Under the rubble, a golden key lay...

Under the rubble, a golden key lay. Well, it wasn't really a key in the physical sense of the word. It was actually a piece of hay. But it was a key, or, at least, it had been, to many great things.
It had once belonged to a farmer named Jorden. Jorden wasn't very smart. Most people called him stupid, and for the most part, they were right. Jorden did stupid things, like jumping off the barn to see if he could fly, or buying beans from a funny looking man at the market.
However, whenever Jorden put a certain piece of hay into his mouth, something changed. Something big changed. Philosophy, art, drama, history, and physics all showed him their faces. Whenever he chewed on his golden key, he was the smartest man in the world. He kept it in a very special drawer in his house, and used it whenever he could.
One day, a man sold Jorden a piece of dynamite. Jorden thought it would be fun to light. He wanted to see if the explosion would be as big as the man claimed. So he took it into his house, and found a match. He thought about the piece of straw, but was impatient. He wanted to get on with the fun. So he lit the match, and watched the fuse burn. How big could it be?
Under the rubble, a golden key lay. Well, it wasn't really a key in the physical sense of the word. It was actually a piece of hay. But it was a key, or, at least, it had been, to many great things.