Just for Fun

A stranger, passing along a road and uncertain of his way, saw a shepherd boy lying by the roadside while the sheep were grazing contentedly in nearby pastures. Approaching the boy, the stranger asked the way. The boy, scarcely looking up, stretched out his arm nonchalantly and said, “That way.”

The stranger thanked him, but said, “My boy, if you can show me anything lazier than that, I‛ll give you one pound.”

Without looking up, the boy said, “Put it in my pocket.”