many of the comments here remind me of a children's book I read often with my son, called Henry Hikes to Fitchburg [0]. In the story two bears agree to meet th

many of the comments here remind me of a children's book I read often with my son, called Henry Hikes to Fitchburg [0]. In the story two bears agree to meet that evening in Fitchburg. Henry decides to spend the day hiking the thirty miles to Fitchburg, and his friend decides to spend the day earning enough money to buy a train ticket to Fitchburg. It's a takeoff on a Thoreau passage, but it's a great way to talk to kids about what we're working for in the end. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Henry-Hikes-Fitchburg-D-B-Johnson/dp/0618737499 https://www.amazon.com/Henry-Hikes-Fitchburg-D-B-Johnson/dp/...