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A father had four sons.? One went to the big city,where he became a wealthy businessman，the other three remained in their home town. When their father passed away,the successful son was too busy to attend the funeral，but he told his brothers to spare no expense，since he would pay all the costs.

Shortly thereafter，the wealthy son received an bill for $5,000 from the funeral director，which he paid. But every month afterward he got a bill for $27. Curious about this little item, he wrote to his brothers and asked the reason for the monthly charge.”You told us that we should spare no expense，“his brothers wrote back.“Since you said Dad would like to be in style，we rented him a tuxedo."
事隔不久，做富商的兒子從殯儀館主管那兒收到了一張5000美元的發(fā)票，他付了帳。從這以后，他每月都收到一張27美元的帳票。他對這筆微薄的開銷有點(diǎn)兒好奇，于是就寫信給其兄弟，想知道其中的原因。他的兄弟們寫回信告訴他:“你告訴我們不必節(jié)省。既然你說爸爸的穿著要高稚脫俗，所以我們?yōu)樗饬艘惶缀谏Y服。”