Summary
The Strange Farmer of a Certain Town
In a certain town, there lived a perpetually poor farmer named John. His fields were small, and his crops barely yielded anything, making him the laughingstock of the townspeople. It was a daily occurrence for them to whisper, "After all, John is an idiot, so it's no surprise he doesn't know how to work." However, he had a secret; the reason for his poverty was not the path he had chosen, but rather a series of unfortunate events from his past.
One day, John decided to give a speech in the town square. "Everyone, I am indeed poor. But this is not because I am foolish; I have just been unlucky," he shouted. The people around him listened but burst into laughter in unison. "The idiot is saying something again," they laughed, engulfing him in a wave of mockery. Rather than feeling dejected, John felt something igniting within him.
He then came up with a plan. If the townspeople despised him, then he would laugh at them in return. The next day, John put up signs all over town that read "Class of the Poor Farmer." He began recruiting participants for a course titled "How to Become Even Poorer." At first, people were cautious, but out of curiosity, they decided to join. Surprisingly, John’s class became quite popular.
In the end, it turned out that the townspeople adopted John's teachings and became even poorer, which John savored all by himself. John made the saying "Laugh at the fool but don't laugh at the poor" come true, successfully finding his own path. What amused him most was that the townspeople's laughter became his greatest black humor.
