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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 good
deep from your heart, you can do it. It is the thought that matters, not where
you are or where the person is.
Author : Unknown,
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