward snatching his lead out of
my hand as he bolted ahead of me I
called his name so many times but he
didn't come back all of a sudden he
stopped and started staring down at
something in the sand he was snuffling
and moving pebbles around with his nose
then he started barking loudly and I was
totally lost I didn't understand why my
dog was barking like a madman I pinched
myself just to check if I was dreaming
since it seemed totally bizarre Rufus
was usually such a good boy I didn't
understand why he was disobeying me all
understand why he was disobeying me all
of a sudden it wasn't like this was an
unusual thing for us to do we went to
the beach twice a day for walks every
day we would always walk down the sand
together
well I collected any pretty shells I
found along the way you see I did this
because my mom and I were desperate for
any extra cash we could get so I started
to make jewelry which I could then sell
at the local market every Sunday but we
were already almost finished with our
walk when I barely found anything good
enough for us to use yet it was really
disappointing
and I didn't have time to deal with
whatever issue Rufus suddenly decided to
have so I ran forward and grabbed him by
the collar
what the hell Rufus I asked before I
looked down and noticed why he was
acting so freaky
there was something huge poking out from
the sand that Rufus had dug up at first
I just wanted to pull him away and go
home because it stunk so bad it was like
vomit mixed with garbage I had to pinch
my nose to keep me from barfing come on
Rufus let's go I told him as I tried to
tuck him away again but he wouldn't
budge I sighed and shook my head I moved
away from the awful smell and decided to
just let him have his fun and take him
back once he got bored
but as time went on Rufus didn't give up
and I really really wanted to get home
fine you win I told him as I walked back
over to him I decided to take it home
with us so that Rufus could play with it
and I could get back and get on with my
homework so I took off my jacket and
wrapped up the awful smelling Rock it
was stupidly heavy though and I could
barely lift it but eventually I managed
to tuck it into my bag
as soon as Rufus saw that I had the
mysterious gray thing he ran up to me
and finally I was able to get home I
didn't think too much about the rock
after that I stuck it out in our
backyard where Rufus continued to sniff
it and try to play with it for the rest
of the day but after that it was pretty
much gone from my head it didn't help
that I had far worse things to worry
about because six months earlier my dad
had left my mom for another woman he
moved across the country and we hadn't
heard from him since my mom and I
couldn't really afford the rent on my
childhood home so we were selling
everything we owned to try and get the
money every month but we were running
of a sudden it wasn't like this was an
unusual thing for us to do we went to
the beach twice a day for walks every
day we would always walk down the sand
together
well I collected any pretty shells I
found along the way you see I did this
because my mom and I were desperate for
any extra cash we could get so I started
to make jewelry which I could then sell
at the local market every Sunday but we
were already almost finished with our
walk when I barely found anything good
enough for us to use yet it was really
disappointing
and I didn't have time to deal with
whatever issue Rufus suddenly decided to
have so I ran forward and grabbed him by
the collar
what the hell Rufus I asked before I
looked down and noticed why he was
acting so freaky
there was something huge poking out from
the sand that Rufus had dug up at first
I just wanted to pull him away and go
home because it stunk so bad it was like
vomit mixed with garbage I had to pinch
my nose to keep me from barfing come on
Rufus let's go I told him as I tried to
tuck him away again but he wouldn't
budge I sighed and shook my head I moved
away from the awful smell and decided to
just let him have his fun and take him
back once he got bored
but as time went on Rufus didn't give up
and I really really wanted to get home
fine you win I told him as I walked back
over to him I decided to take it home
with us so that Rufus could play with it
and I could get back and get on with my
homework so I took off my jacket and
wrapped up the awful smelling Rock it
was stupidly heavy though and I could
barely lift it but eventually I managed
to tuck it into my bag
as soon as Rufus saw that I had the
mysterious gray thing he ran up to me
and finally I was able to get home I
didn't think too much about the rock
after that I stuck it out in our
backyard where Rufus continued to sniff
it and try to play with it for the rest
