1. AN INVITATION
A woman came out of her house and saw
three old men sitting in her front yard. She
couldn't recognize them. She said
"I don't think I know you, but you must be
hungry.
Please come in and have something to eat."
2. "Is the man of the house home?", they asked.
"No", she said. "He's out."
"Then, we cannot come in", they replied.
3. In the evening when her husband came home,
she told him what had happened.
" Let’s invite them in! " he said.
They went out and invited the men in.
"We don’ t go into a house together," they
replied.
"Why is that?" she wanted to know.
4. One of the old men explained:
" His name is Wealth, "
Then, pointing to another one,
" He is Success,
and
I am Love.“
Then he added,
"Now go in and discuss among yourselves.
Which one of us do you want in your home?"
5. They went in. The husband was overjoyed.
"How nice!!", he said.
"Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth.
Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"
6. His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we
invite Success?, we need that more than
Anything. "
7. Their daughter was listening to them and she
jumped in with her own suggestion:
"Would it not be better to invite Love?
Our home will then be filled with love!
Isn’t it the meaning of life? "
8. Ashamed of their greed, they told their daughter to
go out and invite Love to be their guest.
She went out and asked the old men,
"Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be
our guest."
Love got up and started walking towards the house.
The other two also got up and followed him.
Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success:
"Why are you coming in? We have just invited
Love"
9. The old men replied together:
"If you had invited Wealth or Success, the
other two of us would've stayed out.
but since you invited Love, wherever he
goes,
we go with him. Because
Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth
and Success!!!
10. The old men replied together:
"If you had invited Wealth or Success, the
other two of us would've stayed out.
but since you invited Love, wherever he
goes,
we go with him. Because
Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth
and Success!!!
Notes de l'éditeur
Teacher can ask the following questions here: Who do you think these men are? What might the purpose of their visit be? Any guesses? The lady invited the men to eat something, what does this show about the character of the lady?
Teacher: why do you think they don’t go inside?
T: why do you think they don’t go into a house together?
T: can’t we have all these three in the same house? Why is it impossible to have all of them at the same time? Which one do you think they will pick? Which one would you pick?
T: is this a wise choice? Why/why not? Will the wife agree with her husband?
T: is this a better choice? Why/why not? Why do you think they don’t pick love?
T: will they be able to reach a consensus? Which man are they going to invite?