There was a skinny young boy who was constantly being teased by the older lads in the village.
One of their favourite games was to prove how stupid he was by giving him the choice of picking a 5 cent piece or a 10 cent piece.
The boy always chose the 5 cent piece which would send the bullies into fits of laughter.
“See,” they would say. “He always picks the 5 cent because it’s bigger. He’s so thick.”
On a number of occasions this trick had been witnessed by the local storekeeper who eventually took the lad aside and questioned him.
“I’m sure you know 5 cents isn’t worth as much as 10 cents, is it really because it’s bigger?”
“Of course not,” whispered the boy, “but if I stopped picking the 5 cents they’d stop playing the trick!”
