School Assignment

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A teacher in an International school sets her class of 8 year olds an assignment for after the Summer holiday, to tell a story which has a moral.

First day back after the holiday she gets the kids to stand up, one at a time, and deliver their story.

Jenny:

'Well Miss, we went to stay with our grandma & granddad on their farm. They keep a lot of hens and take their eggs to market every morning to sell. One morning we collected about a hundred eggs and put them in a basket in the back of the pick-up truck and went off to market. When we got there we found that the basket had fallen over and all of the eggs were broken'.

Teacher:

'And what is the moral of the story?'

Jenny:

'Don't keep all your eggs in one basket Miss'

Teacher:

'Well done Jenny. OK, now lets hear from you Sarah'

Sarah:

We live in South Africa and my uncle and auntie have a big chicken farm. They've had a problem with bird flu and most of the hens died so they had to buy a lot of eggs and put them in incubators. My uncle said he needed at least 80 percent to hatch to keep the farm going or he would have to sell up. Unfortunately, only 60 percent hatched'

Teacher:

'Adn what is moral?'

Sarah:

' Don't count your chickesn before they're hatched Miss'

Teacher: 'Well done Sarah. Now what about you Tommy?'

Tommy:

'Well Miss. We come from Australia. My Uncle Fred was an air force pilot during the Vietnam war and used to fly big transport aircraft. One day when he was on a mission over North Vietnam his plane was hit by a SAM missile and caught fire. He had to give the order to bale out. Before he jumped he grabbed an M16 and a box of ammo, a machete and a case of beer. On the way down on his parachute he got thirsty and so he drank the case of beer. When he landed in the jungle, you wouldn't read about it, he fell right in the middle of a company of Vietcong regulars who attacked him. He fired back and managed to kill 60 of them before his ammo was finished. So, he went hand-to-hand with the machete and killed another 40 before the machete broke. He then strangled the last 20 of` 'em with his bare hands. He was the only survivor. And that's my story Miss.'

Teacher:

'That's a terrible story Tommy but what's the moral?'

Tommy:

'I thought that was obvious Miss. Don’t <deleted> with my Uncle Fred when he's had a few beers!'