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SIMON FINKELSTEIN

I AM 87 YEARS OLD AND AT AN EARLY AGE IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST TASTE WHEN I BOUGHT A ONE CENT TOOTSIE ROLL. THE FLAVOR IS UNIQUE AND TASTE EXPERIENCE AN ADVENTURE IN CANDY PLEASURE. YEARS AGO I INVESTED IN TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES AND NOW I STILL OWN SOME SHARES. I WROTE A LETTER AND RECEIVED A REPLY WITH A SAMPLE OF A CANDY THAT NEVER WAS INTRODUCED TO THE CONSUMER. I DO NOT RECALL THE NAME. ALSO, THE PERSON THAT WROTE THE LETTER TOLD ME THAT MY LETTER BECAUSE OF ITS CONTENT WAS PASSED AROUND AT A COMPANY MANAGEMENT MEETING. HERE IS MY POEM DEDICATED TO TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES. YOU CAN COUNT ON TOOTSIE ROLL TO KEEP YOUR SPIRITS BRIGHT, FROM EARLY IN THE MORNING TILL LATE, LATE AT NIGHT. WITH EVERY DELICIOUS BITE YOUR TONGUE WILL DANCE FOR JOY, AND YOUR FACE WILL LIGHT UP AND WEAR AN EAR TO EAR SMILE FROM ALL OF THE JOY.