The Gotitright family has ruled over the Blue Planet for two hundred eight years and every twenty years since 1908 the Committee of Twelve performs an ancient tradition, in which they compete against each other for the privilege of selecting a writer, to update, ‘The Road to Glory: the History of the Gotitright Family.’ This primitive custom insured The Committee of Twelve a stress free day. Therefore, they enter into the competition with no apprehension and partake in numerous rounds of rock, paper and scissors, in which the loser wins the honor of selecting a writer from the Committee’s Approved List. At noon on the first of January in 2328, the Selection Ceremony commenced. Normally, the Committee members wore the traditional
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Focusing his attention on Decree – 59867, he recalled, bits and pieces of conversations, concerning the Gotitright family, which he had overheard in various places, throughout the years – that family thinks truth and lies are synonyms - they reek of rot - the old goat should have fallen in 2127 - documentation to support the argument - read the book – secrets locked away. One thought lead to another and he remembered another fragment of folklore that in 2127 seven members of the Committee drowned in a boating accident and rumor had it each one had a horrible fear of water. This recollection led him straight to the night his father died, thirty-two years ago. In his mind’s eye, he vividly saw his father and clearly heard his dying words, which he barley whispered - family tradition - secrets - safe - family vault. As he recalls, three days after his father’s funeral, he opened the safe, located in the family vault, and when he saw it only contained a copy of the 1908 edition of ‘The Road to Glory: the History of the Gotitright Family,’ he laughed so hard he cried, because he thought his father had played a joke on him, since everyone knew if you had read one edition of that book - you had read them all. Hence, he locked the safe, with the book inside, and up until now hadn’t given it a second
Focusing his attention on Decree – 59867, he recalled, bits and pieces of conversations, concerning the Gotitright family, which he had overheard in various places, throughout the years – that family thinks truth and lies are synonyms - they reek of rot - the old goat should have fallen in 2127 - documentation to support the argument - read the book – secrets locked away. One thought lead to another and he remembered another fragment of folklore that in 2127 seven members of the Committee drowned in a boating accident and rumor had it each one had a horrible fear of water. This recollection led him straight to the night his father died, thirty-two years ago. In his mind’s eye, he vividly saw his father and clearly heard his dying words, which he barley whispered - family tradition - secrets - safe - family vault. As he recalls, three days after his father’s funeral, he opened the safe, located in the family vault, and when he saw it only contained a copy of the 1908 edition of ‘The Road to Glory: the History of the Gotitright Family,’ he laughed so hard he cried, because he thought his father had played a joke on him, since everyone knew if you had read one edition of that book - you had read them all. Hence, he locked the safe, with the book inside, and up until now hadn’t given it a second