A famous art collector is walking through the
city
when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the
doorway of
a store and he does a double take. He recognizes that
the saucer is
extremely old and very valuable, so he walks casually
into the store and
offers to buy the cat for two dollars.
The
storeowner replies “I’m sorry, but the cat isn’t for sale.
The
collector says, “Please, I need a hungry cat around the house to
catch
mice. I’ll pay you twenty dollars for that cat.”
And the owner
says “Sold,” and hands over the cat.
The collector continues, “Hey,
for the twenty bucks I wonder if you
could throw in that old saucer.
The cat’s used to it and it’ll save me
from having to get a
dish.”
And the owner says, “Sorry buddy, but that’s my lucky saucer. So
far
this week I’ve sold sixty-eight cats.”