The golden screw?!
Question:
The golden screw?
Once upon a time, a young lad was born without a belly button; in its place was a golden screw. All the doctors told his mother that there was nothing they could do.
The boy never understood why it was there, but like it or not, he was stuck with it. All the years of growing up were real tough on him, because all who saw the screw made fun of him. He avoided ever leaving his house and thus, never made any friends.
One day, a mysterious stranger saw his belly and told him of a Swami in Tibet who could get rid of the screw for him. He was thrilled. The next day he took all of his life's savings and bought a ticket to Nepal .
After several days of climbing up steep cliffs, he came upon a giant Monastery. The Swami knew exactly why he had come. He was told to sleep in the highest tower of the Monastery and the following day, when he awoke, the screw would have been removed.
The man immediately went to the room and fell asleep. During the night, while
Answers:
he was asleep, the man crept into his room and carefully removed the golden screw and replaced it with a silver one.
when the boy awoke he was very upset and asked the man what happened and the man said
you never said what you wanted uit replaced with, so the boy told him he wanted a normal belly button and the man told him to go back into the room to sleep.
so when the boy awoke the next morning he had da normal belly button, and he thanked the man dealry and gave him all of his life savings and left.
the next day the man sold the golden screw and became very wealthy. the end