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One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about "the beauty of capitalism. Supply and Demand. Diversify labor. Distribute the wealth." "Wealth?" I said. "It's groovy, man," said Arnold. If I'd known what was coming, I might have climbed on my mower and putted all the way home to hide in my room. But the lawn business grew and grew. So did my profits, which Arnold invested in many things. And one of them was Joey Pow the prizefighter. That's when my 12th summer got really interesting.

那一天，我放暑假了。我开着姥节的旧割草机开始帮别人修剪草坪，淘得了人生中的第一桶金。渐渐地，生意越来越好，我也越来越忙碌。后来，我认识了一个人叫阿诺德，他是个股票经纪人，他用一种十分有趣生动、简单易懂的方式教给我这些知识：资本的魅力、供应与需求、劳动力的多元化、财富的分配。阿诺德把我的钱进行了多方面投资，让我越来越富有，还让我变成了一位拳击手的赞助人……我的暑假变得有趣和丰富多彩起来！