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ScarletFrost Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:39 pm
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I'm looking for a story. This story was about a general-store manager who was approached by a stranger to sell instant wisdom, instant beauty, instant genius, and several other things like that. The manager agreed and set up a small display in his shop.
Through the story, one man who was struggling with school bought instant genius and instantly could calculate the trajectory of Pluto, but by the end of the story, he decides that it's better to learn this sort of thing the long way and keep it for life than to have it momentarily.
Also, one woman who wants to be an actress buys instant beauty, and turns into a drop-dead-gorgeous model, but by the end of the story finds a great acting role where she needs her old freckles and red hair again.
Another stranger came to the general store intent on warning the manager about dealing with the first stranger, but the manager insists on having faith in the product.
Then the first stranger comes back with the 2.0 product lineup, including instant pride, instant vanity, and that sort of thing. The store manager stands up to him, and says he can't sell any of the products anymore because no one in town is buying them. When the stranger asks the manager why he can't sell the instant powders, the manager replies that he's been slipping a little instant wisdom into everyone's order, and that they come around to seeing they don't need shortcuts, and didn't the devil outsmart himself by giving him instant WISDOM. The stranger gets mad and attacks the manager, and then the other stranger (who turns out to be an angel) intercedes and saves the manager.
It's an interesting devil's-temptations-thwarted story. I heard it for the first time 8 or 9 years ago, and I haven't been able to find it since. Has anyone else heard this story? Or did I dream it up?
(If I can't find it, I might write it for NaNoWriMo. razz )
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:39 pm
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Chieftain Twilight Captain
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ScarletFrost Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:33 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:04 am
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ScarletFrost Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:51 am
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:01 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:46 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:04 am
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ScarletFrost Vice Captain
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