How Did Harvey Vi Become Famous

The Jig-Dancing, Flute-Playing Wonder Phillip Worthington Hartford VI wanted to become famous. He had known he would become famous since the time he was old enough to count his money, and he told that to everyone he met. Once, he even paid for an ad that showed up on every newspaper in London about how he was going to become famous. His father, Phillip Worthington Hartford V, was the most successful lawyer in England like every Phillip Worthington Hartford had been since the first. Therefore, Phillip VI was expected to be a lawyer, and he had a lot of money to inherit. His father had never been very affectionate. Phillip V was busy, stern, professional, a little haughty, business-like, very proud of the Hartford name, and a former army general to boot. His son did not mind. He was cut from the same mold. Phillip VI always wore perfectly pressed suits, carried a briefcase, strode pompously, and talked like he was in court giving a deposition. Both Phillips were always disciplined, arrogant, and orderly.

He decided he would become a famous flute player. He had taken flute lessons for three months when he was eight. That’s it. He assumed he had retained all the skills he had learned and thought he sounded quite extraordinary. He didn’t. He was awful. Soon after, he found he had a passion for dancing. Not just any dancing though. Any dance requiring intricate footwork, he found he rather enjoyed. He tap danced, clogged, jigged, and Irish danced and assumed he was fairly stupendous at all of it. He wasn’t. He was horrible. Then he came to a problem: he couldn’t decide if he should play the flute or dance to become famous. He decided on both. Phillip Worthington Hartford VI chose to become famous by combining his two talents. He played the flute (dreadfully) while dancing (frightfully). Furthermore he was thoroughly ignorant of how ridiculous he looked and