Three Sons

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"Three Sons"

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.
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."