9 Until all were much relieved,
10 And ready for a speech from Harry,
11 aExcepting one or two followers who desired to go to a hotel,
12 And experience the joys of broom service,
13 Which they did.
CHAPTER 281 In the days following Harry's great entrance into the City of Brotherly Love,
2 cHarry and his followers made many friends,
3 And went many dplaces,
4 Because Harry's wisdom was much in demand,
5 And everywhere they went, the people of Philadelphia asked him many questions about how to be,
6 And listened very carefully to his answers,
7 eBecause they liked what he had to say,
8 And no matter where they went,
9 There was no occasion when Harry charged an appearance fee,
10 Or sold tickets,
11 Or arranged for the sale of T-shirts or pennants or bumper stickers,
12 Even though there were many who would have paid through the nose for such things,
13 And whenever one of his followers questioned him about lost opportunities of this kind,
14 Harry would simply shake his head and say, fI must be about my own business,
15 And leave the selling of peanuts to peanut vendors,
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16 gBecause I am not here for peanuts,
17 At all.
CHAPTER 291 And so it happened that there were no appearance fees or ticket turnstiles anywhere in sight when Harry visited a great Institute in Philadelphia,
2 hWhich had been named after one of the city's greatest citizens,
3 And hundreds of people accompanied Harry on his tour of this very famous Institute,
4 Where he saw many scientific devices,
5 And other peculiar things,
6 Including a plastic human heart the size of an elephant,
7 Which Harry walked through with some of his followers,
8 And when some of them remarked that it was all a waste of time,
9 And that the plastic ventricles and the red light and the big beating sound were too phony to believe,
10 Harry chastised them, saying, You are ungrateful followers indeed:
11 Here is a city which has gone out of its way to show you what a big heart it has,
12 And instead of being impressed,
13 You carp like natives,
14 And talk about how iplastic and jphony it all is,
15 As if it mattered,
16 kWhich it doesn't,
17 At all,
18 Unless you take advantage of this great opportunity to learn that immense power can be gained with nothing more than a smile,
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