My grandpa sat me down one day and said “My Dear it’s Time”
“It’s Time to tell you all about the old foolish Nine.”
“The foolish Nine, alas, such a tragedy.
But I’m sure thankful it didn’t happen to me.”
“The foolish Nine were nine old men who decided to go out west
But halfway there they stopped for lunch an’ started arguin’ ‘bout what tastes best.
Now these old men where ornery, as ornery as some mules.
So these old men kept arguin’ a long way past noon.
They kept up this disagreement till the sun was gone,
And yesiree they kept arguing until the crack of dawn.
But then the wisest of them all (and he sure was a fool!)
Said “We must stop this arguin’ or mold will grow on our food!”
They all saw the wisdom in his words so they turned
Around to eat some lunch and on the table was a bird! That bird had eaten all their food and it really was quite fat. Now these old men broke down in tears as they realized that they didn’t have any food to get back.”
“Now that is the story of the old foolish Nine. So Janie dear I hope you’ve learned that you really need to be wise. But wisdom only comes from one Place and that’s from God above. So listen to God and let Him lead
you in wisdom and in love.”