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Tonight, we'll read a story called Fortunatus.

It's inspired by a German tale regarding a legendary hero popular in 15th and 16th century Europe.

Fortunatus is a tale which marks the passing of the feudal world into the more modern globalized capitalist world.

The moral of the story is that it is far too easy without wisdom to lose one's fortune, no matter how it was acquired.

Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Relax your body. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

Fortunatus, in the city of Famagosta, in the island of Cyprus, there lived a very rich gentleman.

His name was Theodorus. He married a lady who was the greatest beauty in Cyprus, and she was as rich as himself.

She was called, Graciana.

They both had every pleasure that wealth could buy and lived in the first

style. Besides all this, the Lady Gr Graciana brought her husband a fine little son who was named

Fortunatus, so one would think nothing could have kept Theodorus from being the most happy person in the world.

But this was not long the case, for when he had enjoyed all these pleasures for some time,

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