Submitted By: (Jenny Anderson)
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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