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Sibylline
The story goes like this. One day the Sibyl came to see Tarquin the Proud.
"What's that you got in the bag?" asked Tarquin.
"The nine books of Wisdom," replied the Sibyl.
"How much you want for them?"
"Three hundred pieces of gold."
"Three hundred pieces of gold."
Tarquin snorted, for he was Proud. "That's too much."
Without a word, the Sibyl was gone.
Next year she came back. Tarquin said "What you got now?"
"The six books of Wisdom."
"But," said Tarquin, "last year you had nine books. What happened to the others?"
"I burned three of them, so now there are six."
"And how much do you want for the six?"
"Three hundred pieces of gold."
"Three hundred for six, and last year it was three hundred for nine? Get out of here."
She left with her bookbag.
The third year she came back with three books of Wisdom.
"What'd you do with the others? Did you burn them too?" asked Tarquin, still Proud.
"Yep."
"And how much do you want for the three?"
"Three hundred pieces of gold." She just sat there.
"Er .. I'll take 'em."
And she got paid, right then and there, in cash. Now that is a bookseller this store is proud to be named after.
The Sibylline of Books (and cassettes, and computers)
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Last modified Jul 14 2006