Nice excerpt. Although I do wonder how the man was able to say ’Here’s luck, boys’ with a throat so damaged that he couldn’t take nourishment through it… 8^p
It’s money that they will get anyway, at the latest as inheritance when you croak. So you are giving them an advance, to make them feel rewarded for the good behavior.
But in the end it’s like giving a dog treats to reward desirable behavior that you want them to repeat. You will in the end subtract the treats from their regular chow so that they don’t get fat.
So with both the dog and the child, you are just tricking them.
Technically only Cow’s face won…