George Washington and the cherry tree
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Loading ...A farmer walked out to the edge of his feilds and summoned his two sons. When they finally arrived back at the farm house, the father told his sons that he wanted to teach them a lesson about honesty and integrity. The two boys listened with interest. “When George Washington was a young man” he said “George chopped down a cherry tree. His father asked George who had chopped down the the cherry tree, and because he was honest his father did not spank him.” “Now” the farmer said, ” I want to know who pushed the outhouse into the creek.” After a few awkward moments the younger son finally confessed that he had done it.The farmer took off his belt and began to beat the the boy. The son screamed ” what about George Washington his father didn’t whip him.” ” True ” said the farmer, “but his father wasn’t in the cherry tree when he cut it down.”