Wasn't he just going down this hill a few months ago?
They can't tell who it is but it must be the heir to the Rich fortune, because he's the only child in these parts who does not understand the value of money. What it represents. How something that has no intrinsic worth can be the reward for hours of struggle, how it can be used to assure a temporary respite from the battering fists of fate. How just a few of those pieces of paper can buy relief from a troubled tooth, or medicine for an ailing infant. He has no idea.
Let's gather up the money and - ah, crap, he's got a robot coming behind scoooping it up. |