A dish of ice cream

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much
less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel coffee shop
and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in
front of him.

“How much is an ice cream sundae?”

“50 cents,” replied the waitress.

The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and
studied a number of coins in it.

“How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he
inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table
and the waitress was a bit impatient.

“35 cents,” she said brusquely.
The little boy again counted the coins. “I’ll have the
plain ice cream,” he said.

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on
the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice
cream, paid the cashier and departed.

When the waitress came back, she began wiping
down the table and then swallowed hard at what
she saw.

There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were 15
cents – her tip.

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