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3.7 O, my Idea cannot be in the vil-
lage,” said Timothy. ‘I believe
that whoever found it has taken
» it away—perhaps to foreign coun-

tries, to sell it to an emperor. I
/)} must go and search for it.”

. «But surely, Timothy, you will not go
away and leave me and the children all alone!”
said his wife. ‘We shall all be starved. I
have not a penny left now from what I saved
from your earnings when you attended to
your business. You must be crazy!”

“But only think,” said Timothy, “I shall
find my Idea, and sell it to an emperor for
more money than you can imagine; and
then I shall return, and we will all have
more food than we ever had before—three

times as much—more than is good for us.
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