of the day but after that it was pretty
much gone from my head it didn't help
that I had far worse things to worry
about because six months earlier my dad
had left my mom for another woman he
moved across the country and we hadn't
heard from him since my mom and I
couldn't really afford the rent on my
childhood home so we were selling
everything we owned to try and get the
money every month but we were running
out of things to sell the day after
Rufus and I found that strange rock on
the beach my mom showed me a letter that
made my blood run cold it was an
eviction notice I couldn't believe it
my heart felt like it shattered into a
million pieces not only had I lost my
father but now I was losing my home my
whole world felt like it was falling
apart everything happened so quickly
then my mom and I had to pack up the
little belongings we had left and found
a shelter that had room to take us in I
know it seems stupid but I brought the
rock with me since my dog had been so
fond of it so all I had left in the
world was my mom my dog some clothes and
this stupid rock the shelter wasn't
exactly amazing but it was nice to have
a roof over our heads it's some more
comfortable to sleep it beats sleeping
on the streets that's for sure the
people there were super weird though a
lot of them clearly had mental health
problems that they weren't getting any
help for sometimes I woke up in the
night to hear them screaming but one day
an old man with a horrible cough
stumbled into our room in the morning
and stood there just staring down at my
dog I was super freaked out and cuddled
up to my mom waiting for him to leave
but he didn't what are you staring at I
asked him he'd point it down at the rock
my dog was curled up with I couldn't
believe that was what he was looking at
it was so Stu
I laughed as a joke I asked if you
wanted to buy it from me straight away
the man's eyes lit up and he started
nodding I thought he was just another
crazy homeless guy
so I laughed and my mom did too until he
started getting angry at us he started
telling us that he wanted it and he
pulled money from his pocket trying to
hand it over to us it was strange that
he was so insistent and that he had so
much money at a homeless shelter I asked
him who he was and he said he was there
to visit someone I was surprised he
wasn't a crazy homeless man after all
Rufus and I found that strange rock on
the beach my mom showed me a letter that
made my blood run cold it was an
eviction notice I couldn't believe it
my heart felt like it shattered into a
million pieces not only had I lost my
father but now I was losing my home my
whole world felt like it was falling
apart everything happened so quickly
then my mom and I had to pack up the
little belongings we had left and found
a shelter that had room to take us in I
know it seems stupid but I brought the
rock with me since my dog had been so
fond of it so all I had left in the
world was my mom my dog some clothes and
this stupid rock the shelter wasn't
exactly amazing but it was nice to have
a roof over our heads it's some more
comfortable to sleep it beats sleeping
on the streets that's for sure the
people there were super weird though a
lot of them clearly had mental health
problems that they weren't getting any
help for sometimes I woke up in the
night to hear them screaming but one day
an old man with a horrible cough
stumbled into our room in the morning
and stood there just staring down at my
dog I was super freaked out and cuddled
up to my mom waiting for him to leave
but he didn't what are you staring at I
asked him he'd point it down at the rock
my dog was curled up with I couldn't
believe that was what he was looking at
it was so Stu
I laughed as a joke I asked if you
wanted to buy it from me straight away
the man's eyes lit up and he started
nodding I thought he was just another
crazy homeless guy
so I laughed and my mom did too until he
started getting angry at us he started
telling us that he wanted it and he
pulled money from his pocket trying to
hand it over to us it was strange that
he was so insistent and that he had so
much money at a homeless shelter I asked
him who he was and he said he was there
to visit someone I was surprised he
wasn't a crazy homeless man after all
and he was really interested in my dog's
weird rock I'll give you 500 dollars for
it he told me and I had to stop my jaw
from dropping how about a thousand I
replied thinking I would scare him off
er he would stop teasing me the man
nodded and started pulling more cash out
of his wallet I couldn't believe my eyes
this wasn't a joke and that man was
really trying to buy the rock for $1000
what did he know about the rock that I
didn't it was getting creepy and weird
so I ended up telling the guy to leave
