9 "And when can we go somewhere else,
10 "And experience the big time,
11 "Once again?"
12 And then Harry replied to them, saying,
13 I guess it is time for me to tell you a little story,
14 Because it is always the option of a man in my position to answer questions with cute little stories,
15 Which may be told,
16 And retold,
17 Until people are sick of them.
18 And truly, I have not done nearly enough of this,
19 So far.
CHAPTER 691 And then, as the followers looked one to another in bewilderment, Harry told them a astory, in these words:
2 bThere was once a father who had two children, and he loved them equally, and divided up all his belongings, and said to them, "Here are all my belongings, which will belong to you one day.
3 "For now, I wish to show you which of you shall get which belongings, so that you will know that I love you equally, and have not given more to the one than the other."
4 But when they had seen the belongings that would come to them, the two sons were surprised at how many belongings their father had amassed, and grew cdesirous of enjoying them right away.
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5 dSo they soon approached their father and said, "Father, you are old and we are young, and we would like to enjoy our belongings now, while we still have our health."
6 And because the father loved his two sons, he did as they asked, and gave them all his belongings, divided in the way he had promised, keeping out only the smallest part of them so that he could still buy food and have a eroof over his head.
7 When they saw that their father had held back some of his belongings, the two sons were vexed and fangry, and reproached their father, saying, g"This is not what you promised, and truly we believe you never loved us and never cared about us, but are a selfish old man, and we hate you."
8 Then they took their new belongings and departed from their father, uttering many more harsh words as they went,
9 And went to a great city, and spent everything they had on hfast cars, and iloose women, and jintoxicants of every variety, until they ran out of kmoney, and had no choice but to return home.
10 When they approached their father's miserable one-room apartment, they were afraid of his wrath, and all the lterrible things he would say to them, but they had nowhere else to go.
11 But when he saw them on the doorstep, their father knew immediately what had happened and said, "I am happy you are home, boys. I have missed you terribly, and if I had any money we would celebrate your return, but if we are all thrifty, then the three of us can just get by on what we have left. But that is all right, because this is our home, and I am your family, and this is where you belong.m"
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