
A man walked into a small pub and ordered three beers. The waiter was surprised, but he served that man three beers. One hour later the man ordered three beers again. The very next day that man ordered three beers again. This repeated several times and shortly after people of the town were whispering about the man.
A couple of weeks later, the waiter decided to clear this out and asked, “Why do you order three beers all the time?” The man replied, “You see, my two brothers live abroad at the moment. We have made an agreement that every time we go to the pub, each of us will order extra two beers and it will help keeping up the family bond.”
Soon all the town have heard about the man’s answer and liked it a lot. The man became a local celebrity(名人). People of the town were telling this story to newcomers or tourists and even invited them to that pub to look at Three Beer Man.
However, one day the man came to the pub and ordered only two beers. The waiter served him with bad feeling. All that evening the man ordered and drank only two beers. The very next day all the town was talking about that—some people prayed for the soul of one of the brothers, others were quietly sad.
When the man came to the pub again, the waiter said, “I am sorry for the death of your brother.” The man thought for a moment and replied, “Well, my two brothers are alive and well. It’s just because of my decision. I promised myself to give up drinking.”
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