We left off in this story telling about Mickey´s cold storage room located off the kitchen. Mickey finished his breakfast and put the dishes into the sink where he would later wash them. He wanted to get into the city as soon as possible as he had some money to deposit in the local bank run by Gerhardt Eule or in English, "Jerry Owl" who was also very wise and Mickey trusted him. He got into his special car and coasted happily in the direction of the center of the city. He coasted right into a parking space next to the bank and hopped out with his wallet in hand proceeding to the front of the bank. He suddenly noticed 2 big fat cats smoking black stinky cigars which are not like the excellent cigars that Uncle Nate occasionally smokes. They also noticed Mickey and moved ominously in his direction. Mickey casually slipped his paw into his pocket and fingered his laser stun gun lightly prepared to draw it at a moments notice. The two stopped then before reaching him but one on either side of Mickey so as to block him if he tried to move away. Mickey had no fear as he knew that although they were physically stronger and bigger than he, they were no match for his brains and cunning. He stood looking at them with a slight smile and said " Well my buckos what brings you here to this fair city?" The bigger and uglier of the two rascals said, "Good morning my little friend. We have a proposition for you as we see you are about to deposit your money in the bank. We could not help but see your fat wallet stuffed with Euros. ( Mickey and Opa Jim use Euros for money here in Europe and not dollars like people in America use) We have a tip for you today." Mickey replied, " and what may I ask is your tip?"
The fat cat replied," It would be better for you to invest it in our super duper hedge fund where we can leverage it against bad mortgages and you will be rich before the market fails wiping out all the other investors."
Mickey was aware of what was happening to the finances in America and Europe which were causing all sorts of problems throughout the world including in the parallel animal world. He also knew that saving your money in a trusted bank backed up by the government was the best way to protect these savings. If one had some extra money to put into stocks and bonds and could afford to lose it, then they could invest it in the stock market and wait for a dividend if everything worked out. The fat cat types were all over the world and ruining many peoples retirement nest eggs causing them to continue to work into old age with no chance of retiring like Otata. Mickey´s brain went into overdrive and pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket. He looked wisely at the fat cats and said in a trusting voice, " I have even a better deal for you!"
"What do you have, little guy?" said Mr. Ugly Fat Cat.
"This here is the patent for my new invention, this auto that you see here", he said. " If you will give me 10,000 animal euros, I will sign away this patent and you will be rich over night".
The smaller and weasely looking fat cat said without hesitation " We will take it if Herr Eule from the bank will notarize your signature". He was aware of Mickey´s inventions having been alerted by the auto manufacturers who needed new cars that saved energy and did not pollute the environment. He also knew that the big car lobby and the gasoline companies did not want such a car and would pay big bucks to stop this invention. If they purchased the patent rights then they could get some lawmaker to have it buried under paperwork at the patent office thus effectively getting rid of it hopefully till the next century. The fat cats and Mickey went to the notary public who was Herr Eule and also the bank president. The papers were signed, the monies paid and the fat cats quickly went away in an great big oil guzzling Hummer. Mickey smiled to himself and put the money into his savings account which paid him honest interest and would not be destroyed by the evil hedge fund operators.
The fat cats did not know that Mickey had no patent on his invention and all the fat cats had was a piece of worthless paper. He planned to draw up some plans at a later date and have his invention really patented.
In our next adventure we will hear about Mickey and the Easter Bunny if the cook doesn´t burn the breakfast waffles..
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