17 Until all the children in the tall grass had had their fill.
18 And then the two young Angels went among them with garbage bags,
19 Gathering up all the tubes that had not been inhaled,
20 aWhich numbered more than fifty tubes,
21 And all the potato chips and cheese curls that had not been eaten,
22 bWhich numbered more than ten garbage bags full to overflowing,
23 Whereupon the children cried out to Harry, saying,
24 "Wow!
25 "We are ready to listen now."
CHAPTER 71 As I was saying, said Harry,
2 cWhat is it that you all think is so great about being poor?
3 Is this the way you're planning to live forever,
4 With no delectricity for your Great Music,
5 And no efood for your Great Appetites,
6 And no excrement for your Great Minds?
7 Surely, this is a sorry state of affairs for a fGreat New Generation like you,
8 gWho deserve everything you could possibly want,
9 hJust because you were born.
CHAPTER 81 When Harry had said this, one of the children replied to him, saying,
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2 "Yes, we are a iGreat New Generation,
3 "And, like, we know we deserve more than this,
4 "But we do not buy into the whole jcapitalist trip,
5 "And the kexploitation of the masses and all that,
6 "And so we believe in peace and llove instead,
7 "And, like, msharing,
8 "And, you know, nsharing,
9 "Which is better than, like, taking the food out of the mouths of the masses,
10 "And other oppressive excrement like that."
CHAPTER 91 Very well put indeed, returned Harry,
2 And a telling blow to those who say that you are not a Great New Generation,
3 But a spoiled, ignorant, inarticulate pack of unwashed children who mistake platitudes for philosophy,
4 oCant for political science,
5 pSlogans for ideas,
6 qAnd self-indulgence for righteousness.
7 Truly I am overwhelmed by your exalted morality,
8 And I am bereft that I have nothing to offer you but this meager ten thousand dollars,
9 In cash,
10 Which I would have given you for your very own,
11 Except that you have shamed me with your extraordinary social consciousness.
12 And now, I have nothing left to say to you but farewell,
13 And have a nice life,
14 For as long as it lasts.
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