Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly father (Arivukanru). The first said, "I built a big house for our father." The second said, "I sent him a Mercedes with a driver." The third smiled and said, "I've got you both beat. You remember how dad enjoyed reading the Bible? And you know he can't see very well. So I sent him 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. Daddy just has to name the chapter and verse, and the parrot recites it."
Soon thereafter, Arivukanru sent out his letters of thanks: "Jack," he wrote one son, "The house you built is so huge. I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house."
"John," she wrote to another, "I am too old to travel. I stay most of the time at home, so I rarely use the Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!"
"Dearest Donald," he wrote to his third son, "You have the good sense to know what your father likes. The chicken was delicious."
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