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It had always been considered that the boy in the small town was not guite "all there." That opinion got started one day when some teaser held out a dime and a nickel on the palm of his hand, and offered the boy his choice. He took the nickel because it was the biggest, so he said. The story went the rounds, and often someone made the same test, and aways the boy took the nickel. People oftcn entertained visitors by showing them this big country boy who didn't know the value of a dime.
One day a kindly lady saw the same thing happen while people snickered, so she took the boy to one side and asked
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AND him if he really didn't know the difference between the two coins. "Don't you know," she said, "that although the dime is smaller than a nickel. it is worth twice as much?"
"Sure I know," said the boy, "but keep it to yourself, please."
"Then why do you always take the nickel?" asked the lady.
"Because," said the boy, with a grin, "they would quit tryin' that trick on me if I ever took the dime."
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