"Read the last page again, Daddy...about the Boy Who Always Cried Wolf and the Boy Who Never Cried Wolf."
"All right sweetheart, but then it's lights out."
"OK Daddy."
"Here goes...one more time."
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The people of the land realized that the Boy Who Never Cried Wolf had quietly worked very hard every day after that first wolf attack to keep the sheep safe. Even so, the Boy Who Always Cried Wolf kept blaming him for nearly everything that ever went wrong in the land -- except wolf attacks, because there had been no more of them under his watch.
For a while, many people believed The Boy Who Always Cried Wolf and he thought he had gotten away with his tale-telling because the Boy Who Never Cried Wolf remained silent and refused to defend himself -- which turned out to be a good strategy.
Because one day the people realized what was going on and they warned The Boy Who Always Cried Wolf that he would have to work harder and stop telling stories or be banished from the land. |
"The End."
"What's strategery, Daddy?"
"We'll read a little bit more about strategery -- I mean strategy -- tomorrow, sweetheart. We're going to start a new book that was written by a man very much like The Boy Who Never Cried Wolf in our last story. Remember, sweetheart, you promised nighty-night after the story."
"OK Daddy. I'll be quiet like the Boy Who Never Cried Wolf. It's good strategery."
< Decision Points by George W. Bush
It has been reported that President Bush was paid $7 million for Decision Points, less than half of the $15 million his predecessor Bill Clinton earned for his memoir, My Life.
This is very surprising, considering Dubya's corporatist following. But then again, Bush was never impeached and never had an extra-marital affair and you know how Americans crave sex and drama in their reality shows.
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