Yeah, but you should meet his aunt!

One day at the end of school, little Billy's teacher gives the assignment to go home and think of a story to tell the class, and then conclude with telling the moral of that story. The following day the teacher asks for the first volunteer to tell their story, little Suzy raises her hand.

"My dad owns a farm and every Sunday we load the chicken eggs on the truck and drive into town to sell them at the market. Well, one Sunday we hit a big bump and all the eggs flew out of the basket and onto the road."

The teacher asks for the moral of the story. Suzy replies, "The moral is: Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

Next is little Lucy. "Well my dad owns a farm too, and every weekend we take the chicken eggs and put them in the incubator. Last time only 8 of the 12 eggs hatched."

The teacher again asks for the moral of the story, to which Lucy replies, "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched."

Next, little Billy raises his hand. "My uncle Ted fought in the Vietnam war; his plane was shot down over enemy territory, which really upset him. He ejected before it crashed with only a picture of his wife, a machine gun and a machete. On the way down he was shot at, and the picture was destroyed, which really ticked him off. To make things worse, he landed right in the middle of 100 Vietnamese soldiers. He shot 70 with his machine gun, but ran out of bullets, so he pulled out his machete and killed 20 more. Then the blade on his machete broke, so he killed the last ten with his bare hands"

Teacher looks at Billy practically in a state of shock. "BILLY!!!

WHAT possible moral is there in telling that TERRIBLE story?!?"

Billy replies quite seriously, "Don't MESS with uncle Ted when he's in a bad mood!"

Originally published November 14, 2002.