Moral of the Story
There once was a farmer named Bob. Bob had a pet snake named Nate. Bob was very fond of Nate — Nate went with him out to the fields, ate dinner with him, and even slept at the foot of his bed.
One day Bob noticed that a wash out was forming near the road to his house. If it got any bigger it would take out his house. So he went to town and got a bunch of cement, a cable, and a lever. He poured the cement into the wash out, attached the cable, and hooked the lever onto the other end of the cable.
After the cement dried, he was able to tie down the lever to keep the cement and the dirt in the wash out from falling into his house. One day Bob was driving up to his house, and he saw Nate laying in the middle of the road!!! But it was right by his lever, and if he swerved he would crash into it, causing the cement to fall onto his house. So he drove right over Nate, and Nate died.
The Moral of the Story: Better Nate than Lever