THE COST OF SHORT SIGHTEDNESS
A man flying a small aircraft encountered engine trouble and was forced to land in the middle of a desert wasteland. Stranded without water, the unfortunate man trudged through the desert for hours until he could no longer stay on his feet. Then, as he began crawling, across the burning sands, he encountered a necktie salesman. “Can I interest you in a nice new tie?” the salesman asked. “Are you crazy?” the man gasped. “I’m dying of thirst and you want to sell me a necktie?” The salesman shrugged his shoulders and moved on, and the dying man resumed his crawling. Finally, he came upon an unbelievable sight. There, before his eyes, in the middle of the desert, was a magnificent restaurant with neon lights blazing and a parking lot filled with cars. The desperate man crawled to the front door. With his voice growing weaker and weaker, he said to the doorman, “Please, help me in, I must…
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