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THE CLEVER ONE
SHOLOM ALEICHEM, THE CELEBRATED YIDDISH WRITER, WAS
ONCE SEEN BY A FRIEND TALKING TO HIMSELF ON THE STREET.
"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE," CRIED THE FRIEND, "DO YOU
REALIZE YOU'RE TALKING TO YOURSELF?" "AND WHAT IF I
DO?" RETORTED SHOLOM ALEICHEM. "WHEN AT LAST I'VE
FOUND A CLEVER PERSON TO TALK TO--DO YOU HAVE TO
BUTT IN?"
Submitter comment:
ORIGIN: FROM HER 94-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER, MR.
MENDELSOHN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man |
Date learned: 07-25-1964