The son of a master thief asked his father to teach him the secrets of the
trade.
The old thief agreed and that night took his son to burglarize a large
house.
While the family was asleep, he silently led his young apprentice into a room
that contained a clothes closet. The father told his son to go into the closet
to pick out some clothes. When he did, his father quickly shut the door and
locked him in.
Then he went back outside, knocked loudly on the front door, thereby waking
the family, and quickly slipped away before anyone saw him.
Hours later, his son returned home, bedraggled and exhausted.
"Father," he cried angrily, "Why did you lock me in that
closet? If I hadn't been made desperate by my fear of getting caught, I never would
have escaped. It took all my ingenuity to get out!"
The old thief smiled. "Son, you have had your first lesson in the art
of burglary."
Moral: A challenge always brings out the most in a man. Your mind works best and
faster when you have your back to the wall.
Cheers!
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