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| | [minstrels] The Prodigal Son -- Rudyard Kipling |
 | | All it does is present matters from the son's point of view - sure, he asked his father for his share of his inheritance, and squandered it all, but this is *his* story, and underscores, as the Biblical one doesn't, that... |
 | | For such a short poem, the prodigal son's character is developed with surprising vividness, and he's definitely someone the reader can sympathise with and cheer for. |
 | | And the bulk was devoured less than in an hour By those who were not prodigal any And who had stayed at home to save every penny, Who skin prodigal sons and daughters Having taken them alongside with calves to slaughter. |
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