Yertle The Turtle How Do People Gain Power?

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Yertle the Turtle, How do people gain power?
In this story there was a power thirsty turtle. This turtle’s name was Yertle. Yertle believed that he was the king over everything he could see. The way he achieved his power was by stacking up on his fellow turtles. Eventually the turtles on the bottom had grown tired. Next one belch from the bottom turtle had thrown Yertle right off his high throne. Now the turtles have no king and live freely.
The Bet, How does money influence power? While reading this story a banker and a young man had a dispute over the death sentence or life in prison. Then a bet was made. The banker had bet two million dollars that the young man could not star in prison for 15 years. The young man took

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