退了休的老人被顽皮的学生敲打街上垃圾桶的声音搅得不得安宁，你想知道他如何使学生们停止敲打垃圾桶吗？
A wise old gentleman retired and bought a simple home near a junior high school. He spent the first few weeks of his retirement in peace and contentment.
Then a new school year began. The very next afternoon three young boys full of youthful after-school enthusiasm came down his street beating merrily on every trash can they encountered. The crashing percussion（打击乐） continued day after day, until finally the wise old man decided it was time to take some action.
The next afternoon, he walked out to meet the young percussionists as they banged their way down the street. Stopping them, he said, “You kids are a lot of fun. I like to see you express your exuberance（精力） 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 very happy and continued to do a bang-up job on the trash cans. A few days later, the old man came up to them again as they drummed their way down the street. “Look,” he said. “I haven’t received my Social Security check yet, so I’m not able to give you more than 25 cents. Will that be okay?”
“A lousy（恶心的） quarter?” the drum leader shouted. “If you think we’re going to waste our time beating these cans around for a quarter, you’re nuts (你疯了)!No way, mister. We quit!”
And the old man enjoyed peace and serenity（宁静） for the rest of his days.
