(Repost from A Blog About Blogging)
A modern fable
Once upon a time, long, long ago (I think it was at least three months ago) there was a man who lived in the deep, dark woods. His name was Mr. McGruff. He had very few friends. Do you know why, children? Because he was so gruff. Every morning when he got up, he went to the front door and opened it. If the sun was shining, he would slam the door shut. However, if it was dark and damp and rainy, he would put on his extra gruffy face. Then he wandered out into the deep, dark woods. He looked around for something to do to fit his gruff, grumpy mood. Around him he saw bunches of dead leaves, branches, and flowers. He picked them up and put them inside his computer bag with his trusty computer and dictionary. With a snarl and a grimace, he started out again to look for something else fun to do. The problem was there weren’t enough dead leaves and tree branches to make him happy/mean. (Boo, hoo, hoo) One day, he wandered farther on until he got closer to the edge of the deep, dark woods. He went around a huge, dark tree and walked right into a large field of colorful wild flowers. They were so shiny and pretty they almost hurt his eyes. He let out a huge, thundering scream. He was so angry he jumped into the center of the flowers and began tromping them down – almost every one. With a deep sigh of satisfaction (which sounded like a snarl), he thought, Now those flowers will know who is the king around here. HA! The next rainy day, he went out as usual to gather more dead leaves and plants and sometimes even a poison mushroom. He decided to check the edge of the woods again, expecting to see nothing. To his surprise, he saw more beautiful flowers growing. He was furious!! His red face gleamed and his black eyes shot darts. He proceeded to destroy the flowers again. He went home and his super-smart girlfriend met him at the door. “What is wrong, McWonderful?” (Her pet name for Mr. McGruff. She tried to calm him as he told of his McVentures. However, he was never able to completely destroy the beautiful flowers. They always returned.
The moral of the story: Good will always overcome evil, and if you are McGruff’s girlfriend, you will need more containers for you dead leaves and branches.