How Benjamin Franklin Became a Revolutionary in Seven (Not-So-Easy) Steps
Being ignorant is not so much a Shame as being unwilling to learn Twas a special day Seven-year-old Benjamin Franklin had a pocket full of pennies so he strolled down the streets of Boston to the toy store On his way he met a boy playing a shiny tin whistle He stopped to listen The boy played on Benjamin loved that shiny whistle He wanted that whistle He wanted that whistle so much he emptied his pocket and gave the boy all his pennies every single one Benjamin wasn’t shy about getting what he wanted Home he went tooting his whistle all the way He tooted in the kitchen in the bedrooms in the workshop where his father stirred smelly vats of soap in the shop 9
Being ignorant is not so much a Shame as being unwilling to learn Twas a special day Seven-year-old Benjamin Franklin had a pocket full of pennies so he strolled down the streets of Boston to the toy store On his way he met a boy playing a shiny tin whistle He stopped to listen The boy played on Benjamin loved that shiny whistle He wanted that whistle He wanted that whistle so much he emptied his pocket and gave the boy all his pennies every single one Benjamin wasn't shy about getting what he wanted Home he went tooting his whistle all the way He tooted in the kitchen in the bedrooms in the workshop where his father stirred smelly vats of soap in the shop 9
where his mother sold the soap made from a secret family recipe STOP cried his mother and father and brothers and sisters and cousins Benjamin stopped long enough to tell them how he spent all his pennies for his wonderful whistle Everyone laughed You paid four times more than it was worth they told him They kept on laughing but Benjamin cried with vexation His shiny whistle wasn't fun anymore 10
STEP 1 Benjamin Franklin learned early Do not give too much for the Whistle 11
