THREE
OLD MEN WITH LONG WHITE BEARDS
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A woman came
out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards She said
"I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in
"Is the man of the house home?", they asked. "No", she said. "He's out." "Then we cannot come in", they replied. In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. "Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a House together," they replied. "Why is that?" she wanted to know. One of the
old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to
The woman
went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was
His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" Their daughter-in-law
was listening from the other corner of the house. "Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest." The woman
went out and asked the 3 old men, Love got
up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up
Surprised,
the lady asked Wealth and Success: The old men
replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the
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