{"id":7353,"date":"2013-05-07T23:54:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T03:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=7353"},"modified":"2023-03-22T13:13:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:13:51","slug":"the-polluter-pays-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=7353","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Polluter Pays&#8221; Principle (by Sibylle)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"label\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Summary: \u00a0<\/span>If you would like to know why Adam always\u00a0wears black you must\u00a0 look at an incident that seriously affected not only him but the whole family.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"label\">Rated:<\/span>\u00a0K+ \u00a0WC \u00a02100<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">A comedy in response to the Pernell Roberts&#8217; Birthday Challenge 2013<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Story Notes:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks, Sklamb!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The &#8220;Polluter Pays&#8221; Principle <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdam, this is your fault. We had never troubles with Hop Sing when you were back East. But now you\u2019re home for only half a year, and Hop Sing is quitting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s goddamned nonsense, Hoss!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould you please stop swearing, Adam. Or is such language the newest trend in Boston?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The four Cartwrights were sitting around the dinner table with nothing before them but four empty plates and a very bad case of the blues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorry, Pa. But I don\u2019t know why you all are nagging at me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot to blame son Numbel one!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere you have it!\u201d Adam said triumphantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot your fault alone! You all guilty. Hop Sing had enough! Going to cousin and then leave for China!\u201d Hop Sing stood in front of the dining table carrying his travel bag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHop Sing, please! I\u2019ll raise your pay, but don\u2019t leave!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot matter of money! Hop Sing can\u2019t work with Catlights any more!\u201d And with that he continued on towards the front door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Hop Sing! What did we do wrong?\u201d Hoss desperately tried to stop the man on his way out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, Hop Sing explain to you!\u201d The irate Chinese cook turned back to the table, tossing his bag to the floor so he had his hands free. \u201cAll of you,\u201d and Hop Sing drew a circle with both his hands that included the whole family, \u201cnot value Hop Sing\u2019s work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Hop Sing, we \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, you all destroy Hop Sing\u2019s labor! All of you!\u201d The small man stared at the Cartwrights. \u201cYou,\u201d he pointed to Adam, \u201cbecome dandy after college. Change your clothes like in hotel. Fresh towels evely day and two clean shirts. 14 shirts to wash and iron for Hop Sing evely week!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew it, Adam, it was your fault!\u201d Hoss stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSon Numbel two makes Hop Sing angry more! Always going after food!\u201d Hop Sing poked his index finger at Hoss so fiercely that the seventeen year old flinched back. \u201cNibble, nibble, nibble! Never wait until food is finished! Yesterday Hop Sing baked little cakes, today made icing \u2026 but cakes gone already!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoss, that was really wrong. How many years have I been telling you not to snitch Hop Sing\u2019s cookies?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, Pa, they were so good. And I thought you liked it that I&#8217;m so fond of your food, Hop Sing?\u201d Hoss tried helplessly to placate their cook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEat, when food is served! Not sooner!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHop Sing, how about if we \u2026\u201d Ben Cartwright, the patriarch of the Ponderosa, tried his luck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo! Now fathel make sweet talk, all sugar mouthed like Son Numbel two with cookies. But other times he always yell. Hop Sing has good ears; why always shouting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three sons from eleven to twenty-three years old tried unsuccessfully to hide their grins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdam, Erik, Joseph, stop that! Immediately!\u201d Ben roared angrily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShouting! Shouting! Shouting! Why fathel always loud?\u201d Hop Sing waved an accusing arm at his employer.<\/p>\n<p>Adam and Hoss had recovered their self-control, but Joe giggled afresh at this second reprimand.<\/p>\n<p>Hop Sing spun around. \u201cAnd you, son Numbel three, you never clean your room. Put all things under your bed! Not only clothes but also frogs and other animals! Mostly dead ones! Hop Sing cleaning, cleaning, cleaning!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe, you know you have to tidy up your room!