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“No, not until you have swept the yard,” said the General. “We haven’t come to sweep the yard," said Molo. “We are here to sell you a strawberry business. Just look at these smart signs.” The General snorted, “Do you expect me to grub round in the fields picking strawberries?” “We’d bring the strawberries,” said Jim. “We know where to get lots of them." “You could do very well in strawberries, sir” said Molo. “Business would boom with your brains behind it.” |
“Hmmn,” grunted the General. “I tell you what. If you
bring me a barrow load of strawberries, I will pay you one doughnut and
half my profit. How’s that?”
“It sounds good to me,” said Molo. “But, if you don’t bring a load of strawberries by tomorrow morning," said the General, “you must sweep my yard, top to bottom, without any pay at all. Is that a deal?”  |