Old Woman's Gifts


There was a little old lady who was suffering from a degenerative eye condition that had left her nearly blind.


She had three sons, and each wanted to prove that he loved her more than the others.


Son 1 bought her an expensive Mercedes, with a chauffeur included, thinking this would surely win her approval.


Son 2 bought her a 15-room mansion, thinking this would surely be the best that any of them could offer her.


Son 3 had to do something even better, so he decided to give her his most prized possession, a parrot that he had been training for 15 years to memorize the entire Bible.


You could name any verse, and the parrot could quote it word for word


What a gift that would be!


Well, the old lady went to the first son and said : 

“Son, the car is beautiful


It has everything you could ever want on it, but I don't like to go out anymore, and the chauffeur is a nuisance, so please return the car.”


Then she surprised her second son by saying :


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