Gifts for Mother

Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered.
Getting together for Christmas, they discussed the gifts
they were able to give their elderly mother.

The first said, "I built a big house for our mother."

The second said, "I sent her a Mercedes."

The third smiled and said, "I've got you both beat. You
remember how mom enjoyed reading the Bible? And you know she
can't see very well. So I sent her a remarkable parrot that
recites the entire Bible. It took elders in the church 12
years to teach him. He's one of a kind. Mom just has to name
the chapter and verse, and the parrot recites it."

Soon thereafter, Mom sent out her letters of thanks:

"Dear Milton," she wrote one son, "The house you built is
too huge. I live in only one room, but I have to keep the
whole house clean!"

"Dear Gerald," she wrote to another, "I am too old to
travel. I stay at home most of the time, so I rarely use the
Mercedes."

"Dearest Donald," she wrote to her third son, "You have the
good sense to know what your Mother likes. The chicken was Dee-licious!"