Rudolph In Moneyland

March, 1970

Rudolph in MoneylandRudolph awoke exactly at a quarter to seven. He never set the alarm. There was no need to.The usual erection. Forget it. He lay quietly in bed for a minute or two. His mother was snoring in the next room. The curtains at the open window were blowing a little and it was cold in the room. A pale wintry light came through the curtains, making a long dark blur of the books on the shelves on the wall across from the bed.Then he remembered. This was not going to be an ordinary day....