John was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy. He had to go to school of course, but he was bored there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that he would become one, too, when he grew up, but one day John said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to become a garbage collector." "A garbage collector?" his mother asked. She was very surprised. "That's not a very pleasant job. Why do you want to become a garbage collector?" "Because then I'd only have to work one day a week," John answered. "Only one day a week?" his mother said. "What do you mean?"
"Well," John answered, "I know that the ones who come to our house only work on Wednesday, because I only see them on that day."

جان ده ساله بود و پسر خیلی تنبلی بود. البته مجبور بود به مدرسه برود ، اما در مدرسه بی حوصله بود و سعی می کرد تا حد ممکن کار کمتری انجام دهد. پدر و مادرش هر دو پزشک بودند و آنها امیدوار بودند که او نیز وقتی بزرگ شد، پزشک شود ، اما یک روز جان به مادرش گفت ، "وقتی مدرسه را تمام کنم ، من می خواهم رفتگر شوم." مادرش پرسید"یک جمع کننده زباله؟". او خیلی متعجب بود "این کار خیلی خوشایند نیست. چرا می خواهی جمع کننده زباله شوی؟" جان جواب داد"چون ان موقع فقط باید یک روز در هفته کار کنم". مادرش گفت "فقط یک روز در هفته ؟  منظورت چیه ؟ "

جان پاسخ داد ، " خب ، من می دانم کسانی که به خانه ما می آیند فقط چهارشنبه کار می کنند ، چون من فقط آنها را در آن روز می بینم."