he protested at first and told me I
should take the money since I was
homeless I almost caves right then and
there after all one thousand dollars
could get us an apartment for a month
together but something just didn't feel
right I needed to find out what on earth
this rock was and fast so I packed it in
my bag one day and took it over to my
friend Joe's house he's a bit of a
science geek and he knows a lot about
the ocean I thought maybe he could help
me but when I took it out Joe didn't
have the faintest clue about what it
might be we checked his books about the
sea for a while and tried to identify
whether it was some kind of precious
stone or gem but it didn't match
anything we found feeling sad and
hopeless I went back to the shelter then
I had the biggest shock ever my mom was
sat in the middle of the room crying and
hugging my dog everything in our room
had been torn apart tipped over and
ripped our beds were covered in feathers
and our clothes were strewn across the
room I just didn't understand what
happened and my mom was too upset to
explain anything one of the wardens at
the shelter came to check on us and help
us get everything back to the way it was
well at least as much as they could
when I asked them what had happened
while I was gone he said that it looked
like we had been robbed
I was so confused why would anyone rob
us we were living in a shelter we
wouldn't be here if we had any money the
warden said that people can get
desperate and maybe they thought we had
something worth selling and that's when
it hit me it had to be the strange Rock
right there was just no other
weird rock I'll give you 500 dollars for
it he told me and I had to stop my jaw
from dropping how about a thousand I
replied thinking I would scare him off
er he would stop teasing me the man
nodded and started pulling more cash out
of his wallet I couldn't believe my eyes
this wasn't a joke and that man was
really trying to buy the rock for $1000
what did he know about the rock that I
didn't it was getting creepy and weird
so I ended up telling the guy to leave
he protested at first and told me I
should take the money since I was
homeless I almost caves right then and
there after all one thousand dollars
could get us an apartment for a month
together but something just didn't feel
right I needed to find out what on earth
this rock was and fast so I packed it in
my bag one day and took it over to my
friend Joe's house he's a bit of a
science geek and he knows a lot about
the ocean I thought maybe he could help
me but when I took it out Joe didn't
have the faintest clue about what it
might be we checked his books about the
sea for a while and tried to identify
whether it was some kind of precious
stone or gem but it didn't match
anything we found feeling sad and
hopeless I went back to the shelter then
I had the biggest shock ever my mom was
sat in the middle of the room crying and
hugging my dog everything in our room
had been torn apart tipped over and
ripped our beds were covered in feathers
and our clothes were strewn across the
room I just didn't understand what
happened and my mom was too upset to
explain anything one of the wardens at
the shelter came to check on us and help
us get everything back to the way it was
well at least as much as they could
when I asked them what had happened
while I was gone he said that it looked
like we had been robbed
I was so confused why would anyone rob
us we were living in a shelter we
wouldn't be here if we had any money the
warden said that people can get
desperate and maybe they thought we had
something worth selling and that's when
it hit me it had to be the strange Rock
right there was just no other
explanation I needed to find out more so
I went back to Joe and asked him to hide
the rock at his house for me while I
investigated I didn't want to risk it
getting stolen Joe agreed and we started
to delve deeper into the Internet Joe
ended up searching for similar stories
to mine in local newspapers and what we
found changed everything Joe said that
every few years people have found
horrible smelling rocks in the sand
which have been worth a lot of money he
found a picture of a woman holding one
that was way smaller than mine and it
said that her sold for $10,000
apparently it was called ambergris and
it was actually whale vomit
I couldn't believe I'd been carrying
around whale vomit it was so bizarre
that's when I started to think that it
had to be some kind of joke but when Joe
showed me the proof I almost fainted Joe
and I decided to contact some businesses
online to get an estimate for what it
was worth since we had such a huge piece
lots of people came from all over the
state to inspect it after a few days I
started getting crazy offers to buy a
mysterious Rock one person offered
