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 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."
"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."
