The Wisdom of Age...Another Story with a Moral

Hillbilly

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Subject: The old farmer

An old farmer had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large
pond
in the back, fixed up nice; picnic tables, horseshoe courts, basketball
court, etc. The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming when
it
was built. One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, as
he
hadn't been there for a while, and look it over.
As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee.
As
he came closer he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny dipping in
his
pond.
He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep
end
of the pond. One of the women shouted to him, "We're not coming out
until
you leave!"
The old man replied, "I didn't come down here to watch you ladies swim
or
make you get out of the pond naked."
"I only came to feed the alligator."



Moral: Old age and treachery will triumph over youth and skill.