In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel
coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How
much is an ice cream sundae?" "Fifty cents," replied the waitress. The
little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins in it.
"How much is a dish of plain ice cream?" he inquired. Some people were now
waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit impatient. "Thirty-five cents,"
she said brusquely. The little boy again counted the coins. "I'll have the plain ice
cream," he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and
walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and departed. When the
waitress came back, she began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what she
saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies - her
tip.
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