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　　Every week during the Christmas season a poorly-dressed, elderly gentleman would appear in a certain store where he sampled puddings, but never bought any. He didn’t seem to come for badly want of food, because sampling puddings once a week would not prevent a person from starvation. Obviously, he had come down in the world and sampling pudding — perhaps his favorite dessert before — might bring him back a sweet memory of his past days. Seeing the old man couldn’t afford a pudding, a young man who happened to be in the store felt pity for him and offered to buy him one. On hearing the young man’s offer, the old man jumped back in great astonishment. He was so hurt that he immediately decided to buy one to save his honor. He took out all his money — some coins and pennies — and bought one of the largest and most expensive puddings. This old man was indeed a proud poor man.