A26-year-oldMontrealmanappearstohavesucceededinhisquesttobarterasingle，redpaperclip(夹子)allthewayuptoahouse.Ittookalmostayearand14trades，butKyleMacDonaldhasbeenofferedatwo-storeyfarmhouseinKipling，Sask.，forapaidroleinamovie.
MacDonaldbeganhisquestlastsummerwhenhedecidedhewantedtoliveinahouse.Hedidn’thaveajob，soinsteadofpostingaresumé，helookedataredpapercliponhisdeskanddecidedtotradeitonanInternetwebsite.Theresponsewasimmediate—afishpenwasofferedforexchange.MacDonaldthenbarteredthefishpenforahandmadedoorknobfromapotterinSeattle.
InMassachusetts，MacDonaldtradedthedoorknobforacampstove.HetradedthestovetoaU.S.soldierinCaliforniaforagenerator.Thenheexchangedthegeneratorforan“instantpartykit”—anemptykeg(小桶)andanilluminatedBudweiserbeersign.MacDonaldthentradedthekegandsignforasnowmobile.HebarteredallthewayuptoanafternoonwithrockstarAliceCooper，aKISSsnowglobeandfinallyapaidroleinaCorbinBernsenmovie.
“Now，I’msurethefirstquestiononyourmindis，‘WhywouldCorbinBernsentradearoleinafilmforasnowglobe？AKISSsnowglobe，’MacDonaldsaidonhiswebsite.”Well，Corbinhappenstobearguablyoneofthebiggestsnowglobecollectorsontheplanet.
Now，thetownofKipling，Sask.，Canada，withapopulationof1100，hasofferedMacDonaldafarmhouseinexchangefortheroleinthemovie.Thetownisgoingtoholdacompetitionforthemovierole.
MacDonaldsaid：“There’repeopleallovertheworldthataresayingthattheyhavepaperclipsclippedtothetopoftheircomputer，orontheirdeskorontheirshirt，anditprovesthatanythingispossibleandIthinktoacertaindegreeit’strue.”
MacDonald，whohasattractedinternationalmediaattentioninhisquest，saidthejourneyhasturnedouttobemoreexcitingthanthegoal.“Thisisnottheend.Thismaybetheendofthispartofthestory，butthisstorywillgoon.”
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