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Three
sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back
together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their
elderly Mother.
The
first said, "I built a big house for our Mother." The
second said, "I sent her a Mercedes with a driver." The
third smiled and said, "I've got you both beat. You remember
how Mom enjoyed reading the Bible? And you know she can't see very
well any more. I sent her a remarkable parrot that recites the entire
Bible. It took Elders in the church 12 years to teach him. He's
one of a kind. Mama just has to name the chapter and verse, and
the parrot recites it."
Soon
thereafter, Mom sent out her letters of thanks: "Milton,"
she wrote one son, "the house you built is so huge. I live
in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house." "Gerald,"
she wrote to another, "I am too old to travel any more. I stay
most of the time at home, so I rarely use the Mercedes. And the
driver is so rude!" "Dearest Donald," she wrote to
her third son, "you have the good sense to know what your Mother
likes. The chicken was delicious!" |
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