The Happiness Has Its Ups and Downs
HAL BOYLE tells a fable about a horribly rich prince who guards his wealth atop a hill of mirrored glass. A lonely princess named Alva draws the town’s milkman Otis into a secret elopement plan. Rumors linger on the tale’s end as the prince remains isolated above, while Otis builds a dairy empire with the slogan Princess delivered milk.
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