Three sons left home, went out on their own, and prospered. Getting back
together, they discussed the gifts they had bought for 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. So 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. 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." |
