How Ben Ventor the Boy Inventor Handles Secrets!

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Short Bedtime Stories Presents: How Ben Ventor the Boy Inventor Handles Secrets

Ben heard his sister whispering to Peter. The problem was he could not hear what she said exactly. All he heard was lots of mumbling and the word "Ben."

    "Mom," Ben called across the house. "Fran is talking about me to Peter again."

    "Mom," Fran said, beginning to imitate Ben. "Fran's is talking about me."  She threw in an extra crying sound just to bug Ben even more. "How do you know I wasn't complementing you?"

    "Because I have never heard you say a nice thing about me ever," Ben replied with his masterful deductive reasoning skills.

    "I've told you how nice your breath smells in the morning," she said sarcastically.

    "Funny," Ben said with a grumpy and unappreciative smile.             

Ben did not really think her comment was funny, but it did give him an idea for another invention.

    Three days later, Ben was sitting in his bedroom listening to a teeny tiny radio that looked like a hearing aid in his ear.

     "Ben, thinks he is so cool, Peter." Ben's eyebrows went up in excitement, happy to see his invention was working.  "But, he is not.  In fact, sometimes I have to wonder if we are related."

    Now, Ben was faced with a tough decision. Should he go downstairs and tell Fran that he was listening when she said what she said, or should he not say anything and listen to her forever more? 

     Tough choice.

    "You don't have to wonder if we are related, Fran," said Ben bounding down the stairs. "You were just unfortunate not to have inherited any of the good looks or charm from Mom and Dad like myself."

    Fran stopped what she was doing and looked at Ben seriously. "How did you know I said that?" she asked, a little outraged.

    "This," Ben said, turning sideways so she could see the little radio in his ear.

    "What is that," Ben's dad said excitedly as he came into the room. If there was anyone who was into Ben's inventions, it was his dad.

    "It's a hear-it-all." Ben said, pulling it out of his ear and handing it to his dad.

    "It just makes you hear better?" His dad said, unimpressed. "I hate to break it to you, but they already have one of those."

    "It does make you hear better," agreed Ben, "but the invention part is that it allows you to hear anything anyone says about you from where ever they are in the whole world."

    "So, if grandpa says I am a creep in Florida and I am in Utah, I would hear every word of it?" His dad asked to clarify.

    "That is exactly right," said Ben. "In fact someone is saying something about me now."

    Ben looked down to focus in on what was being said. He soon looked concerned.  "I guess my teacher at school was not nearly as pleased with me as I always thought she was," Ben said, now visibly upset.

     His dad caught on to Ben being upset.  He gave Ben a comforting smile then walked outside the back door.  It was puzzling at first until on his hear-it all, Ben heard his dad whisper, "Ben is a brilliant inventor, and I love him."

How the hear-it-all is used today:  Police listen to what the bad guys say about the person that is missing, and then find the missing person quickly. Moms and Dads listen to what their bosses say about them, and then quickly fix the problem. Kids listen to what the girl they like says about them and then quickly run away.

How much did Ben sell the hear-it-all for: 313 million dollars

What did Ben do with the money:  He bought his mom a working 30 person spa for his back yard. Every day his mom would go out there for a mud bath, a sauna, and daily massages.




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