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The owners of the ship asked all experts for help, but none of them could figure out how to fix the ship's engine.

Then, they consulted with and brought an old man to try.
He had worked in ship repairs since he was young.
The old man was carrying a large bag of tools with him.
When he went inside the engine room, he Immediately started checking the engine out.
At the same moment, the two owners of the ship were watching him, hoping that he could repair the engine.
After he finished his examination, he took out a small hammer.
He quietly knocked on a part of the engine.
They were surprised when the engine returned to life.
Carefully, he placed the hammer back inside the bag.

"The engine is working now", he said.

After a week, they received a bill from the old man, and it was for $10,000.00.
It was unbelievable! Some of them argued, "He barely did anything! He certainly didn't do anything worthy of this amount of money".

So they wrote to him and said, "Please send us an itemized invoice for your work".

The old man sent his bill, and it read as follows:
- roads hammer = $2.00
-The place that the hammer touched = $9,998.00.

Effort is important, but knowing where to put the effort in our lives is what make the difference!