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There was a little old lady who was nearly blind, and she had three sons
who wanted to prove which one was the best to her.

Son #1 bought her a 15-room mansion, thinking this would surely be the
best that any of them could offer her.

Son #2 bought her a beautiful Mercedes with a chauffeur included, thinking
this would surely win her approval.

Son #3 had to do something even better, so he bought her a parrot that
he had been training for 15 years to memorize the entire Bible. You could
ask the parrot any verse in the Bible, and he could quote it word for word.
What a gift that would be!

Well, the old lady went to the first son and said, "Son, the house is just
gorgeous, but it's really much too big for me. I only live in one room, and
it's too large to clean and take care of. I really don't need the house, but
thank you anyway."

Then she confronted her second son with, "Son, the car is beautiful. It has
everything you could ever want on it, but I don't drive and really don't like
the chauffeur, so please return the car."

Next, she went to Son #3 and said, "Son, I just want to thank you for your
most thoughtful gift. That chicken was delicious."
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