The Boy and the Money

REINALDO DOMINGOS

THE BOY AND THE MONEY 1st Edition

Author Reinaldo Domingos Illustration and graphic design Ariel Fajtlowicz Editor Samir Thomaz Art Editor Joyce Thomaz Editorial production Amanda Torres Review English version Joan Rumph and Milena Cavichiolo

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Dados Internacionais de Catalogação na Publicação (CIP) (Câmara Brasileira do Livro, SP, Brasil) Domingos, Reinaldo   Rumph e Milena Cavichiolo. -- São Paulo : Editora DSOP, 2015.

Título original: O menino e o dinheiro.

ISBN 978-85-8276-119-9 1. Dinheiro - Literatura infantojuvenil 2. Finanças - Literatura infantojuvenil I. Fajtlowicz, Ariel. II. Título.

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Índices para catálogo sistemático: 1. Educação financeira : Literatura infantil 028.5 2. Educação financeira : Literatura infantojuvenil 028.5

To children everywhere who can see clearly the truth in life, which adults often overlook.

There once was a young Boy who lived in a small, white house on top of a mountain, where he could see around for miles.

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At the foot of the mountain, a small stream flowed and merged into a much larger river.

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The people living in Lagoa Branca knew right away when a stranger came to town.

Even at a distance, looking up, they saw everything happening in their village.

They knew who was coming, who was staying, and who was leaving.

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The young Boy who lived in the village liked to observe everything, not only at a distance but also up close.

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With his keen eyesight, he watched the ants carrying leaves into their anthill and the birds collecting twigs to build their nests.

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The Boy became aware of other things happening, too.

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He could feel a strong wind blowing through the village, and it always seemed to be full of dreams.

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The wind magically shifted the clouds into different shapes.

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The Boy dreamed of the clouds drawing whatever he wanted.

Did he want a smile? He closed his eyes and when he opened them, a huge smile appeared up in the sky.

If the Boy dreamed of a big hug, he closed his eyes tightly and when he opened them, two giant arms formed above him.

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However, the Boy knew that in real life he could not always have everything he wanted so magically.

He also knew that with a little imagination nothing is impossible. If he could dream it, he could make it happen.

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When he grew older, the Boy discovered that in order for some wishes to come true, he needed something called money.

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Being very smart, the Boy noticed that money could not buy everything, not a cloud in the sky, or a sunset, or happiness on a rainy day.

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The Boy understood that some dreams are for sale while others are not, and that every dream for sale has a price.

However, money was necessary to buy some wishes such as an ice cream treat, a soccer ball, or a skateboard.

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Looking closely, in his mind’s eye, the Boy determined that the price of things depended on how difficult it had been for someone to create them.

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He saw that it was easier to make an ice cream treat than an airplane.

Therefore, it was logical that it took more money to buy an airplane than an ice cream cone!

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The Boy felt sad, because he realized that if people did not have enough money, they could not make their dreams come true.

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As he thought about the dreams of others, the Boy came up with a bright idea!

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He remembered the ants struggling to carry leaves into their anthill and the bird building its nest one twig at a time.

The Boy thought money could be something like that. It could build people’s dreams.

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Best of all, anyone could do it: those who have much, those who have little, those who are big, and those who are small.

That is how the Boy found a way to make money into dreams from a single penny.

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The Boy was so clever and smart.

He knew many more things!

However, there is one thing he did not know. The tale of The Boy and the Money would become the Money Boy, but that is another story.

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It is the story of a boy who found a way to fulfill dreams from a single penny and, who goes out into the world teaching his method to everyone he meets.

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REINALDO DOMINGOS www.reinaldodomingos.com.br Reinaldo Domingos was born in Casa Branca, a city in the State of SĂŁo Paulo. His father was a railway worker and his mother a self-employed worker. At the age of 12, he dreamed of buying a bike. He adopted a strategy of saving a little money every month, which he earned as an assistant vendor, to accomplish his dream. This became the basis of the DSOP Methodology: a simple and efficient way of dealing with money, changing habits, and accomplishing dreams.