Moral Assignment
By CHERRY SWEET
Your World Report
A grade school teacher gave the assignment to her class, that each
student should think of a story and then a moral for that story to share with the class
the next day. The following day the teacher asks for the first volunteer to tell their
story, and 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 and Suzy replies, "Don't keep all your eggs in one basket."
Next little Lucy offers to tell her story, and she says, "Well my dad owns a farm
too and every weekend we take the chicken eggs and put them in the incubator. Last weekend
only 8 of the 12 eggs hatched." The teacher asks for the moral of the story and Lucy
replies, "Don't count your eggs before they're hatched." 
Finally it's little
Johnny's turn and he says, "My uncle Ted fought in the Vietnam war, and his plane was
shot down over enemy territory. He jumped out before it crashed with only a machine gun, a
machete, and a case of beer. On the way down he drank the case of beer."
"Unfortunately,
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. The blade on his
machete broke, so he killed the last ten with his bare hands."
The teacher looks
in shock at Johnny and asks if there is possibly any moral to his story and Johnny
replies, "Don't mess with Uncle Ted when he's been drinking."
Game over. Nerd
wins.
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