>>>Three Gifts
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 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 remember how our mother enjoys
>>>reading the Bible.
>>> > Now 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. Mama
>>> > just has to name the chapter and verse and the parrot
>>>recites it."
>>> >
>>> > Soon thereafter, their mother sent out her letters of
>>>thanks.
>>> > "William," she said, "the house you built is so huge. I
>>>live only in one
>>> > room, but I have to clean the whole house." "Arnold," 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
>>>David," she
>>> > said, "the chicken was delicious!"
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