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Every morning billionaire Milton Petrie walked from his New York apartment
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and bought a newspaper from a ragged old man on the street corner.
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One morning the man
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[ wʌn 'mɔ:niŋ ðe mæn ]
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wasn't there.
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Petrie learned that he was very ill
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[ petri 'lə:nt ðæt hi: wɒz 'veri il ]
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and was in the city hospital.
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Immediately, Petrie went to the hospital
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[ i'mi:djətli petri went tu: ðe 'hɔspitl ]
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and paid for the old man's medical bills.
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Later, when the old man died,
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[ 'leitə wen ðe əuld mæn dɪd ]
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Petrie also paid for his funeral.
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The old man was just one of many people
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[ ðe əuld mæn wɒz ʤʌst wʌn əv 'meni pi:pl ]
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that Milton Petrie helped with his money.
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Whenever he read about personal disasters in the newspaper,
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[ wenever hi: ri:d ə'baut 'pə:snl di'zɑ:stəz in ðe 'nju:speipə ]
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Petrie sent generous checks, especially to the families of police officers or fire fighters injured at work.
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He also sent checks to a mother who lost five children in a fire,
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and a beautiful model, whose face was cut in a knife attack.
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It cost him millions of dollars,
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[ it kɔst him 'miljənz əv 'dɒlərz ]
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but he still had millions left.
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He said that he was lucky in business
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[ hi: sed ðæt hi: wɒz 'lʌki in 'biznis ]
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and he wanted to help those less fortunate than himself.
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"The nice thing is, the harder I work, the more money I can make,
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and the more people I can help" he said.
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Milton Petrie died in 1994
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[ miltɔn petri dɪd in 1994 ]
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when he was 92.
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His will was 120 pages long
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[ hiz wil wɒz 120 peiʤz lɔŋ ]
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because he left $150 million to 383 people.
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His widow, Carroll, his fourth and last wife, said
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[ hiz 'widəu karɔl hiz fɔ:θ ənd lɑ:st waif sed ]
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his generosity was a result of the poverty of his early years.
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