Joke: Moral of The Story
At the end of class, Akpos’ teacher asks the class to go home and think of a story to be concluded with the moral of that story.
The following day the teacher asks for the first volunteer to tell their story.
Hafsat raises her hand. “My dad owns a farm and every Sunday we load the chicken eggs on the truck and drive into town to sell them at the market.
One Sunday we hit a big bump and all the eggs flew out of the basket and onto the road.” Moral of the story, “Don’t keep all your eggs in one basket.”
Sandra went next. “My dad owns a farm too. Every weekend we take the chicken eggs and put them in the incubator. Last weekend only eight of the 12 eggs hatched.”
Moral of the story. “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”
Next up was Akpos. “My uncle Juga fought in the Biafran war, and his plane was shot down over enemy territory.
He jumped out before it crashed but could only grab a carton of beer, a machine gun and a machete. On the way down, he drank the carton of beer.
Then he landed right in the middle of 100 enemy soldiers. He shot 70 with his machine gun, but then he ran out of bullets! So he pulled out his machete and killed 20 more.
Then his machete broke, so he killed the last ten with his bare hands.”
The teacher looked terribly shocked. After clearing her throat, she asked- what possible moral is there to your story Akpos?.
“Well,” Akpos replied, “Don’t f**k with Uncle Juga when he drinks beer.”