A young man was walking through a super market to pick upa few things when he noticed an old lady following him.
"Pardon me," she said. "I'm sorry if my staring at youhas made you feel uncomfortable. It's just that you lookjust like my son, who died recently.""I'm very sorry," replied the young man, "is thereanything I can do for you?""Yes," she said, "as I'm leaving, would you say'Goodbye, mother?' It would make me feel so much better.""Sure," answered the young man.
As the old woman was leaving, he called out,"Goodbye, Mother!" Then, as he stepped up to thecheckout counter, he saw that his total was $127.00.
"How can that be?" he asked. "I only purchased a few things!"The clerk replied, "Your mother said you'd pay for her." |