So after the first days of work they all met back at the church. The preacher looked at the first boy and asked him, "How many bibles did you sell?"
The boy stood up and said, "35."
"Is that all you sold?" the preacher asked.
"He looked at the secound boy and asked him the same thing. The boy said, "75." "That is good," the preacher replied.
He didn't want to ask the third boy but did. The boy with the speech impedement said 'I-I-I s-s-sold 175.' The preacher was amazed and asked the boy how did he sell all of the bibles. He said 'I-I-I t-t-told them to b-b-buy t-t-them or I will r-r-read it to t-t-them'
When he finished that, the owner of the house walked into the room and commented on what a nice job he had done.
'Aaron, The carpet lookes wonderful!' she exclaimed. 'Here are your cigarettes; I found them in the kitchen. Oh yes, and by the way, have you seen my gerbil?'
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