Wise

A very interesting short story that made me see things tt i have been blinded to since dunno when.. made me laugh at my own stupidity. enjoy. =)

An old man retired and bought a modest home near a school. He spent the first few weeks of his retirement in peace until the new school year began. Three young boys came down his street after school, beating on every trash can they encounter. The loud noise continued say after day until finally, the old man decided to take action.

He stopped the boys and said, " you kid r alot of fun. I like to see you express yourselves like tt. I'll give u each a dollar if u'll promise to come round every day and do this."

The kids continued their noise-making. But after a few days, the old man told the kids he lost his job and could pay each of them only 50cents to beat on the cans. They were displeased, but accepted his offer and continued their afternoon ruckus. A few days later, the retiree told them he could only pay them 10cents because he could not afford it anymore.

"A lousy 10cents?" one boy asked. "No way we're going to drum for you for 10cents. We quit!"
And so, the old man enjoyed peace for the rest of his days.



~something i keep telling myself~