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“Fifteen dollars is all I have,” I
replied, “and I will bid it all.”
He looked at me and seemed to
realize that I was a struggling college
student, and he smiled. “You’ve got
yourself a desk.”
He motioned to the lady marking
down the sold items, and she handed
me the paper to pay for the desk. But
after everything else was sold, a man
asked about it. The auctioneer told
the man the desk was sold.
“But no one even bid on it,” the
man complained. “I planned to, but I
didn’t want to start.”
The auctioneer turned and smiled
at me, and then said to the man, “I
