Like Donald Duck comics by Carl Barks which I read assiduously through my childhood, learning much of the ways of the world. < Many of the stories themselves are very insightful in human nature, but you must adapt the story moral to today's social economic environment.
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Of course there was gold, there were emeralds, the search for fortune, the exigencies of adventure, it was all there. AND it had pictures. "The Pixilated Parrot" was a story comparable with that one you quoted about the hills of myrrh and frankincense. I bet Google can get it. Well, not the whole thing, but a good article about Scrooge McDuck. en.wikipedia.org It's nice to read and reminisce, being reminded of all the information and ideas I got there. Note that pixilated is not pixelated. Pixilated is crazed as in a crazy guy, while pixelated is made into lots of pixels. The lady parrot in The Pixilated Parrot had to hold him off, him lusting, while she demanded that he perform household and other chores if she gave in, he saying "Yes, yes yes".
Financial Relativity Theory basics < A Financial Fable, first published in March 1951, had Scrooge teaching Donald some lessons in productivity as the source of wealth, along with the laws of supply and demand. Perhaps more importantly, it was also the first story where Scrooge observes how diligent and industrious Huey, Louie and Dewey are, making them more similar to himself rather than to Donald. Donald in Barks's stories is depicted as working hard on occasion, but given the choice often proves to be a shirker. The three younger nephews first side with Scrooge rather than Donald in this story, with the bond between granduncle and grandnephews strengthening in later stories. >
Gladstone Gander taught me about luck, which I practiced carefully. It works!! And, psychologists have now found that people are actually lucky. What they find is that people who are "lucky" are actually psychologically prepared and accepting rather than narrow-channeled. They have a broader perspective. They notice when reality becomes opportunity. richardwiseman.com I practiced those things as a child because it seemed that luck should not just be a matter of dumb chance. It was pleasantly surprising when I became lucky.
Gyro Gearloose, the inventor, was instructive on creativity, leading directly to Qualcomm, Globalstar [argghh], cybercurrency [bitcoin winning on that front], tradable citizenship and whatnot.
Flintheart Glomgold vs Uncle Scrooge on ethics and wealth. <The solitary South African re-appeared to challenge Scrooge to a rematch in The Money Champ, first published in September 1959. This time the confrontation takes place in Scrooge's grounds in Duckburg with the city's population witnessing the event. This time they only count their wealth in cash and not their investments and have to liquidate much of their fortunes. Flintheart uses a number of dirty plots against Scrooge but his plans backfire when their cost in money also costs Flintheart his chance at victory. The story adds little to what was established in the previous one but for the first time some panels concentrate on Flintheart's thoughts, revealing that his insecurities about his own worth are the driving force behind both his efforts to best Scrooge and his dishonest tactics (since he doubts his ability to win in a direct confrontation).>
Look, here is Uncle Scrooge buying an old gold workings to extra the over-looked gold from previous mining efforts. Just like right here in 2013 with TJ working mine tailings in Oz.
<The story starts with Scrooge planning to participate in an auction for an old South African gold mine. It is considered exhausted but Scrooge's mechanics believe that the main vein of gold hasn't even been reached. >
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