The Gift

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After being away on business for a week before Christmas, Tom thought it would be nice to bring his wife a little gift.  "How about some perfume?" he asked the cosmetics clerk.

She showed him a bottle costing $50.  "That's a bit much," said Tom, so she returned with a smaller bottle for $30.

"That's still quite a bit," Tom groused.

Growing disgusted, the clerk brought out a tiny $15 bottle.  Tom grew agitated, "What I mean," he said, "is I'd like to see something real cheap."

So the clerk handed him a mirror.