This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “The blue glass vase,” by Gretchen Wertlieb, 15, of South Burlington. Artwork is “Blooms,” by Alayna Cole, from the YWP Media Library.

A Blue-and-White Dragon Vase Just Sold for $7.5 Million—More Than 4,000 Times Its $1,900 Estimate "It exceeds the price of Napoleon's saber!" said the flabbergasted French auctioneer.