A Modern Moral Fairy Tale
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And so the People with Time and Money came to the village and saw the salmon.
This is too easy, they remarked as they carefully took aim with the harpoons
under the helmets that they had brought for just this occasion. And they ate the
salmon, which they declared delicious, a bit richer than truffles but a trifle
sweeter than gold-encrusted chocolates. And the curious old woman IMed the
boy not to eat any, but to satisfy his hunger with parboiled rice. And
so the boy did.