Three couples sat around a table.<\/p>\n
What was to become a dinner party<\/p>\n
Soon became a fable.<\/p>\n
Each brought their favorite beverage to share.<\/p>\n
One by one, the husbands would hear<\/p>\n
The best life lessons their fathers had taught.<\/p>\n
While on the other side of the table,<\/p>\n
the wives, somewhat distraught,<\/p>\n
offered tight-lipped what they had learned.<\/p>\n
Husband number one proudly exclaimed the value of food earned.<\/p>\n
“My dad said, “if you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day,<\/p>\n
but if you teach him to fish, he will eat always.”<\/p>\n
His wife gently added, “He forgot to teach you<\/p>\n
to clean the fish, so your wife wouldn’t throw them away.”<\/p>\n
Husband number two cautiously looked at his wife,<\/p>\n
before offering his fix-it lessons on life.<\/p>\n
“Careful,” she said. “It could be a long time before bed.”<\/p>\n
He wisely passed the torch to his friend.<\/p>\n
The virtues of farming were the next husband’s wisdom lend.<\/p>\n
“Grow it yourself, eat from your land.”<\/p>\n
“Ah yes, he was right if you pay your hired hand.<\/p>\n
and make sure it’s ready to put in a pan.”<\/p>\n
“Now, Ladies, be fair.<\/p>\n
If it weren’t for us, you’d not have a care.”<\/p>\n
“Aren’t you sweet,” the wives offered their joke.<\/p>\n
“If it weren’t for stores, you wouldn’t be broke.”<\/p>\n
The moral of the story is to work as a team.<\/p>\n
Don’t make life harder for those you esteem.<\/p>\n
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