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In this podcast we listen to the tales \u201cBig Peter and Little Peter\u201d from Norway and \u201cThe Merchant\u201d from Denmark. We talk about how greedy people may acquire riches and become quite wealthy.\nThen there are wealthy people who come to be rich through hard work and dealing fairly with others. We look at how these folktales differentiate between wealth gained through greed and wealth acquired honestly, and the responsibility they have in spending their riches.\nBut what about ourselves? \u2014 we may be talented and skilled, rich in compassion and understanding\u2026shouldn\u2019t we consider these part of \u201cpersonal\u201d wealth? Everyone is rich in many ways. What responsibility do we have in \u201cspending\u201d that wealth?\n\nLinks\n \nBig Peter and Little Peter, Peter Christen Asbj\xf8rnsen and J\xf8rgen Moe,\xa0Store Per og Vesle Per,\xa0Norske Folkeeventyr\xa0(Christiania [Oslo], 1842-1852), translated by George Webb Dasent (1859)on Wikimedia.\n \nThe Merchant, Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Jens Christian Bay,\xa0\xa0Svend Hersleb Grundtvig and others,\xa0translated by\xa0Jens Christian Bay, on Wikimedia