1. I was sitting on a chair in the living room shelling fresh peas.
2. A pea escaped and rolled under my chair.
3. I saw it go under.
4. I immediately lumbered down to the floor to retrieve it, but it was not there.
5. It is a bare tile floor and there is no other nearby furniture under which a pea could hide.
6. I had a clear view in all directions and there was certainly no pea. I looked all around very carefully. No pea.
7. Anywhere.
8. Instead, there was this fifty-centime piece sitting right where the pea should have been.
9. Earlier in the day, Jonathan and I had been talking about money -- specifically, how to get some more of it.
10. Obviously, the pea had changed itself into the coin.
11. There is no other explanation.
12. This house is enchanted.
(13. p.s. I know what you're thinking, but we ate the rest of the peas.)
