The bet

A couple, both lazy and greedy. Always fighting for every cent.

They are poor because they don’t like work. One day they use all their money to buy three cakes. At home, each of them takes one cake and eats quickly, because they worry the other one will rob his cake. After finishing their own cake, they both stare at the third one silently. Each of them wants to get the cake, without sharing.

So, the husband has an idea, he asks his wife: “Do you want to bet? The one who first begins to talk will lose and has to give up the cake!” The wife says: ”Ok, it’s a snap, of course I will win. The bet is on”.

And so they begin. They sit in the room, looking at each other, without a word. Silent, they even sneeze carefully.

Soon night is coming. They still sit there looking at each other. Waiting for the other one to speak.

In the mean time, a thief walks around the house. Listening if the house is empty or not. And since the house is very quietly, the thief opens the door and walks inside.

He carefully walks inside the living room. Suddenly he finds two people sitting there. He is shocked and wants to run. But they just look at him. Alarmed, but without a word. Nobody moves nor screams. The thief is very surprised, but he has no time to think, what‘s on with this couple. So he takes from them as if they would not be here. The couple looks at him, with pity eyes and hurt face, but without a word.

“I’m a lucky boy today, there are two psychopaths.” the thief laughs loudly. And then he puts the entire valuable thing in his parcel and is ready to go. The couple looks at all what the thief does. Their hearts are broken. But they still sit here quietly.

Before the thief is gone, he sees the wife. She looks not bad, so he begins by the way to flirt with her. This time the wife can not bear it any more, she jumps up and cries out loudly: ”Thief! Catch the thief!” and then turns back to her husband, pointing the finger on him and screams angrily: ”You stupid fool! Because of a cake, you just sit there and see the thief steal everything in front of you! You are a stupid donkey!”

And so the husband laughs loudly, while catching the cake: ”Ha-ha… my lovely dear, you lose! I knew the cake at last would be mine!”