GATHERING UP THE CHICKENS

The farmer's son was returning from the market with a crate of chickens his father had entrusted to him, when all of a sudden the box fell and broke open.

Chickens scurried off in all different directions, but the determined boy walked all over the neighborhood scooping up the wayward birds and returning them to the repaired crate.

Hoping he had found them all, the boy reluctantly returned home an hour late, expecting the worst. "Pa, the chickens got loose," the boy confessed sadly, "but I managed to find all twelve of them."

"Well, you did real good, son," the farmer beamed. "We only had seven to begin with."


Cheers,

Paul (A.)

Does the farmer keep the extra chickens? THAT is the question. Never mind, "To be or not to be..."

Picture from Wikipedia.