Saying "Good morning" one morning

One day, a wise man woke up and decided to say “Good morning” to everyone he would meet along his way.

He left his well-known house and met the first stranger out on the street. The wise man said with a gentle voice “Good morning!”. But the other man having other things occupying his mind didn’t even notice that someone else was talking to him.

The wise man, without getting discouraged, saw on the corner a woman and immediately said “Good morning!”. The woman, however, assumed that the wise man was a pervert and walked away.

A few minutes later the wisr man saw a boy and again said “Good morning!”, this time, with a louder voice. The boy heard something, but ignored the voice out of fear that it might put him into trouble. He remembered that his parents told him not to talk to strangers. So he was pleased and thought to himself that he did the right thing.

The wise man nevertheless still being confident said “I know there is someone out there who will hear me”. Just at a crossroad, he then saw a young man. The wise man said “Good morning!”. The young man was not used to a stranger talking to him out of no reason. He wanted to return the salutation but because of being taken by such a surprise, the young man didn’t know how to react so he just smiled back. After the wise man was gone, the young man regretted that he didn’t seize the opportunity that was being presented to him. So the young man promised himself that he will return the next greeting he will receive.

“Well”, the wise man thought, “Is everybody still sleeping or why does nobody return the Good morning?” So he continued and reached the edge of the town. There he saw another man sitting quietly on a bench. He  came closer and when he was just about to salute him, the sitting man already answered “Good morning”.