This is a story about the well-known millionaire¹, John D. Rockefeller, and was told by a friend of his.

 

This friend said that though Rockefeller gave away millions, he was very mean about small sums² of money. One day he went to stay at a hotel in New York and asked for the cheapest room they had.

 

Rockefeller said,"What is the price of the room?" The manager told him.

 

"Is that the lowest priced room you have? I am staying here by myself and only need a small room."

 

The manager said, "that room is the smallest and cheapest we have," and added³, "But why do you choose a poor room like that? When your son stays here he always has our most expensive room; yours is our cheapest.""Yes,"said Rockefeller, "but his father is a wealthy⁴ man; mine isn’t."

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