"Who is
this handsome man?" the little boy asks his mother, pointing at the
picture of an athletic young man with a full head of dark, wavy hair.
"That’s your father," his mother says.
"Then who is that fat, bald man who lives with us?"
"Can
you spare some change?" a beggar asks a passerby.
"No, I know you’re going to spend it all on vodka."
"No, sir, I don’t drink."
"Then you’ll gamble it away."
"No, I don’t gamble either, sir."
"Well then, you’re going to spend it on women."
"No, sir, I don’t spend money on women."
"Okay," the passerby finally agrees. "I’m going to give
you 100 rubles, if you come with me. I want to show my wife an example of what
can happen to a man who has no bad habits."