Onedollar
oneday,aJewishrichnamedHardwalkedintheloandepartmentofCitibank,N.A..Thisgentlemanlookedelegantandwearedluxuriousclothes.Themanagerdidn;tdaretotreathimarrogantlyandsaidhellotohimwithrespect:
"WhatcanIdoforyou,sir?"
"Well,Iwanttoborrowsomemoney"
"Yes,howmuchdoyouwanttoborrowthen?"
"Onedollar"
"Onlyonedollar?"
"Yes,onlyonedollar,can"
"Ofcourseyoucan,agentlemanlikeyoucanborrowmorewithguarantees"
"Sohowabouttheseguarantees?"
TheJewtookoutapileofdiamondsfromhisluxurypurse.
"Oh,herearediamondsworthfivehundredthousanddollars,isthatenough?"
"Ofcourse,ofcourse!But,youonlyneedonedollar?"
"Yes."TheJewtookonedollarandbegantoleavethebank.
Thesubsidiarybankmanageonthesidewasconfused,hedidn'tknowwhythisJewborrowedonedollarwithaguaranteeoffivehundredthousanddollars.HecaughtupwiththeJewhurriedlyandsaid:"Sir,pleasewait,youowndiamondsworthfivehundredthousanddollars,sowhydoyoujustborrowonedollar?Wewillconsideritifyouborrowthreehundredthousandorfourhundredthousanddollars."
"Well,hereisthething,Ihaveaskedsomebanksbeforecominghere,theircoffers'feesaretooexpensive,whiletherentfeeofyourischeap,onlysixcentsayear"
Rent
Therewasafamilywhowanttomoveintothecityandtheybegantofindthehouse.
Therearethreepeopleinthefamily,acoupleandafiveyearoldchild.Theyrunalldayonlytofindoneadvertisementforapartment'srentuntilnight.
Theyhurriedthereandthehouseissurpriselygood,sotheyknockedthedoortoask.
Andtheamicablelandlordcameoutandlookedcarefullythroughallthesethreeguests.
Thehusbandaskedhimwithcourage:"Well,Isthishouseforrent?"
Thelandlordsaidwithpity"Oh,Iamreallysorry,ourapartmentdoesn'tacceptresidentswithchild"
Thehusbandandwifedidn'tknowwhattodoonhearingthisandtheyleftsilentlylater.
Thefiveyearoldchildwatchedallthethings.Thelovelymindwasthinking:"Isn;tthereanymethods?"Andheknockedthedoorwithhisredleavelikehands.Andnowthecouplehadwalkedaboutfivemetersaway,theybothturnedtolookathim.
Thedooropened,thelandlordcameoutagain,thechildsaidwithhighspirit:"Papa,Iwanttorentthishouse,Ihavenochildren,andwhatihavearejusttwogrow-ups."
Thelandlordlaughedloudlyonhearingthisanddecidedtorentthehousetothem.