A Jewish wisdom story-a brilliant bad idea? 172

? Adapted/painted Ningyuan/translated Memag Zemunk

? Brilliant Bad Idea is a silver prize work of Cadillac Picture Book Award from 65438 to 0978. This story is adapted from a Jewish legend full of wisdom.

? Once upon a time, there was a poor and unfortunate man who lived in a crowded hut with his mother, wife and six children. Because the house is too small and noisy, the children often get into a ball. So the man went to the wise elders to find a way. The elders gave him one idea after another, but each new idea made the situation at home worse ... The story had a surprising ending. People began to pay attention to the wisdom of the Jewish nation.

? Share some Jewish wisdom stories, and reflect the introverted, pious nature and optimistic attitude of the Jewish nation from different angles.

1. A man with a puppy rushed into a pet shop run by a Jewish businessman and said to the boss, "I bought your dog to watch the door, but last night, a thief sneaked into my house and stole 200 dollars from me, but the dog just watched what happened and didn't say a word." The Jewish boss explained it this way: "The former owner of this dog was a multimillionaire, so you didn't notice that you only had $200."

Three people are going to serve three years in prison for some reason, and the warden promised that each of them could make a request. Americans like to smoke cigars, so they ordered three boxes of cigars. The French are the most romantic. He wants a beautiful woman to accompany him to prison. The Jew said that what he wanted was a telephone that could contact the outside world at any time. Three years passed quickly. The American was the first to rush out of the prison, with his nostrils stuffed with cigars and shouting, "Give me a fire, give me a fire!" " "It turned out that he forgot to make a fire.

Then the Frenchman came, and he saw a child in his hand, a beautiful woman holding a child in her hand and a third child in her belly.

Finally, the Jews came out. He held the warden's hand tightly and said, "I have been in contact with the outside world every day for three years." My business has not stopped, but has increased by 300%. Now I am worth 1 100 million. To express my gratitude, I want to send you an old Schleswig! "

The Soviet Union wanted to recruit pilots, and three people came for an interview, namely Germans, French and Jews. The Soviets asked them: Gentlemen, please talk about your salary requirements. The German said, "I want $3,000, of which 1000 is for my wife and family, 1000 for insurance and 1000 for my own use." . The Frenchman said: I want 4000 dollars, of which 1000 is for my wife and family, 1000 is for insurance, 1000 is for my own use, and 1000 is for my lover. It's the Jews' turn. He said, please give me 5000 dollars, sir. Because you gave me this project, of which 1000 should be yours, 1000 is my own, and another 3000 will be used to hire a German pilot to complete this project. Can't help but marvel at the wisdom of the Jews!

Many years ago, in Auschwitz concentration camp, a Jew said to his son: Now our only wealth is wisdom. When others say that one plus one equals two, you should consider it greater than two. The Nazis poisoned hundreds of thousands of people in Auschwitz, but the father and son survived. 1946, they came to Houston, USA to do bronze ware business. One day, the father asked his son what the price of a pound of copper was. The son answered 35 points.

The father said, yes, the whole state of Texas knows that the price of copper per pound is 35 cents, but as a Jewish son, it should be $3.50. Try to use a pound of copper as a doorknob. Twenty years later, his father died and his son ran a bronze shop alone. He makes bronze drums, reeds on Swiss clocks and watches and Olympic medals. He once sold a pound of copper for $3500. At this time, he is the chairman of mccall Company. However, what really made him famous was a pile of rubbish in New York State.

In document 1974, the U.S. government publicly invited tenders to clean up the waste left by the renovation of the Statue of Liberty. But months passed and no one responded. When he heard that he was traveling in France, he immediately flew to new york. After seeing the mountains of copper blocks, screws and wood under the Statue of Liberty, he signed unconditionally.

Many transportation companies in new york secretly laughed at his foolish behavior. Because in New York State, there are strict regulations on garbage disposal, which may be sued by environmental organizations. Just when someone wanted to see Jewish jokes, he began to organize workers to sort garbage. He melted the scrap copper and made a little statue of Liberty. Processing cement blocks and wood into a base layer; Make waste lead and aluminum into the key to new york Square.

Finally, he even packaged the ashes swept from the Statue of Liberty and sold them to flower shops. In less than three months, he turned this pile of waste into $3.5 million in cash, and the price of copper per pound increased by 654.38+0.0000 times.