\u201d Ben tried to support his housekeeper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow all are talking nicely, but all of you, elegant Mistel Adam, messy little boy, greedy big boy, and fathel, come in with dirty shoes directly from barn. Hop Sing is leaving. Definitely!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And right on cue, a wagon drove into the yard. It had to be Hop Sing\u2019s cousin, who visited every two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast wold, before final good bye. Nobody ever says how many people will eat. Wednesday Mister Ross, Miss Amy-Sue, Mastel Mitch and Doctol were invited for dinner without Hop Sing knowing, and yestelday Hop Sing cooked big bird but nobody was there&#8211;no guest and no Catlight! Hop Sing leave now. Good bye!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All four Cartwrights had risen in an attempt to hold back Hop Sing but they could only watch as their cook climbed on the wagon. After he spoke a few Chinese words to his cousin, the man turned the horse, and the wagon drove away without a pause.<br \/>\n\u201cNow, boys, it\u2019s too late to argue. We can only divide up the work.\u201d Ben Cartwright sat down at his desk, took a piece of paper and a pencil, and scribbled down a few words. His sons clustered around him. \u201cWe should use the \u2018polluter pays\u2019 principle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe what?\u201d Hoss and Joe asked in unison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018polluter pays\u2019 principle. Let us start with Adam. Since he piles up most of the dirty laundry, he should be responsible for doing the washing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t tell me you don\u2019t know how to do it. You are a certified engineer. Consult a book or invent something. You must at least have seen Hop Sing do the laundry!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam gasped disbelievingly at his father but finally nodded in resignation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou, Hoss, are interested in food most of all. So you will be responsible for the kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, Pa, I can\u2019t cook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think anyone else can?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam thought it over. He knew the limits of his father\u2019s cooking; Pa could fry fishes over an open fire or make a stew out of whatever could be found &#8211; Adam remembered the one with squirrels quite vividly &#8211; that with luck wouldn\u2019t taste too bad. He himself could cook the same dishes, and maybe scramble a plateful of eggs. Yes, under the circumstances Hoss might well be the best choice, Adam concluded. He slapped his brother on the shoulder by way of encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you, Joseph, will start by cleaning your room, and later you will help doing the dishes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe\u2019s mouth stood open. \u201cDoing the dishes, Pa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you, Pa, what will you do? Voice exercises?\u201d Adam blurted.<\/p>\n<p>If Adam had been a few years younger he would have been afraid that a deadly glare wasn\u2019t all he&#8217;d get from his father in return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I won\u2019t!\u201d Ben shouted, \u201cI \u2026 .\u201d Lowering his voice with an effort he went on sweetly but with a clear sarcastic undertone, \u201cI will clean the first floor. The bedrooms will be cleaned by their owners.\u201d Out of the corner of his eye Ben caught a movement from Joe\u2019s direction. He turned abruptly. \u201cThat means you will tidy up and clean your room by yourself, Little Joe, but I will check it. And I will have a look under your bed, too, young man!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, sir\u201d, Joe responded to his father&#8217;s clipped tone, then suddenly his face brightened. \u201cPa? &#8220;What if \u2026 maybe I could visit Mitch until the weekend. The Devlins have invited me so often, and you&#8217;d be rid of me here. One less person eating and producing dirt. And next week I can make up for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would be five days, Joe. And you have other duties here, but on the other hand it&#8217;s true \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease, Pa, please.\u201d Joe made his eyes as wide and innocent as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHm, then Adam will have to help with the dishes. See that you clean your room and fill up all the wood boxes before you leave. I will look after the chickens for you while you&#8217;re away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPa, isn\u2019t that a bit hard on us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNonsense, Adam. Your brother is only an eleven year old child. I\u2019m glad he will have some decent food at least for a few days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to go clean my room, Pa,\u201d Little Joe said in an angelic voice as he slid from the arm of his father\u00b4s desk chair.<\/p>\n<p>Behind their father\u2019s back the two older brothers looked at each other and rolled their eyes.<\/p>\n<p>oooooo<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat&#8217;s for dinner, Hoss?