Imagine, it is the mid 1800's and you live in China. You've heard that there is a gold rush going on Australia and you've decided to try your luck. You're getting ready to leave China and collecting up things to bring with you. Your whole village is involved and they've sent people to the gold fields before. They've told you to take some items with you to trade, and amongst them is a ginger jar.
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Imagine, you are a child living in the 1800's or before. You aren't well off, and you don't have a lot of toys. Those that you do have are treasured. One of your favourite games is to go out with your friends into the streets or the fields and play marbles, using your collection of clay and stone marbles. Today, you were really lucky. Although you didn't win the game, you found a perfect stone to use as a marble if you grind it down a little and you also found a new supply of clay to make marbles!
