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"Why did you want to get to the Pyramids?" he asked, to get away from the business of the display.
"Because I've always heard about them," the boy answered, saying nothing about his dream. The treasure was now nothing but a painful memory, and he tried to avoid thinking about it.
"I don't know anyone around here who would want to cross the desert just to see the Pyramids," said the merchant. "They're just a pile of stones. You could build one in your backyard."
"You've never had dreams of travel," said the boy, turning to wait on a customer who had entered the shop.
Two days later, the merchant spoke to the boy about the display.
"I don't much like change," he said. "You and I aren't like Hassan, that rich merchant. If he makes a buying mistake, it doesn't affect him much. But we two have to live with our mistakes."
That's true enough, the boy thought, ruefully.
"Why did you think we should have the display?"
"I want to get back to my sheep faster. We have to take advantage when luck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us. It's called the principle of favorability. Or beginner's luck."
