There was once a man who was very unhappy with his life. He was a husband and father. He worked all day and came home to a nagging wife and loud, naughty children. No one appreciated him. He had no time to do the things he wanted to do. He went to church every week to thank God, but he had nothing to be grateful for.

Someone told him about a Wise Old Man who lived at the top of the highest hill just outside town. This man was said to be able to change your life. So the man set off to find the Wise Man. After a day and a halfs hard walking and climbing, he reached the top of the mountian.

He told the wise Man how hard his life was. He explained about his nagging wife, ungrateful children, hard work how there was never enough time for him to do the things we wanted to.

The Old Man sat quietly until the end and then spoke "Get a Goat. A goat will solve your problems".

The Man hurried home to get the goat that would transform his life.

Well, the Goat only made things worse. He now had to feed it, milk it. It kept eating the veggies and clothes off the line. He had to build fences and it bleated from early in the morning.

He headed back up that mountain where he found the Wise man waiting. He explained that the goat had not done its job but had just made his life worse.

The Wise Man merely said "Get a donkey". A donkey will solve your problems".

Anyway, man returned and bought a donkey. Donkey ate too much, messed everywhere and kept wondering onto the neighbours land.

[This story goes on a bit as the old man keeps adding 'solutions' to the Mans problems in the form of: 12 chickens, a dog, The Mother in Law etc so I am going to skip all these trips up the mountain to save some time. You get the message though - the Man now had a lot of extra problems.]

Finally the bedraggled man takes another walk up the mountain. He is exhausted. His eyes are bloodshot, he was lost weight, He can't remember every being this unhappy. Desparately he approaches the Wise Man.

"Please, please help me. Everything you told me has not worked. I cannot deal with my life anymore. What must I do?"

The Wise Man smiled. "Now", he said "Go back home and get rid of everything I told you to get".

The Man returns home and gets rid of the Goat, Donkey, Chickens, Dog, Mother in Law etc.

When they have all gone, he looks around his home His wife still nags and his children are still loud, but realises how easy his life is.

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From Zane and The Team at Woods
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