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Does Charlie buy the timber yard for his family? If so, provide a quote to support.
Does Charlie buy the timber yard for his family? If so, provide a quote to support.
After winning the bet, Charlie uses his winnings from the race to buy a timber yard that will keep him and Norman employed in honest work for life. The timber yard is symbolic: Charlie’s ambition to begin running started because he wanted to escape the cold he associated with poverty; that ability to run fast led him eventually to secure a lasting source of not only money but firewood. Thus, Charlie buys the timber yard to secure his family's future.
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