A wise gentleman retired and bought a modest home near    junior high school. He    the first few weeks of his retirement       peace and satisfaction. Then a new school year began.The very next afternoon three young boys, full of youthful, after-school enthusiasm, came down his   ，beating happily on every trash can they      ．The noise continued day after day,    finally the wise old man decided it was time to take some      .
The next afternoon, he walked out to          the young boys as they banged their way down the street.    them, he said, "       kids are a lot of fun. I like to see you   your happiness like that. I used to do the same thing when I was your age. Will you do me a favor? I'll give you each a dollar if you'll promise to come around every day and do your thing，
The kids were    and continued to do their job on the trash cans. After a few days, the old man greeted the kids again,    this time he had a sad smile on his face. "I lost a lot of money in the stock market," he told them. "      , I'll only be able to pay you 50 cents to beat on the cans." The troublemakers were      displeased, but they did accept his offer and continued the afternoon       
A few days later, the old man approached them again as they went their way down the street. "Look," he said, "I haven’t received my Social Security check yet,    I'm not going to be able to give you more than 25 cents. Will that be okay?"
"A quarter?” the leader exclaimed．"If you think we are going to      our time beating these cans around       a quarter, you are crazy！No way，mister. We quit！"And the old man enjoyed       for the rest of his days.

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