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Some years ago a small boy about ten years old entered a restaurant and sat at the counter. The waitress went over and put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked. “Fifty cents,” replied the waitress. The little fellow pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins clutched in it. “How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he asked. There were many people waiting at the counter, and the waitress was slightly impatient. “Thirty-five cents,” she said brusquely. Again he counted the coins. “I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said. The waitress took his money, brought the ice cream, put it in front of him, and walked away. When she came back a few minutes later, the boy was gone. She stared at the empty dish and then swallowed hard at what she saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish were two…
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