"How much is an ice cream sundae?"

"Fifty cents," replied the waitress.

The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the
number of coins in it.

"How much is a dish of plain ice cream?" he inquired.
Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit
impatient.

"Thirty-five cents," she said brusquely.

The little boy again counted the coins.

"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and
walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and
departed.

When the waitress came back, she began wiping down the table and
then swallowed hard at what she saw. There, placed neatly beside
the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies - her tip