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For seventy years, Liam had chased every rainbow to capture a
leprechaun and his pot of gold. Knowing that this would be his last rainbow,
Liam slowly hobbled to the Hill of Tara.
Gasping in surprise, there sat his leprechaun.
Liam threw his rope and wrapped it around the green fella. “Ha! I’ve caught you at last! Give me your όr (gold), you rόgaile (rascal)!”
The leprechaun sighed. “Have ye caught me at last, Liam? Been
lookin’ for the όr all yer life, fear (man). I’ll give ye the gold.”
With that, he pulled out the latest Apple phone with all the doodads that anyone could want. He typed in something official, texting in some account numbers. “Here you go!” and handed it to Liam. "Yer gold is ready. Get it when ever you want."
“What? WHAT? Bitcoins?
Really?” Liam gasped.
“You bin livin' in the past, boyo." the little fellow stood up, brushed himself off, and explained. "ONE coin is worth about $68,000 USD. Ye have der enough gold there to buy yerself a small country." With that, the tiny man disappeared.
Liam whistled after he figured out that he was indeed a very rich man.
The wee man left a wallet filled with ₤1,000 as an extra gift, which in American dollars
is roughly $4,000. Liam hobbled over to
it and headed to O'Flanagan's Pub.
No
more End of the Rainbows. Hoist a pint with me, lads. I am a-buying.
Liam got lucky at last. I had a rainbow land in my backyard once in the 1970s but the pot of gold must have been at the other end, because we couldn't see one.
ReplyDeleteWhen we lived in Ireland, we saw frequent rainbows, even double rainbows. No gold there either.
DeleteAnd he better cash in that bitcoin quick as prices fluctuate often!!
ReplyDeleteWho knows if he will? I hope he had a brilliant grandchild who can show him what to do.
DeleteSuch an imaginative story, Susan. I still don't understand Bitcoin, though, do you? Have a beautiful day filled with rainbows!
ReplyDeleteI don't understand that either. But it worked for the story.
DeleteAnd I know Liam is gonna enjoy his treasure, at least on this round. Love it. Good story!
ReplyDeletealways good to see your name, Jack! Liam will enjoy the last days of his life.
DeleteBetter do something with those bitcoins before that scheme goes a crashing in.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't think of the current currency name, so I used BitCoin.
DeleteA modern leprechaun, will wonders never cease.
ReplyDeleteThe original saying of the Irish didn’t put a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. It was something to the effect that you are more likely to find a leprechaun’s pot of gold than find the end of a rainbow, and somehow people started thinking that must be where the little ones hide their gold, I’m not sure why.
The modern version still says that the leprechaun's gold is at the end of the rainbow. We have looked for many at different rainbows with no luck.
DeleteSo fill to me the parting glass
ReplyDeleteAnd drink a health whate’er befall
And gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all
The Parting Glass is one of my favorite Irish songs.
DeleteDid Liam get the bitcoin account password?
ReplyDeleteSure hope so. That would be too cruel.
DeleteLiam got snookered. Bit coin is so volatile. One day it's worth a lot and the next it's worth nothing.
ReplyDeleteI wrote this back in 2014 when bitcoin was the new and upcoming thing. Hopefully Liam will be wise and careful
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