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A smart young man had just returned from college, and at the table he wished to show his parents what extraordinary advancements he had made. ‘Why, father, says he, you can hardly conceive of the advance I have made.’ ‘Well, my son,’ says the father, ‘I am sure I am glad to hear you say so, and I trust you will make a great man.’ There happened to be two ducks on the table for dinner, and this young man proposed to give his father a specimen of his smartness. ‘Now,’ he says, ‘you see there are only two ducks, don't you?’ ‘Yes,’ answered the father. ‘Well, I can prove to you that there are three ducks.’ ‘Can you,’ says the father, ‘That's quite extraordinary really, how can you do it?’ ‘Well,’ says the son, ‘I will show you. That's one?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘And that's two?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Well, two and one makes three, don't they?’ ‘Quite so,’ says the father, ‘It is very extraordinary, and to show how much I appreciate it, I will eat one of these ducks, and your mother will eat the other, and we will leave the third for you.— John Taylor
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