José and Carlos

José and Carlos are beggars.

 

They beg in different areas of town.

Carlos begs for the same amount of time

as José, but collects only about $8.00 or $9.00 a day.

 

José brings home a suitcase full of ten-dollar  

bills every day. He drives a Mercedes,  

lives in a mortgage-free house, and has a lot of money to spend.

 

 

"Hey, amigo," Carlos says to José,

 

"I work just as long and hard as you do, so how come you bring home a suitcase full of ten dollar bills every day?

 

 

José says, "Look at your sign, what does it say?"

 

 

Carlos reads his sign:

 

"I have no work,a wife and six kids to support."  

 

"What's wrong with that?"

 

Carlos asks him.

 

 

"No wonder you only get

 

$8.00 or $9.00

a day!" says José.

 

 

Carlos says,

 

"All right, what is on your sign?"  

 

José shows him: