Low_Roads
4th Level Black Feather
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A widowed woman lived out on a lonely ranch with her dullard son. Since this was a remote rural region, they had no access to convenience stores; however, most of their wants could be supplied from neighboring farms. It therefore happened that when they ran short of diary products she would send the lad to see farmer Jones, who owned milk cows and poultry.
One day she told him, "son, we're nearly out of milk. Go visit farmer Jones and fetch back a quart."
"Oh," she added after some thought, "and if he happens to have eggs today, bring back a dozen."
Well, sonny left on his errand, but didn't come back for hours and hours. Ma had just about figured he'd become distracted and forgotten all about his chore, when she finally saw him staggering home, loaded down with twelve bottles of milk.
"You're such a ninny!" she cried in despair. "I should know better than to trust you with the simplest task! How could you have gotten my instructions so wrong!"
"Heck, Ma," the lad murmured dully, "I did just like you told me. You said go see farmer Jones and fetch back a quart of milk, right?"
"That's right," his mother hotly replied.
"But if he had eggs today, I was to bring back a dozen, right?"
"That's what I told you, yes. So?"
"So... he had eggs today."
One day she told him, "son, we're nearly out of milk. Go visit farmer Jones and fetch back a quart."
"Oh," she added after some thought, "and if he happens to have eggs today, bring back a dozen."
Well, sonny left on his errand, but didn't come back for hours and hours. Ma had just about figured he'd become distracted and forgotten all about his chore, when she finally saw him staggering home, loaded down with twelve bottles of milk.
"You're such a ninny!" she cried in despair. "I should know better than to trust you with the simplest task! How could you have gotten my instructions so wrong!"
"Heck, Ma," the lad murmured dully, "I did just like you told me. You said go see farmer Jones and fetch back a quart of milk, right?"
"That's right," his mother hotly replied.
"But if he had eggs today, I was to bring back a dozen, right?"
"That's what I told you, yes. So?"
"So... he had eggs today."