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Mrs. Johnson was a perfect but remote presence in the neighborhood, constantly dressed in sharp business clothes and hardly ever greeting anyone. This didn\u2019t trouble the narrator until her son Ethan started working twenty bucks mowing Mrs. Johnson\u2019s sizable lawn. Ethan labored two days, but Mrs. Johnson dismissed him when he went to pick his pay, declaring, \u201chard work was its own reward.\u201d When Ethan\u2019s mother saw his dismay, she became suddenly defensive. Driven to make sure her son received the respect he was due, she developed a strategy after phoning her friend Mark, a landscaping company owner. Mark cut Mrs. Johnson\u2019s hedges into funny forms, and shortly after three mulch loads were dumped on her driveway, blocking her car and creating a show among the neighbors.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Johnson was shocked when she returned home and noticed the mulch mounds, then she became enraged. She addressed Ethan\u2019s mother, who gently reminded her of how she had discounted his diligence. Mrs. Johnson grudgingly pulled out a crumpled twenty-dollar bill with a huff, which Ethan took with encouragement from his mother.
\nMrs. Johnson stopped asking Ethan for aid that day forward. The episode turned into a neighborhood legend, a \u201ccautionary tale\u201d on the need of integrity and the results of exploiting people. The muck finally vanished, but everyone\u2019s memory of justice and respect remained clear.<\/p>\n

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