Saturday, July 28, 2012

Fables

We all know many of Aesop's famous fables, but they recently found some new ones he wrote a little later on in life.  Take a look, they teach some valuable lessons.


Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl who had never ridden an ATV before.  So while on a trip near the magical land of Panguitch, Utah, she decided to ride on the back of one, while her brother-in-law drove.  She was delighted and thrilled as she was driven all around the wondrous trails and back roads of the local lodge, but was utterly horrified when all at once it was discovered that her brother-in-law had flattened a tiny chipmunk with the driving machine.  The moral of the story:  A man is known by the number of ground squirrels he assassinates.




Years ago a young woman and her two children ventured to a recreation center to jump on trampolines with the young woman's brother and his wife.  After having much fun playing basketball and dodgeball, they decided to jump off trampolines into giant pits filled with rectangular foam bricks.  The young woman's brother elected to vault himself very high into the hair and land in a prostrate position. When he got out of the pit, he realized he had made a very poor decision. The moral of the story: Misfortune will surely befall him who belly flops unwisely.





An older brother once dared his younger brother to stand under the frigid waterfall of Mossy Cave Creek.  In return for this act, the younger brother would receive 40 gold coins.  The brother, fearing the extreme temperature of the flow, declined the offer.  His wife, however, was tremendously brave and immediately trudged into the icy cold water where she counted to five and then collected her money. Later that day, the same brother challenged the same younger brother to smash his face into a plate of lemon cream pie.  In return for this act he would receive ten gold coins.  The younger brother promptly covered his face in pie, thus earning the coins. The moral of the story:  A software engineer and his money are soon parted by those unafraid of cold water and pastry.



1 comment:

Mags said...

I already like Nathan's wife! LOL