Neal, a kind and loveable character about town, was considered by many to be quite simple minded. Time after time people in our small village would come up to him and offer him his choice of a dime or a nickel. Always, he would take the larger coin.

Finally, a bystander could bear this mockery no longer. He went up to Neal and said, "Don't let these people fool you any longer. The nickel may be larger, but the dime is worth twice as much money."

"I know that," Neal whispered to him, "but if I start taking the dimes, they'll stop offering me money!"