"SHINY BONES"
Synopsis
ONCE UPON A TIME, IN A CITY WHERE THE RICH AND THE POOR LIVED SIDE BY SIDE WITHOUT EVER MINGLING, THERE WAS A GATEKEEPER. FRIENDLY TO THE RICH. CONTEMPTUOUS TOWARDS THE MODEST. HIS LIFE CONSISTED OF MANIPULATING THIS GATE AS LUXURY CARS PASSED BY WHILE KEEPING THE COMMON PEOPLE AT A DISTANCE. SECRETLY, HE WISHES TO CROSS OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE, TO ATTEND ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL EVENINGS ORGANISED BY MADAME: A RICH WOMAN WHO OWNS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PALACE AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL JEWELS. ONE DAY, AS HE IS ABOUT TO TAKE UP HIS POSITION, HE NOTICES THE APPEARANCE OF A NEW SHOP. A DIAMOND MERCHANT HAS JUST SET UP SHOP A FEW METRES AWAY FROM HIM. A MAN WITH THE APPEARANCE OF A DEVIL PROMISED THE GUARDIAN WEALTH AND PROSPERITY - THE PASSAGE TO THE OTHER SIDE - ON THE CONDITION THAT THE LATTER AGREED TO SELL HIM HIS BONES TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO DIAMONDS. THE GUARDIAN AGREED TO THE DEAL AND SOLD HIS BONES TO THE DIAMOND MERCHANT.

