There's Gold In Them Hills

A child strikes it rich during the gold rush.

Photo by Wilhelm Gunkel on Unsplash

“Gold!” Ethan yelled at the top of his lungs. He stared at the pan in his hand, dumbfounded and a bit awestruck. It is not that he had never seen gold before, but he had never been the one to hold more than a dusting. He rushed up the embankment and threw the large chunk of rock into his bag. In a flash he was gone, ma…