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Greetings young Squire Sprouts. Today is the 11th day in the first month in the year of our Lord 2025. My name is Sir Roland Peterlot and you're listening to Saturdays with Sir Roland

on Catholic Sprouts where every Saturday we discuss the art of Dragon Sling. Do you ask lots of questions?

I hope so.

Questions are good and they help you learn,

and healthy kids are notorious for asking lots of questions.

But today I'd like to let you in on a little secret.

You'll never find the right answers to your questions

if you're asking all the wrong questions.

What kinds of questions are you

asking? Do they all go something like this? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How much longer? Can I have a

snack? Do I have to eat this broccoli? Do I have to go to school tomorrow? Can I stay up really late? Can I have

some money? Can I borrow the car keys? Can you pay for all my college?

How quickly can I hurry up and get my chores and homework done to keep my parents from nagging me

and get a passing grade in school? Can we sell my brother to Africa? There's nothing explicitly

wrong with those questions, except maybe the last one. But I do hope the answer to many of them is

no, at least most of the time.

These questions are very selfish in nature, and dragons prefer we're always asking questions

that are selfish. Questions that revolve around the lies of dragons would seek self-indulgence.

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