education

A CLEAR BOY

A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by: “Let me clean your boots”. The young man said “No” “It will cost you only a penny, sir” said the boy but the young man again refused. Then the boy told him that he would clean his boots for nothing. The man agreed to this, and soon one boot was shining brightly. Then he put his other boot on the box but the boy refused to clean it unless, he was paid two pence for his work. The young man refused to pay anything, and went away. But the well cleaned boot made the dirty one look so bad that he couldn’t walk on. He turned back and gave the boy the two pence. In a very short time his boots shone brightly.