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A Chinese man that had immigrated to the US in the 19th century, stood before his sons very upset. It seems that one of them had tipped the outhouse into the river. The man approached his oldest:
"Son #1, did you tip outside in river?"
"No, Honorable Father, I did not."
"Son #2, did you tip outside in river?"
"No, Honorable Father, I did not."
"Son #3, did you tip outside in river?"
"No, Honorable Father, I did not."
This did not suit the father at all. So he addressed them. "One of you is obviously lying. So let me tell you a story about this great country we now live in.
"You see, before this nation was born, the great President George Washington was just a boy, like you. One day, George cut down his father's cherry tree. When father asked George, George said, 'Father, I cannot tell a lie. Yes, I cut down the cherry tree.' The father was happy with George, and he went on to become number one president."
Looking at them sternly, he tried again.
"Son #1, did you tip outside in river?"
"No, Honorable Father, I did not."
"Son #2, did you tip outside in river?"
"No, Honorable Father, I did not."
"Son #3, did you tip outside in river?"
"Yes, Father. I cannot tell a lie. I tipped outhouse in river."
At that point, the father jumped on him and beat him about half-senseless.
The son screamed, "Father, Father ... I tell the truth, like George Washington. Why you beat me? Why you not pleased like George Washington father?"
"Because," said the father, "George Washington father was not sitting in cherry tree when George cut it down!"
A Chinese man that had immigrated to the US in the 19th century, stood before his sons very upset. It seems that one of them had tipped the outhouse into the river. The man approached his oldest:
"Son #1, did you tip outside in river?"
"No, Honorable Father, I did not."
"Son #2, did you tip outside in river?"
"No, Honorable Father, I did not."
"Son #3, did you tip outside in river?"
"No, Honorable Father, I did not."
This did not suit the father at all. So he addressed them. "One of you is obviously lying. So let me tell you a story about this great country we now live in.
"You see, before this nation was born, the great President George Washington was just a boy, like you. One day, George cut down his father's cherry tree. When father asked George, George said, 'Father, I cannot tell a lie. Yes, I cut down the cherry tree.' The father was happy with George, and he went on to become number one president."
Looking at them sternly, he tried again.
"Son #1, did you tip outside in river?"
"No, Honorable Father, I did not."
"Son #2, did you tip outside in river?"
"No, Honorable Father, I did not."
"Son #3, did you tip outside in river?"
"Yes, Father. I cannot tell a lie. I tipped outhouse in river."
At that point, the father jumped on him and beat him about half-senseless.
The son screamed, "Father, Father ... I tell the truth, like George Washington. Why you beat me? Why you not pleased like George Washington father?"
"Because," said the father, "George Washington father was not sitting in cherry tree when George cut it down!"