Story in a Box

The story in a box is about a man, John Brady, who has travelled to many different countries of the world and has gathered artifacts of those places to remind him of the countrys' rich histories and his trips. He has stored all his artifacts in a box. the box contains a wallet, ruler, name stamp, canoe, three chestnuts, a Mediterranean house, a head statue, a vessel, statues of a Native American drummer and  one of an Egyptian man, a clay plate and a fancy piece of velvet cloth. He also has a ruler in the box which he has used to make the objects in the box.Each and every item in the box shares a particular story with him. For example, the statue of the Native American  drumming tells him about the rich history of early America which has almost been lost  over the decades. The statues is a small but meaningful remembrance of the special rituals of the early inhabitants of America. The Egyptian statue symbolizes how early early Egyptians were able to hand craft magnificent statues and pyramids with only their bare hands and chisel and without the technologies that modern men are so dependant on.

Not all the artifacts were bought from the different countries the man has visited. Brady has personally hand-crafted sum of the artifacts . Not only does the artifacts tells us a story about the countries Brady has visited but also tells us that he  has a interest to practice the art of making something with his own hands. the hand-crafting not only makes him more skilled but also makes him realise how difficult it was for people back in the days to develop something without modern technology.In the box, Brady has a hand-made Mediterranean house, a canoe,a clay plate, and a leather wallet. The canoe reminds Brady of how people travelled before the modern methods of tranportations.

On one of his visits to China and the surrounding countries, Brady has gathered a piece of cloth. Perhaps this reminds him of the Great Silk routes which used to exist in Asia. Countries in Asia were and still are well known for their silk.

Of all the artifacts, I am yet to find out the answer as to why Brady has kept three chestnuts in the box. It is the only artifact that that is more than one in numbers, three to be exact. What does the number '3' symbolize for Brady? Or is it that the number '3' holds no significance at all.