Teasing
There was a little boy named Johnny who used to hang out at the local corner
market. The owner didn't know what Johnny's problem was, but the boys would
constantly tease him. They would always comment that he was two bricks shy
of a load, or two pickles short of a barrel. To prove it, sometimes they
would offer Johnny his choice between a nickel (5 cents) and a dime (10
cents) and John would always take the nickel -- they said, because it was
bigger.
One day after John grabbed the nickel, the store owner took him aside and
said, "Johnny, those boys are making fun of you. They think you don't know
the dime is worth more than the nickel. Are you grabbing the nickel because
it's bigger, or what?"
Slowly, Johnny turned toward the store owner and a big grin appeared on his
face and Johnny said, "Well, if I took the dime, they'd stop doing it, and
so far I have saved $20!"