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am Wolf was off to work and he saw a poster for try-outs as the
lead in the play, "The Magical Tale of Jeremy." He
was sick of his job as a garbage man. His life had become sad,
troubled, and poor. For example, for years now, his kids had
been begging for a bicycle, but he could never afford it.
Sam knew he would love being in the play, and it might bring
more money to his family. Try-outs were scheduled for September
17, 2001. When he got home to his cramped apartment he told his
wife and three kids. They all agreed it would be a great opportunity.
When the try-outs came he had all the requirements for the
audition: rainbow-colored dreadlocks, make-up the color of the
night's sky, and a purple shirt with little wisps of white. He
was nervous, but excited.
He stepped out on stage, and spoke the lines of play's climax
scene:
"Money is a good thing,
It buys you what you need,
But money isn't everything,
It can fill your heart with greed."
The director looked amazed when Sam was finished. After the try-outs
he felt almost positive that he had made it. The next day they
called him back for a final tryout. Sam got the role.
That night his family and his friends threw him the biggest party
in New York City. They all begged him to say a line from the
play. Sam opened his mouth and said:
"Money is a good thing,
It buys you what you need,
But money isn't everything,
It can fill your heart with greed."
After weeks of rehearsal, Sam felt ready. When the play opened
everyone in New York City was watching. From backstage he could
hear people screaming and clapping. He felt like a Zebra about
to be attacked by a lion. He was nervous, but ready. His family
sat in the front row. He crept out onto the stage and began.
The audience was in tears when he said the most important line
in the play:
"Money is a good thing,
It buys you what you need,
But money isn't everything,
It can fill your heart with greed."
When the play was over the audience went wild like Sam had just
saved all of their lives. The crowd surrounded him. Everyone
wanted a souvenir to prove they had seen him. They were ripping
his purple shirt off of his body and taking pieces. People offered
to take him places, buy him things, and give him other acting
jobs. He refused.
He went off to the bank to collect his first paycheck. It
was one million dollars. He was glad to have the money, but felt
surprisingly sad with his new life.
For the next month, he couldn't get people to stop take pictures
of him and following him around. It was getting to be too much.
He finally decided that being an actor wasn't as good as it seemed
to be. Once again his life was sad and troubled.
One day it all became too much. He was in the coffee shop about
to pay for his drink when all these photographers came running
in and taking pictures of him. He forgot that he had the coffee
in his hand and ran out of the coffee shop without paying for
it. The photographers sold the pictures to the tabloid, claiming
they had evidence of Sam Wolf stealing.
Sam felt sad about all the people trying to profit off of
him. He spoke those famous lines:
"Money is a good thing,
It buys you what you need,
But money isn't everything,
It can fill your heart with greed."
Sam decided to quit the play and never tryout for an acting job.
In the end, he was happier being a garbage man than a big New
York City star.
The next year, he saw a poster for the lead part in the play's
sequel, "The Magical Tale of Elizabeth."
When he got home, he saw his wife getting ready for the try-outs.
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