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Two Nickels and Five Pennies
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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