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TURNING POINT
A Different Kind of Pyramid Club
An Article by Fred Edge
Published in Readers Digest, November 2002
More years ago than I care to remember, I became a member of a very special kind of “pyramid club”.
A teenager on summer break from high school in Ottawa, Canada, I got the urge to see more of my country.
I hitchhiked, landing a few odd jobs along the way – picking apples or chopping firewood for a meal and permission to bed down in some farmer’s barn. Finally I ran out of money and jobs.
It was late in the evening when a very old car chugged up the road; it stopped when I thrust out my thumb.
The driver was a middle aged man worn work clothes – a local farmer. When we came to where he was turning off, he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a two-dollar note “Here” he said “Take this”.
Two dollars was a useful amount of money back then. A chocolate bar or a soft drink was about five cents; a hot dog, ten; a hamburger, 25. “No, thank you” I protested “I’m fine”
“Take it” he said “It’s a loan. You can pay me back by giving two dollars to a young person a few years from now – when you have it and they don’t”
I have never forgotten that man. Over the years, I have returned the loan many times over, periodically raising the amount to account for inflation. Each time, I asked the recipient to pass it on to some other young person when he was able, along with instructions on how to pay it back.
I wonder how many others have benefited from the unique pyramid club that farmer started, all those years ago, with two dollars.
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