THE GOOD WORD ACCORDING TO · THE ULTRA-HARRIER
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Harry’s Two CommandmentsHarry disappears for forty days
Chapter 36
But then it happened that the very next caller asked Harry about the itenth time,
2The time when you didn’t get away with everything,
3And what were you supposed to do then?
4Whereupon Harry was like lightning in his reply, saying,
5Then you will perhaps experience a Setback,
6Which doesn’t really matter,
7At all,
8Because then you can enjoy the almost unequaled pleasure of blaming your Setback on others,
9Which you can do repeatedly,
10And mercilessly,
11Regardless of what really happened,
12jUntil everyone is sick of hearing about it,
13kAnd gives you what you want,
14So that you’ll be quiet,
15And stop blaming them,
16Which is all they’ll want by then,
17aBecause nobody will remember or care about what really happened in the past,
18For the past is history,
19And about as important as a snowflake.
20Besides, if you do a good enough job of bblaming others for your Setback,
21You may become a kind of martyr,
22And a celebrity,
23Which can lead to book contracts and personal appearances,
24And a whole new career,
25Because when the whole world is following my Way,
26cThere won’t be any Setback so awful or humiliating or disgraceful that it can’t be overcome,
27And turned into an advantage.
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