$300,000 for it then the next offered
$400,000 Joe and I were absolutely
shocked I didn't know what to do this
sort of money would change my life but I
didn't want to rush into anything I told
them I needed to think about it I wanted
to tell my mom but I didn't want her to
get her hopes up and I thought maybe it
would be a nice surprise for her as I
was entering the shelter that night I
was confronted by the strange old man
again this time however he didn't want
to talk he ran straight for me and
grabbed my bag he ripped it off my arm
and searched inside it where is it
little girl he snapped at me I knew he
wanted the ambergris and I was so glad I
left it at Joe's to keep it safe I've
sold it you'll never get it I told him
that's when he went crazy he surged
forward and tried to grab me I screamed
and closed my eyes but nothing happened
after a few seconds I opened my eyes to
see something amazing
had run out and jumped on the old man
knocking him unconscious
he had protected me from him I raced
toward him and hugged him close I told
him he was such a good boy and I really
meant it right from the start
Rufus had been looking after me and he'd
even found a way for Mao and me to make
the money we needed to be secure again
the shelter called the police
after I told them I was almost assaulted
the man was taken away and told he was
never allowed in the shelter again I was
so relieved but I still had the amber
grace to sell the next day I decided I
wanted to get it over and done with I
checked my emails and just as I was
about to accept the offer for $400,000
my phone beeped
it was another email from a perfume
company they wanted to buy the rock for
$500,000 I couldn't believe it I cried
with happiness and accepted so what did
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I went back to Joe and asked him to hide
the rock at his house for me while I
investigated I didn't want to risk it
getting stolen Joe agreed and we started
to delve deeper into the Internet Joe
ended up searching for similar stories
to mine in local newspapers and what we
found changed everything Joe said that
every few years people have found
horrible smelling rocks in the sand
which have been worth a lot of money he
found a picture of a woman holding one
that was way smaller than mine and it
said that her sold for $10,000
apparently it was called ambergris and
it was actually whale vomit
I couldn't believe I'd been carrying
around whale vomit it was so bizarre
that's when I started to think that it
had to be some kind of joke but when Joe
showed me the proof I almost fainted Joe
and I decided to contact some businesses
online to get an estimate for what it
was worth since we had such a huge piece
lots of people came from all over the
state to inspect it after a few days I
started getting crazy offers to buy a
mysterious Rock one person offered
$300,000 for it then the next offered
$400,000 Joe and I were absolutely
shocked I didn't know what to do this
sort of money would change my life but I
didn't want to rush into anything I told
them I needed to think about it I wanted
to tell my mom but I didn't want her to
get her hopes up and I thought maybe it
would be a nice surprise for her as I
was entering the shelter that night I
was confronted by the strange old man
again this time however he didn't want
to talk he ran straight for me and
grabbed my bag he ripped it off my arm
and searched inside it where is it
little girl he snapped at me I knew he
wanted the ambergris and I was so glad I
left it at Joe's to keep it safe I've
sold it you'll never get it I told him
that's when he went crazy he surged
forward and tried to grab me I screamed
and closed my eyes but nothing happened
after a few seconds I opened my eyes to
see something amazing
had run out and jumped on the old man
knocking him unconscious
he had protected me from him I raced
toward him and hugged him close I told
him he was such a good boy and I really
meant it right from the start
Rufus had been looking after me and he'd
even found a way for Mao and me to make
the money we needed to be secure again
the shelter called the police
after I told them I was almost assaulted
the man was taken away and told he was
never allowed in the shelter again I was
so relieved but I still had the amber
grace to sell the next day I decided I
wanted to get it over and done with I
checked my emails and just as I was
about to accept the offer for $400,000
my phone beeped
it was another email from a perfume
company they wanted to buy the rock for
$500,000 I couldn't believe it I cried
with happiness and accepted so what did
you think of my story remember to Like
comment and subscribe for more content
you
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