How We Treat Our Elderly
An old man was thought to be eating too much food, especially since he was too frail to work and earn his keep. Because the grandfather had become a burden, the head of the household, his son, was determined to be rid of him. He put him in a wheelbarrow, and then started up a mountain. His little eight-year-old grandson went along. He was full of questions. His father explained that grandfather was old and useless and the only thing to do was to take him up to the mountain and leave him there. Then the grandson had a brilliant idea. “I’m glad you brought me along, father, because when you’re old, I’ll know where to take you.”
The moral of the story is that we should be kind to the elderly, because one day, we will be elderly ourselves, and we may very well be treated according to the example we set when we were younger.
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An old man was thought to be eating too much food, especially since he was too frail to work and earn his keep. Because the grandfather had become a burden, the head of the household, his son, was determined to be rid of him. He put him in a wheelbarrow, and then started up a mountain. His little eight-year-old grandson went along. He was full of questions. His father explained that grandfather was old and useless and the only thing to do was to take him up to the mountain and leave him there. Then the grandson had a brilliant idea. “I’m glad you brought me along, father, because when you’re old, I’ll know where to take you.”
The moral of the story is that we should be kind to the elderly, because one day, we will be elderly ourselves, and we may very well be treated according to the example we set when we were younger.
by Author Unknown
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