Smartest Man in the World

A doctor, a lawyer, a little boy and a priest were out for a Sunday afternoon flight on a small private plane. Suddenly, the plane developed engine trouble. In spite of the best efforts of the pilot, the plane started to go down. Finally, the pilot grabbed a parachute and yelled to the passengers that they better jump, and he himself bailed out.

Unfortunately, there were only three parachutes remaining.

The doctor grabbed one and said “I’m a doctor, I save lives, so I must live,” and jumped out.

The lawyer then said, “I’m a lawyer and lawyers are the smartest people in the world. I deserve to live.” He also grabbed a parachute and jumped.

The priest looked at the little boy and said, “My son, I’ve lived a long and full life. You are young and have your whole life ahead of you. Take the last parachute and live in peace.”

The little boy handed the parachute back to the priest and said, “Not to worry Father. The smartest man in the world just took off with my back pack.”

Moral: Your job doesn’t always define you, but being a Good Human being Does.

'158' Thoughts on a Story

  1. excelent story

  2. Kantharoopan S Sonniya

    January 11, 2015 at 12:48 pm

    Life time has decided by GOD, not by self

  3. very nice short story about How to humans live”
    thank you

  4. brilliaant

  5. Great story about How humans live!

  6. Great story…This is the sentence which any person should never forget…to keep a human nature.

  7. I like it ,it’s funny and the smartest became the stupidest.

  8. It s great..
    #like it.
    #very inspirational

  9. nice story & brave boy it was a amazing story

  10. What about the doctor? Why should he live over the lawyer. This fable is flawed. But the little boy is cute

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