Just a Joke for Tonight

Crate of Chickens

The farmer's son was returning from the market with the
crate of chickens his father had entrusted to him, when all
of a sudden the box fell and broke open. Chickens scurried
off in different directions, but the determined boy walked
all over the neighborhood scooping up the wayward birds and
returning them to the repaired crate. Hoping he had found
them all, the boy reluctantly returned home, expecting the
worst.

"Pa, the chickens got loose," the boy confessed sadly, "but
I managed to find all twelve of them."

"Well, you did real good, son," the farmer beamed. "You left
with seven."