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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 mother.

The first said, "I built a big house for our mother."

The second said," I sent her a Mercedes with a driver."

The third smiled and said, "I've got you, both beat. You
know how Mom enjoys the Bible, and you know she can't see
very well. I sent her a parrot that can recite the entire
Bible. It took 20 monks in a monastery 12 years to teach
him. I had to pledge to contribute $100,000.00 a year for 10
years, but it was worth it. Mom just has to name the chapter
and verse, and the parrot will recite it."

Soon thereafter, Mom sent out her letters of thanks:
"Million," she wrote the first son, "the house you built is
so huge. I live in only one room, but I have to clean the
whole house."

"Marvin," she wrote to another, "I am too old to travel. I
stay home all the time, so I never use the Mercedes. And the
driver is so rude!"

"Dearest Melvin," she wrote to her third son, "You were the
only son to have the good sense to know what your mother
likes. That chicken was delicious."