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAh, I was thinking about beans, Adam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow delicious and so unusual. Didn\u2019t we just have beans yesterday and the day before that? But yesterday they tasted different somehow. So spicy \u2013 like coals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A well-aimed wet rag promptly hit Adam in the face. He hadn\u2019t thought that his brother could turn so quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorry, Hoss. Don\u2019t take it personally. It\u2019s mostly gallows humor. I don\u2019t know how Hop Sing managed the laundry so easily. The water is so hot and my knuckles feel as if I&#8217;ve been brawling in a saloon for hours. And when I was wringing out one of the bed sheets somehow it touched the floor and I had to wash it all again. One thing&#8217;s for sure; two shirts a week are sufficient: a white one for Sundays and a black one for everyday. Black suits me and it doesn&#8217;t show the dirt. And by the way we should wear napkins around our necks or better yet big kitchen towels when we eat. Tomato sauce stains are really hard to get out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, yeah,\u00a0 checkered towels at the dinner table, the newest fashion directly from Boston.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both brothers had to laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you please stir the beans, Adam, while I fry the bacon?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure. I can pass on the special flavor today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both young man worked diligently at their tasks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA slice of fresh bread would be nice,\u201d Adam commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, but the only baking I ever helped with was the Christmas cookies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy don\u2019t you try that tonight? Leave out the sugar and the other special things \u2013 cinnamon and whatnot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think I should?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure! What other choice do we have!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hoss took the pan and Adam the pot and they started into the dining room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDa \u2013 dburnit! Keep forgetting how Pa&#8217;s put down wet rags in every doorway. Now my socks are wet again!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could try wearing slippers, little brother. All this walking around in socks isn&#8217;t good for me. I can\u2019t be washing your socks all day!\u201d<br \/>\noooooooo<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you placed the advertisement for a new cook yet, Pa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, Hoss, I did. It should be in today&#8217;s newspaper. Please pass me the beans, Adam. Didn\u2019t we have beans for dinner yet this week?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hoss sighed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t worry, Pa. I\u2019ll drive to Virginia City tomorrow. I can buy another wagonload of canned beans in tomato sauce,\u201d Adam grinned smugly over the rim of his spoon first at his father and then at Hoss.<\/p>\n<p>ooooooo<br \/>\n\u201cHoss, can you please do the dishes? If I put my hands in any more water they might just dissolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo problem, it doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d Hoss switched places with his older brother and begun to wash up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t you be a bit more thorough, Hoss? There&#8217;s still dirt on that plate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t make such a fuss. Wipe it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh yeah, with the clean towel maybe, you dumbass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOuch, Hoss, are you silly?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOuch!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both brothers turned angrily. There Hop Sing stood, wooden spoon in hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork hard and don\u2019t use bad language! Chop chop move on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re back, Hop Sing!\u201d Hoss cheered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow wonderful!\u201d Adam agreed, rubbing his sore spot but smiling happily at Hop Sing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou clean kitchen. Hop Sing go to fathel and make new contract. Hop Sing and cousin all written down.\u201d<br \/>\nHe waved a sheet of paper at them.<\/p>\n<p>In that moment they heard hoofbeats from the yard and went outside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi, Little Joe. I thought you weren&#8217;t coming home until tomorrow,\u201d Hoss greeted the youngest Cartwright.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, Hoss, I changed my mind. Now that Hop Sing&#8217;s back it\u2019s best at home!\u201d The boy smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait a minute! How did you know Hop Sing would be back? He just now arrived.\u201d Adam asked suspiciously. He was still fuming over how his little brother had weasled out of his share.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, he told his cousin right at the start that he would return if he saw an advertisement for the job in the newspaper or at the latest this weekend. Don&#8217;t you understand even a few words of Chinese, big brothers?\u201d and with that Joe giggled as he led his pony to the barn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust wait, little brother, till I get a hold of you \u2026\u201d Adam threatened&#8211;but he couldn&#8217;t help grinning too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:\u00a0All publicly recognizable characters and settings are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. No money is being made from this work. 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