The Little Politician Who Grew, Unfortunately

Once upon a time there was a little politician who wanted so badly to be big and looked up to that when he received in the mail a free sample pill from Be a Big Politician, Inc., that guaranteed to make him bigger overnight, he swallowed it on the spot.

And, sure enough, the next morning he found that he had grown a fraction of an inch. Quickly he reread the accompanying letter. It emphasized that the pill guaranteed only a fraction of an inch of growth, and that it was experimental and therefore was offered on a one-at-a-time basis only. The pills were priced at 99 cents each, “so that you, sir, an up-and-coming but possibly impoverished politician, may have a better chance to be a leader of our great country.”

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Once upon a time there was a little politician who wanted so badly to be big and looked up to that when he received in the mail a free sample pill from Be a Big Politician, Inc., that guaranteed to make him bigger overnight, he swallowed it on the spot.

And, sure enough, the next morning he found that he had grown a fraction of an inch. Quickly he reread the accompanying letter. It emphasized that the pill guaranteed only a fraction of an inch of growth, and that it was experimental and therefore was offered on a one-at-a-time basis only. The pills were priced at 99 cents each, “so that you, sir, an up-and-coming but possibly impoverished politician, may have a better chance to be a leader of our great country.”