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But he acted upon the hint, and the next morning when Mary came down the stairway, he asked, "What do you want for a toy?" She began to tell him she would like a doll's bed, a doll's washstand, a doll's carriage, a little doll's umbrella, and went on with a list of things that would take him a lifetime to supply. BUT HE ACTED UPON THE HINT AND THE NEXT MORNING WHEN MARY CAME DOWN THE STAIRWAY HE ASKED WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR A TOY SHE BEGAN TO TELL HIM SHE WOULD LIKE A DOLL'S BED A DOLL'S WASH STEAD A DOLL'S CARRIAGE A LITTLE DOLL'S UMBRELLA AND WENT ON WITH A LIST OF THINGS THAT IT WOULD TAKE A LIFETIME TO SUPPLY
business very soon on the same plan. Young man, remember if you know what people need you have gotten more knowledge of a fortune than any amount of capital can give you. There was a poor man out of work living in Hingham, Massachusetts. He lounged around the house until one day his wife told him to get out and work, and, as he lived in Massachusetts, he obeyed his wife. He went out and sat down on the shore of the bay, and whittled a soaked shingle into a wooden chain. His children that evening quarreled over it, and he whittled a second one to keep peace. While he was whittling the second one a neighbor came in and said: “Why don’t you whittle toys and sell them? You could make money at that.” “Oh,” he said, “I would not know what to make.” “Why don’t you ask your own children right here in your own house what to make?” “What is the use of trying that?” said the carpenter. “My children are different from other people’s children.” (I used to see people like that when I taught school.) BECAUSE WE ARE ALL GOING INTO BUSINESS VERY SOON ON THE SAME PLAN YOUNG MAN REMEMBER IF YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE NEED AND YOU HAVE GOT MORE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FORTUNE THAN ANY AMOUNT OF CAPITAL CAN GIVE YOU THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN OUT OF WORK LIVING IN HINGHAM MASSACHUSETTS HE LOUNGED AROUND THE HOUSE UNTIL ONE DAY HIS WIFE TOLD HIM TO GET OUT AND WORK AND AS HE LIVED IN MASSACHUSETTS HE OBEYED HIS WIFE HE WENT OUT AND SAT DOWN ON THE SHORE OF THE BAY AND WHITTLED A SILK SHINGLE OUT INTO A WOODEN CHAIN HIS CHILDREN THAT EVENING QUARRELED OVER IT AND HE WHIDDLED A SECOND ONE TO KEEP PEACE WHILE HE WAS WHIDDLING THE SECOND WHEN A NEIGHBOUR CAME IN AND SAID WHY DON'T YOU WHITTLE TOYS AND SELL THEM YOU COULD MAKE MONEY AT THAT OH HE SAID I WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT TO MAKE WHY DON'T YOU ASK YOUR OWN CHILDREN RIGHT HERE IN YOUR OWN HOUSE WHAT TO MAKE WHAT IS THE USE OF TRYING THAT SAID THE CARPENTER MY CHILDREN ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN I USED TO SEE PEOPLE LIKE THAT WHEN I TAUGHT SCHOOL
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