"to show that the world isn't so serious"

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The shepherd, while distraught, was always the entrepreneur. His flock may have (quite literally) vanished into thin air, but his relentless capitalist exploitation was just beginning.

He placed a bucket in front of his door, nailing a sign to his weathered, wooden walls: "Put your sheep outside and wait for a bit. I promise they will vanish eventually. One ducat per sheep in the milk bucket. Honor system."

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