Sometimes You just Can't Win

This story by Jacob Braude is one way of looking at life: Sometimes, you just can't win.

 

The little boy absolutely refused to eat. So his frantic mother took him to a famous doctor. The expert coaxed the boy with every possible delicacy a boy would like. No luck.

So finally he asked the lad, "What would you like to eat?"

"Worms", calmly answered the boy.

The doctor went along with the idea and sent his nurse out for a plateful of worms. "Here!" he barked at the boy.

"I want them fried" came the answer.

The nurse fried them and came back with the plate.

"I only want one", said the food hater.

The doctor got rid of all but one worm. "Now", he exploded, "eat!"

The boy protested, "You eat half."

The doctor did and then dangled the remaining half in the little fellow's face.The boy burst in to tears.

"What's the matter now?" screamed the doctor.

"You ate my half", wailed the boy.