A large family, with seven children, moved to a new city, where they were having difficult time finding an apartment to live in. Many apartments were large enough, but the landlords objected to the large family. After several days of searching, the father asked the mother to take the four younger children to visit the cemetery, while he took the older three to find an apartment. When they found a place that was just right, the landlord asked the usual question:"How many children do you have?" The father answered with a deep sigh, "Seven… but four are with their mother in the cemetery."

아이 일곱을 거느린 대가족이 새 도시로 이사했는데 입주할 아파트 구하기가 쉽지 않았다. 큰 데가 많이 있었지만 집주인이 대가족은 질색이었다. 며칠을 허탕치고 나서 남편은 아내에게 어린 것 넷을 데리고 공동묘지에 가있으라고 하고는 위 아이들 셋을 데리고 집을 구하러 다녔다. 꼭 알맞은 데를 찾았더니 집주인이 어김없이 묻는 것이었다. "아이들이 몇이죠?" 아버지는 깊은 한숨을 쉬면서 대답했다. "일곱이지만… 넷은 엄마하고 묘지에 있습니다. "