Bible sales

> A Priest concluded that his church was getting into serious
financial troubles.
>
> While checking the church storeroom, he discovered several
> cartons of new bibles that had never been opened and distributed. So at his Sunday mass, he asked for three volunteers from the congregation who would be willing to sell the bibles door-to-door for $10 each to raise the desperately needed money for the church.
>
> Peter, Paul and Ken all raised their hands to volunteer for
the task. The Priest knew that Peter and Paul earned their living as salesmen and were likely capable of selling some bibles. But he had serious doubts about Ken who worked in a grocery warehouse, who had always kept to himself because he was embarrassed by his speech impediment.
>
> Poor Ken stuttered badly. But, not wanting to discourage Ken,
> the Priest decided to let him try anyway. He sent the three of them
away with the back seat of their cars stacked with bibles. He asked them to meet with him and report the results of their door-to-door selling efforts the following Sunday.
>
> Anxious to find out how successful they were, the Priest
> immediately asked Peter, "Well, Peter, how did you make out selling our bibles last week?"
>
> Proudly handing the reverend an envelope, Peter replied,
"Using my sales prowess, I was able to sell 20 bibles, and here's the $200 I collected on behalf of the church."
>
> "Fine job, Peter!" The Priest said, vigorously shaking his
> hand. "You are indeed a fine salesman and the Church is indebted to you."
>
> Turning to Paul, "And Paul, how many bibles did you sell for
the church last week?"
>
> Paul, smiling and sticking out his chest, confidently replied,"
I am a professional salesman. I sold 28 bibles on behalf of the church,
and here's $280 I collected."
>
> The Priest responded, " That's absolutely splendid, Paul. You
> are truly a professional salesman and the church is also indebted to
you."
>
> Apprehensively, the Priest turned to Ken and said, "And Ken,
> did you manage to sell any bibles last week?"
>
> Ken silently offered the Priest a large envelope. The Priest
> opened it and counted the contents. "What is this?" the minister exclaimed.
"Ken, there's $3200 in here! Are you suggesting that you sold 320 bibles for the church, door to door, in just one week?
>
> Ken just nodded.
>
> "That's impossible!" both Peter and Paul said in unison. "We
are professional salesmen, yet you claim to have sold 10 times as many bibles as we could."
>
> "Yes, this does seem unlikely," the Priest agreed. "I think you'd better explain how you managed to accomplish this, Ken."
>
> Ken shrugged. "I-I-I- re-re-really do-do-don't kn-kn-know f-f-f-for sh -sh-sh-sure," he stammered.

> Impatiently, Peter interrupted. "For crying out loud, Ken,
just tell us what you said to them when they answered the door!"
>
> "A-a-a-all I-I-I s-s-said wa-wa-was," Ken replied, "W-w-w-w-would y- y-y-you l-l-l-l-l-like t-t-to b-b-b-buy th-th-th-this b-b-b-b-bible f-f-for t-t-ten b-b-b-bucks ---o-o-o-or--- wo-wo-would yo-you j-j-j-just
l-like m-m-me t-t-to st-st-stand h-h-here and r-r-r-r-r-read it t-to
y-y-you?"