One day the teacher has the class think of a story and then conclude
with the moral of that story. The first volunteer to tell her story was
little Suzy: "My dad owns a farm and every Saturday we load the chicken
eggs on the truck and drive into town to sell them at the market. Well,
one Saturday we hit a big bump and all the eggs flew out of the basket
and onto the road. The moral is, 'Don't keep all your eggs in one
basket.'"

Next is little Lucy: "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 moral is, 'Don't count your chickens
before they hatch'".

The last is little Billy: "My uncle Ted fought in the Vietnam war; his
plane was shot down over enemy territory. He jumped out before it
crashed, with only a case of beer, a machine gun and a machete. On the
way down he drank the case of beer. Unfortunately, he landed right in
the middle of 100 North 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 Billy and asks
if there is possibly any moral to his story. Billy replies, 'Don't screw
with Uncle Ted when he's been drinking."

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