Remarkable Parrot

Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. 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 said: "You know how our mother enjoys reading the Bible and she
can no longer 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. Mama
just has to name the chapter and verse and the parrot recites it. There
isn't another parrot like it in the whole world and it is truely priceless."

Soon thereafter, their mother sent out her letters of thanks.

"Milton," she wrote, "the house you built is so huge. I live only in one
room, but I have to clean the whole house."

"Gerald," she said, "I am too old to travel. I stay most of the time at home
so I rarely use the Mercedes. And that driver is so rude! He's a pain!"

"But Donald," she said, "the little chicken you sent was absolutely
delicious!"

"Trogdor" <tdeto@ nospamcomcast.net> wrote in message
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> "the little chicken you sent was absolutely delicious!"

:-)