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| A cash cow on a hill of beans, earlier. |
"Dad! Dad! Tell us about the brewpooch shares and the Asset Matcher, please?"
"I'm sorry kids," said the nice Woodsman, "that's far too complicated a story for your young heads, but I'll tell you the story of the cows and the beans. And then you must go to sleep, you rascals."
"Once upon a time, a group of feeble-minded sons of poor widows agreed to meet up. It so happens that they'd all swapped cows for magic beans. Now, some of those widow's sons had many more magic beans than they knew what to do with, while others felt that more beans would be a good thing and so brought additional cows with them to the meeting, in the hope of making more swaps. So the meeting hall filled up with sons, cows and beans. And the doors were barred.
"Inside the hall (we're told) many swaps were made, many cows and beans changed owners, and everybody had a lovely time. Some, who on that far-off day when they'd first heard of the magic beans, had only one cow, now had two cows! Everybody felt they'd done well, and everyone expected to live happily ever after.
"The End."
The nice Woodsman stood up and snuffed the candle, "Now, you two, snuggle down and off to sleep"
"But Dad! What about the beans? Were they really magic?"
The woodsman shook his head, "We'll never know, for the widow's sons and all their cows and beans are all locked in the meeting hall, to this day".
"Good night!"
"I'm sorry kids," said the nice Woodsman, "that's far too complicated a story for your young heads, but I'll tell you the story of the cows and the beans. And then you must go to sleep, you rascals."
"Once upon a time, a group of feeble-minded sons of poor widows agreed to meet up. It so happens that they'd all swapped cows for magic beans. Now, some of those widow's sons had many more magic beans than they knew what to do with, while others felt that more beans would be a good thing and so brought additional cows with them to the meeting, in the hope of making more swaps. So the meeting hall filled up with sons, cows and beans. And the doors were barred.
"Inside the hall (we're told) many swaps were made, many cows and beans changed owners, and everybody had a lovely time. Some, who on that far-off day when they'd first heard of the magic beans, had only one cow, now had two cows! Everybody felt they'd done well, and everyone expected to live happily ever after.
"The End."
The nice Woodsman stood up and snuffed the candle, "Now, you two, snuggle down and off to sleep"
"But Dad! What about the beans? Were they really magic?"
The woodsman shook his head, "We'll never know, for the widow's sons and all their cows and beans are all locked in the meeting hall, to this day".
"Good night!"
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