1/13/2023 0 Comments Little man auto![]() He must have thought he needed a claim that outrageous to attract the attention of the King. ![]() ![]() Some impoverished miller-a man whose business is going under (the small-mill owners, the ones who grind by hand, are vanishing their flour and meal cost twice as much as the big-brand products, which are free of the gritty bits that can find their way into a sack of flour no matter how careful you are), a man who has no health insurance or investments or pension plan (he’s needed every cent just to keep the mill open)-that man has told the King that his daughter can spin straw into gold. You listen carefully, then, when you hear the rumor. It’s another thing entirely to yearn for what’s so readily available to any drunk and barmaid who link up for three minutes in a dark corner of any dank and scrofulous pub. It’s one thing to envy wealth and beauty and other gifts that seem to have been granted to others, but not to you, by obscure but undeniable givers.
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