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Yeah, just read it, would you, darlings? I know it's dreadful.
One day, when there was not much business to be conducted in the law offices of Young, Wensley, Brian, and Pippin, two lawyers examined the clients in the waiting room. One of them had a puffed-up, important look, and wore an expensive suit and a neck brace. The other was a nervous, mousy man in jeans, his arm in a sling.
The more senior lawyer turned to the other and said, "Clearly the first one is more important. I'll take his case, you take the other."
"But, sir," said the other one, "there are only two of them. We've got time. Why don't you talk to both of them and take whichever case seems more important?"
"I can tell already, just looking at them. No, I'm on to you. You just want time off. Besides, it's a waste of my precious time to see both of them."
So they went into the waiting room. The senior lawyer warmly welcomed the rich-looking man. However, after only a five-minute interview, it was obvious that the client was at fault in the car accident which had injured him, and the case would not net much money for either the lawyer or the man.
On the other hand, it happened that the other client had been crossing the street when a woman ran a red light and hit him; miraculously, he was not badly injured. It later turned out that she was the CEO of a local company, and that she had been on cocaine at the time. The case gained much popularity, and skyrocketed the career of the junior lawyer.
Moral: Time is money, even though it can't be folded up and put in a wallet. OR: Don't judge a book by its cover.
So, which moral fits better, my darlings, my dears?
One day, when there was not much business to be conducted in the law offices of Young, Wensley, Brian, and Pippin, two lawyers examined the clients in the waiting room. One of them had a puffed-up, important look, and wore an expensive suit and a neck brace. The other was a nervous, mousy man in jeans, his arm in a sling.
The more senior lawyer turned to the other and said, "Clearly the first one is more important. I'll take his case, you take the other."
"But, sir," said the other one, "there are only two of them. We've got time. Why don't you talk to both of them and take whichever case seems more important?"
"I can tell already, just looking at them. No, I'm on to you. You just want time off. Besides, it's a waste of my precious time to see both of them."
So they went into the waiting room. The senior lawyer warmly welcomed the rich-looking man. However, after only a five-minute interview, it was obvious that the client was at fault in the car accident which had injured him, and the case would not net much money for either the lawyer or the man.
On the other hand, it happened that the other client had been crossing the street when a woman ran a red light and hit him; miraculously, he was not badly injured. It later turned out that she was the CEO of a local company, and that she had been on cocaine at the time. The case gained much popularity, and skyrocketed the career of the junior lawyer.
Moral: Time is money, even though it can't be folded up and put in a wallet. OR: Don't judge a book by its cover.
So, which moral fits better, my darlings, my dears?
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Yes, don't judge a book by its cover. I wish we got to write things like this in my HS English classes.