How a Man Became Rich

Robert Sterling
robalini@aol.com

There was a man who only had a dollar to his name, so he bought $1 worth of apples. He spent all day cleaning up the apples, making them shine and look more appealing, then sold them for $2.

The following day, he bought $2 worth of apples. He spent all day cleaning up the apples, making them shine and look more appealing, then sold them for $4.

The next day, he bought $4 worth of apples. He spent all day cleaning up the apples, making them shine and look more appealing, then sold them for $8.

The next day, he looked at his $8, and said to himself, "Fuck this apple shit." So he found himself a rich old woman, married her, killed her off with arsenic (but making sure it looked like natural causes) and inherited the bitch's money.

And he lived happily ever after.