Prison help!   14 comments

Posted at 7:47 pm in Moral stories

An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:

Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden because your mother always loved planting time. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren’t in prison.
Love,
Dad

 

Shortly, the old man received this telegram: ‘For Heaven’s sake, Dad, don’t dig up the garden!! That’s where I buried the GUNS!!’

At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what had happened, and asked him what to do next.

His son’s reply was: ‘Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It’s the best I could do for you, from here.’

MORAL: NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART, YOU CAN DO IT. IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT MATTERS, NOT WHERE YOU ARE OR WHERE THE PERSON IS.

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Written by Stephen on November 2nd, 2008

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14 Responses to: Prison help!

  1. Abhijit Medhi -- 2 Nov 08 at 9:59 pm

     

    What a lovely prank!

  2. fatimah -- 25 Nov 08 at 7:03 am

     

    i wish every dad had a son lyk him….!!!!!!

  3. nisa -- 22 Feb 09 at 5:34 pm

     

    so sweet of him….

  4. aqueel -- 29 Mar 09 at 10:04 pm

     

    W oh! indeed son for every sun(dad)

  5. IMOLE JOSEPH -- 25 Apr 09 at 5:51 pm

     

    thanks for lifting up my spirit.

  6. BoBbY -- 1 Oct 09 at 10:20 am

     

    This was so sweet… I love it, I want to marry it! UgHH!!!!

  7. UMENDRA -- 5 Nov 09 at 8:31 am

     

    good moral with humour

  8. rea -- 2 Dec 09 at 10:50 pm

     

    nice shot!!!

  9. ThE Rh!No -- 10 Dec 09 at 12:16 pm

     

    I LOVE IT!!!! IT DRIVES ME CRAZY ALMOST TO TEARS! GASP GASP GASP!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG GOODNESS GRACIOUS! THATS ADDORABLE :’) I LOVE IT!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!

  10. Manu -- 19 Jan 10 at 9:02 am

     

    Really a nice story….

  11. Lei -- 16 Feb 10 at 7:15 am

     

    what a nice story~! wish all those people out there read this one. very unique and humorous. double Thumbs up!

  12. vizay -- 12 Apr 10 at 4:55 am

     

    its a wonderful story………

  13. Nafisa -- 18 Jun 10 at 9:41 am

     

    Intuitive!

  14. Lubin -- 12 Jul 10 at 11:09 pm

     

    That was Funny!!

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