ALEXANDER

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ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE LANE, NEVER HAD A PENNY TO HIS NAME. BUT ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE LANE REALLY KNEW HOW TO PLAY A POOR-MANS GAME. HE DEPENDED ON HIS FRIENDS AND HIS FRIENDS DEPENDED ON HIM. AND EVERYONE HAD A LITTLE BIT, 'CAUSE EVERYONE PITCHED IN. TOGETHER THEY WERE POOR AND TOGETHER THEY'D COMPLAIN WITH ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE LANE.

ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE LANE WORE A CROOKED HAT A WORN OUT PAIR OF SHOES. AND EVERY TIME THAT'S YOU'D SEE HIM, HE'D BE SINGING BLUES. UNTIL ONE DAY, ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE LANE WOKE TO FIND THAT A FORTUNE HAD BEEN LEFT TO HIS NAME. NOW HE WAS A KING. NOW HE HAD EVERYTHING. OLD ALEXANDER WAS A KING.

ONE DAY HIS FRIENDS CAME TO CALL. THEY SAID, "ALEXANDER DON'T LET US FALL. CAN YOU SPARE A DIME TO HELP US IN OUR TROUBLED TIME?" AND ALEXANDER SAID, "DON'T BOTHER ME YOU'RE NOT CLEAN. DON'T BOTHER ME YOU'RE NOT CLEAN AND DON'T YOU EVER COME AROUND MY HOUSE IN YOUR BLUE JEANS." ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE LANE REALLY CHANGED HIS TUNE, HE REALLY CHANGED HIS TUNE. OH, HOW COULD HE HAVE FORGOTTEN SO SOON?

ONE DAY THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. A LOUDER KNOCK THAN EVER BEFORE. THERE WAS A DRAGON STANDING THERE. HE SAID, "ALEXANDER YOU'VE GOT MONEY TO SPARE. SO WHY'D YOU LET YOUR FRIENDS FALL?" ALEXANDER JUST LAUGHED AND THE DRAGON JUST SAID, "AHHHH."

NOW ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE LANE HAS A FORTUNE MADE OF ASH, RIGHT BEFORE HIS EYES HE SAW IT CRASH. HE WENT BACK TO HIS FRIENDS. HE SAID, "HELP ME MEET MY ENDS." HE SAID, "I NEED YOUR HELP TO LIVE." BUT POOR ALEXANDER'S FRIENDS HAD NOTHING TO GIVE. ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE LANE NEVER HAD ANOTHER PENNY TO HIS NAME.

NOW MAYBE YOU KNOW ALEX. AND MAYBE YOU KNOW HIS FRIENDS. AND MAYBE WE KNOW THEM BETTER THAN WE THINK.