| Free Meat
It was many years ago since the
embarrassing day when a young
woman, with a baby in her arms,
entered his butcher shop and
confronted him with the news
that the baby was his and asked
what was he going to do about it?
Finally he offered to provide her
with free meat until the boy was
16. She agreed.
He had been counting the years
off on his calendar and one day
the teenager, who had been
collecting the meat each week,
came into the shop and said,
"I'll be 16 tomorrow."
"I know," said the butcher with a
smile, "I've been counting too,
tell your mother, when you take
this parcel of meat home, that it
is the last free meat she'll get and
watch the expression on her face."
When the boy arrived home he told
his mother. The woman nodded and
said, "Son, go back to the butcher
and tell him I have also had free
bread, free milk and free groceries
for the last 16 years and watch
the expression on his face!" | 
