Once there was a land where regular people lived.

• Regular people went to school. • Regular people went to work. • Regular people listened to news. • Regular people followed rules. • Regular people did not get to choose most of the rules.

In the same land, there were Say-What-Happens people.

Say-What-Happens people were people who said what happens and regular people had to follow what the Say-What-Happens people said.

• Some Say-What-Happens people helped choose money rules. • Some Say-What-Happens people helped choose school rules. • Some Say-What-Happens people helped choose court rules. • Some Say-What-Happens people helped choose news stories. • Some Say-What-Happens people helped choose government rules.

For a long time, the thought was:

• Some Say-What-Happens people were unfair. • Some Say-What-Happens people helped themselves. • Some Say-What-Happens people did not help regular people.

Then one day, a real paper note appeared in the tale.

The paper note was written by Lewis Powell.

Lewis Powell was a real Say-What-Happens person.

Some Say-What-Happens people listened to Lewis Powell.

• The paper note was not a note for regular people. • The paper note was for business Say-What-Happens people.

Business Say-What-Happens people were company people who helped say what happened in company life.

• The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to help other business Say-What-Happens people. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to work together. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to use schools. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to use courts. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to use news. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to use government. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to keep getting to say what happens.

Learning about the Lewis Powell paper note changed the thought.

The thought had been:

Some Say-What-Happens people are unfair.

Now the thought became:

Some Say-What-Happens people tell other Say-What-Happens people how to stay in charge.

Stay in charge means keep getting to say what happens.

Then came a voice story called Master Plan.

Master Plan was a story heard with ears.

• The Master Plan voice story talked about money. • The Master Plan voice story talked about rules. • The Master Plan voice story talked about government. • The Master Plan voice story said some Say-What-Happens people helped other Say-What-Happens people stay in charge.

Learning about the Master Plan voice story changed the thought again.

Now the thought became:

• Some Say-What-Happens people were not acting alone. • Some Say-What-Happens people help other Say-What-Happens people stay in charge.

Then a book came into the tale.

The book was called Opus.

Gareth Gore wrote the Opus book.

The Opus book talked about Opus Dei.

Opus Dei is a real church group.

• The Opus book said some Opus Dei people used money. • The Opus book said some Opus Dei people had Say-What-Happens friends. • The Opus book said some Opus Dei people used hidden helping.

Hidden means not shown.

Hidden helping means helping happens, but regular people do not see the helping.

Learning about the Opus book changed the thought again.

The thought was no longer only:

Some Say-What-Happens people are unfair.

The thought became:

• Some Say-What-Happens people helped other Say-What-Happens people stay in charge. •Some Say-What-Happens people hid the helping. •Some Say-What-Happens people kept doing the helping for a long, long time.

That was the change.

The world had looked like unfair choices.

Then the world looked like some Say-What-Happens people were helping other Say-What-Happens people stay in charge.

• The Lewis Powell paper note showed one part. • The Master Plan voice story showed another part. • The Opus book showed another part.

The three parts made one new thought in three parts:

• Some Say-What-Happens people stayed in charge by helping each other. • Some Say-What-Happens people hid the helping. • Even though regular people may not see the helping, Say-What-Happens people helping other Say-What-Happens people can still change regular people’s lives.

That is why the thought changed.