By Aharon Spetner
A young man burst into the offices of Holtzbacher Enterprises. “Hello,” he said to the receptionist. “My name is Aharon Horowitz. I need to meet with Mr. Holtzbacher right away.”
The receptionist looked down at a sheet of paper on his desk. “Hmm,” he said, tapping his fingers on his desk. “I don’t see you on his schedule. Are you sure your appointment is for today?”
“Oh I don’t have an appointment,” said Aharon. “I just need to see him right away - it’s very important!”
Just then a door opened and Anshel Holtzbacher stepped out of his office. “Mr. Holtzbacher!” Aharon exclaimed. “Please give me just five minutes of your time!”
“This is Aharon Horowitz,” the receptionist said. “He says he has something very important to discuss with you.”
Anshel Holtzbacher looked at Aharon and then at his watch, and then back at Aharon. “Alright, come into my office. But just five minutes.”
Aharon followed Anshel into his large, ornate office. “Okay, Aharon,” Anshel said. “What did you want to discuss?”
“I have an amazing business opportunity for you,” Aharon said quickly, opening up his boxes and pulling out a small object. “Look at this pyramid - isn’t it beautiful?”
“Uh - it’s very nice,” Anshel said. “But what’s your idea?”
Illustrated by Miri Weinrib
“We’re going to sell them!” Aharon said, full of excitement, as he began to unpack his boxes, placing pyramids of various sizes on Anshel’s desk.
“I’m not sure I’m understanding,” Anshel said.
“It’s simple,” Aharon said. “Everyone loves pyramids, right?”
Anshel frowned, as Aharon continued.
“So, my new business is going to be called Pyramid of Pyramids. And the way it works is people pay me $100 to sign up and they receive a free pyramid. Then, if they get other people to sign up, those people pay $100 and each get a pyramid. For each sign-up that a person brings in, he gets $10. If he signs up ten people, he gets an even bigger pyramid. If he signs up a hundred people, he gets this large pyramid, and if he signs up a thousand people, he gets a giant pyramid like this one over here - isn’t it gorgeous? And this way, everyone who joins gets free beautiful pyramids and they all make a lot of money - we won’t have any more poor people, because everyone will be rich!”
“Ummm... I’m not sure this is a good idea,” Anshel said.
