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It is said that a man went to be a guest at his miser friend.

When the guest arrived, the miser called his son and said to him: "Oh my son, I have a dear guest on my heart, so go and buy a half kilogram of meat, from the best meat".
The boy went and returned after a period and did not buy anything.
His father asked him: Where is the meat?
The boy said: I went to the butcher and said to him: Give me the best of what you have of meat.
The butcher said: I will give you meat like butter.
I thought to myself: If so, why I don't buy butter instead of meat.
I went to the grocery's store and said to him: Give me the best of what you have of butter.
The grocer said: I will give you butter like honey.
I said: If so, why I don't buy honey
I went to the honey seller and said: Give me the best of what you have from honey.
The man said: I will give you honey like pure water.
I thought to myself: If so, we have pure water in our house.
So I went back without purchasing anything.
The father said: You are a wise son. But you missed something.
You consumed your shoes by running from shop to shop.
The son replied: No, my dad... I wore the guest’s shoes.