A 16-year-old boy came home with a new Truck. And his parents began to yell and scream, “Where did this truck come from?”
He calmly told them, “I bought it today”.
With what money? His parents asked. They knew what a Ford – 150 truck should cost.
“Well,” the boy said, this one only cost me twenty dollars.”
So the parents began to yell even louder!
“I was mowing Mrs. Ellen’s yard and when I got done, I went to collect my $20, when she asked if I wanted the Truck instead of the $20.
I loaded up my lawnmower in the back and that’s what happened.”
“Oh, my goodness!” moaned his mother. “Nobody would sell a new truck for $20!”
“John, you go to her house and find out what’s going on.”
So the boy’s father walked up the street where Mrs. Ellen lived. And he found her working in her garden.
John introduced himself as the father of the boy and he asked if she sold a truck to his son for $20?
And he wanted to know why she did it.
“Well, Mrs. Ellen said, “I got a call from my husband this morning. I thought he was on a business trip but learned from a friend that he had run off to Hawaii with his mistress. And really doesn’t intend to come back.
He claimed he was stranded and needed cash. And asked me to sell his truck and send him the money. So I did.”