Small Biz Owner's Story Too Moving For Bank To Deny Loan

Here are the heart-wrenching lists and sketches that left bank managers unable to say no to a loan request for a stationary store.

Read the full story at The Onion. What the paper doesn't report is that the stationery store is actually one of the first franchises in a budding new franchise system. That thought tugged at least one banker's heart. "Big oaks from small acorns grow," a loan officer of First National Bank of Kansas City said, choking up.