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Chapter 26
For example, there will be a great movie director named Frank,
2Who will show everybody that life is really okay,
3mEven if you’re having a Great Depression,
4Which he will do in a movie called ‘John Doe’s Wonderful Life in Washington,’
5Starring nJimmy Stewart,
6Who will play a typical small-town saint,
7Just like you’ll find in every small town all over America,
8oWho runs a small savings and loan business,
9And is planning to marry pDonna Reed,
10Until his quncle loses all the money,
11rAnd everything falls apart,
12sWhich convinces Jimmy that he should jump off the ttallest building in New York,
13Except that he doesn’t know that uBarbara Stanwyck set the whole thing up,
14In collusion with the evil banker,
15Played by aLionel Barrymore,
16bWho is planning to take over Jimmy’s savings and loan after he jumps,
17Until Jimmy finds out what’s going on,
18cAnd gets so depressed that he tries to jump off a bridge instead,
19dUntil an angel shows up and proves that Jimmy’s life is important,
20eWhich causes Jimmy to make a very moving speech,
21fUntil the money is magically returned and everyone loves Jimmy so much that they send him to Congress,
22Where he has a lot of exciting adventures,
23gAnd does everything you could possibly think of to help the little people,
24hBecause it’s so important to always help other people and be honest and not corrupt,
25iNot to mention humble and grateful,
26jSince life isn’t nearly as bad as it looks sometimes,
27Especially in the movies.
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