Harry saw an ad in a window. It said: "Wanted. The Best Sales- man in the World. Top Pay."
" I' m a great sale *** an." Harry told himself." I can sell anything. I'll go in and ask for that job."
He went into the building and spoke to the manager.
"I'm the best sale *** an in the world
" he said. "Give me the job. "
"You must prove you're the best
" the manager said.
"I'll pass every test you give me." Harry told him.
"Good."
The manager took a box of candy out of his desk .
"Last week
I bought a thousand boxes of this candy. If you can sell them all before the end of the week
you can have the job.
"That's easy
" Harry said.
He took the box of candy and left the office.
Every day and all day
he went from shop to shop
trying to sell boxes of the candy .
He couldn't sell one.
The candy was so bad he couldn't even give it away.
At the end of the week he went back to the manager.
"I'm sorry
sir
" he said
" I was wrong about myself . I'm not the best sale *** an in the world
but I know who is.
"Oh
" said the manager. "Who?"
"The person who sold you a thousand boxes of this candy
" Harry said.哈里在橱窗上看到一则广告。上面写着：“招聘世界上最好的售货员，报酬优厚。”
“我是一名了不起的售货员，”哈里自言自语，“任何东西我都能卖出去，我要进去应聘这份工作。”
他走进大楼去和经理说这件事。
“我是世界上最好的售货员，”他说，“把这件工作给我吧。”
“你必须证明你是最好的，”经理说。
“我会通过你给我的每一次考验的。”哈里告诉他。
“好。”
经理从桌子里取出一箱糖果。
“我上星期买了一千箱这种糖果。如果你能在周末之前把这些全卖出去，你就能得到这份工作。”
“这很简单。”哈里说。
他拿着这箱糖果离开了办公室。
每天从早到晚，他从这家店走到那家店，竭力想卖出一千箱糖果。
结果他一箱也没卖出去。
糖果质量太差，以至于送人都没人要。
周末他回去见经理。
“很抱歉，先生，”他说，“我搞错了。我不是世界上最好的售货员，但我知道谁是最好的。”
“哦，”经理问，“是谁？”
“是把这一千箱糖果卖给你的人，”哈里说。