An Optimist and a Pessimist

Two boys: one always a pessimist, the other always an optimist. Everything pleases the optimist, and nothing satisfies the pessimist.

The parents decided to make an experiment, and chose Christmas Eve to present two gifts to the two children.

In the morning they asked the pessimist boy:

— Were you pleased with Father Christmas's gift?

He answered: No. I would have preferred the car yellow, and here it is blue... and it isn't fast, and its motor isn't real.

Then they asked the optimist: Were you pleased?

He answered: Perfectly pleased... I know that Father Christmas gave me a real horse — only it galloped off and left its shoe behind...