CHAPTER 101 Then Harry turned to reenter his Silver Cloud and depart,
2 But the children stopped him, saying,
3 "Wait!
4 "Hey, don't go!
5 "We are not sure we heard you right,
6 "And could you, like, say it again,
7 "Like the part about aten thousand dollars,
8 b"In cash?"
CHAPTER 111 Pausing by the open door of the Silver Cloud, Harry pulled ten thousand dollars in cash from the breast pocket of his suit,
2 And showed it to the children,
3 Whose eyes suddenly shone like fire for the first time since Harry had arrived,
4 And several of them reached out their hands as if to take the money,
5 But Harry merely laughed and put it back in his pocket, saying, Truly, I am sorry,
6 For I would like to give you the money,
7 But I could not forgive myself if I had played a part in corrupting you,
8 And I know that cGreat Idealists such as yourselves would not wish to burden the dconscience of another by ecompromising your principles in this fashion.
CHAPTER 121 Then the children were sore distressed,
2 And could not think of anything to say,
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3 Because they were not very quick-witted,
4 At all,
5 And so they looked at Harry with a lot of tragic looks,
6 And tears slipped down their cheeks as he got into his Silver Cloud,
7 And they surged forward eagerly when, just before closing the door, he poked his head out to say,
8 On this day, you have had an important lesson,
9 From fHarry.
10 If you care about having money and gthings,
11 hDo not lie to yourselves about it,
12 And cloud your heads with lots of stupid ideals,
13 iBecause you are not that smart anyway,
14 And if you want money and things, you had better jadmit it to yourself,
15 And do whatever is necessary,
16 kNo matter who gets hurt,
17 And forget about the lmasses,
18 Because you've never even met them,
19 And if you had, you would find that they don't care about you,
20 And they would cut your throats for even the slightest chance at ten thousand dollars in cash,
21 And don't you forget it.
22 Is that a good enough lesson for ten thousand dollars?
23 Well then, here's something for free:
24 mIf you want to nshare something, share the wealth,
25 Because the Most Chosen Nation on Earth has plenty of it,
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