It was two days to the new year. A landlord was involved in a heated quarrel with his tenants because they didn't give him any gift for both Christmas and new year.
He told all of them to pack out at the end of January because he can't afford to have stingy men as tenants.
Just then, two vans loaded with live chickens and sacks of rice pulled over the front of the compound that was opposite to the road. The vans were closely followed by a car. The car stopped at the scene where the landlord was quarrelling with the tenants.
A middle aged man alighted from it and asked what was happening. The landlord quickly said to him, "my dear, can you imagine that these hopeless tenants of mine didn't give me anything for both the Christmas and the new year? What type of stinginess is that?
Your landlord for that matter. No, no! They must quit this compound at the end of January".
And the middle aged man said, "well, you see, l am also a landlord. Those two vans you see there loaded with chickens and bags of rice are the gift that I am going to give to my tenants for the new year celebration. Each of them will get a bag of rice and a live chicken.
For paying house rent from January to December is not a joke and so as a good landlord, they deserved some respect and appreciation".
On hearing that the quarrelsome landlord ran inside the room and lock himself up out of shame.
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