One day as many times before in a small country town a little boy walked into a barbershop. As this was the only barbershop in town it was always filled with customers. Looking at the little boy, the barber whispers to his customer, “This is the most foolish kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.”

Everyone stopped doing what they were doing and watched the barber go behind the counter and call the little boy to him. While behind the counter the barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other. As the little boy comes over the barber asks him “Which do you want, son?”

The boy takes the quarters, thanks the barber and leaves. “What did I tell you? That kid never learns! He’s been coming here every week for a couple of years now, and he always takes the two quarters.” the barber said laughing. Some customers laughed and agreed with the barber that the boy was foolish for doing so. But there was one customer that just couldn’t accept this thought.

As this customer was leaving the barbershop he decided to walk around a little bit and maybe find the boy and tell him to take the dollar next time he gets the chance. And with a little bit of luck, the customer, sure enough, came across the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store. Trying to do a good deed that day he first asked the boy “Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?”

The boy licked his favorite ice cream looked at the customer and replied, “Because the day I take the dollar, the game is over.”

When the customer heard that he finally understood what happened before in the barbershop and who is the real fool.