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The narrator tells us that he knows a rich kid who doesn't like ordinary things like stamps. If he can sell his stamp, he'll be able to pay his university fees, and he can even help his sister's family. He says that if the rich kid is willing to pay, then that rich kid's going to be surprised. The narrator then asks if the stamp is the "large dragon stamp" or the "elephant design" . The rich kid says he's sure it is, and the narrator is pretty sure he is. He asks if there's a way to get the stamp without having to go through the trouble of calling a rich guy, but the narrator says he can't. He's not the one who's looking for him. It's the other way around: the rich guy is looking for a new stamp. He calls the narrator to get him to go to hell, but he hangs up. He tells the narrator that the new stamp is a "rarer" stamp than a "new" stamp. If it were real, he says, he would pay a million dollars for it. But he says he hasn't seen it yet, so he'd better call an expert.