Please take the time to read this letter all the way through, and follow the instructions to a tee. It could make the difference for you between financial disaster or a life of prosperity.
I am known as "The Global Shoes". I have travelled the world as my well-worn exterior can attest to. I have seen the Pyramids, walked the Great Wall, left a trail through the sands of the Sahara and waded through the headwaters of the Amazon. I have had many owners, some lucky, most others, not so much.
You see, I was originally owned by Lars Gergoriusson Tveranger, grandson of shoemaker Nils Gregoriusson Tveranger. Nils has been credited with introducing the world to the loafer in the early 1900's. Lars was a skilled businessman, but also very cheap businessman. So much so he wouldn't put pennies in me. One day, during a business meeting, Lars' Slovakian client noticed he didn't have any pennies in his shoes. Lars scoffed at the man, calling him foolish for wasting money on a perfectly good pair of shoes. "Why I'd rather save that money than risk it falling out". The man, so accosted by Lars' reaction, recited an old Slovakian curse as he stormed out of the meeting.
The curse said whomever owned the shoes would fall into financial ruin unless they kept pennies in the shoes. Later that year, and having not put pennies in me, Lars' company went bankrupt and Lars never had a penny to his name for the rest of his life. Since then I have been passed on to new owner after owner. Those who have followed the instructions below have had no harm come to them. Those who didn’t have suffered the same fate as Lars.
To avoid the curse, you must do the following.
1. Exchange the pennies in the shoes with pennies of your own.
2. Keep the shoes safely stored away in your possession for a minimum of 24hours. Any less time and the shoes will not have enough time to absorb the good energy from your pennies.
3. Donate the two pennies you removed from the shoes. (To show you’re not a cheapskate)
4. After the minimum of 24 hours, you must pass on the shoes to another. But they mustn't let them see you do this. The new owner must discover me on their own and read the instructions themselves and then decide if they believe in the curse or not.
5. The shoes must be kept in pairs. Separating them will cause you to suffer the curse.
6. Good fortune will be bestowed upon any owner of the shoes who so polishes them.
