Chores

A little boy comes downstairs for breakfast. Since they live on a farm, his mother asks if he has done his chores. "Not yet," said the little boy. His mother tells him no breakfast until he does his chores.

So he goes to feed the chickens, but he's a little resentful, so he kicks a chicken. He feeds the cows, and he kicks a cow. He feeds the pigs, and he kicks a pig. He goes back in for breakfast and his mother gives him a bowl of dry cereal.

"How come I don't get any eggs and bacon, and why don’t I have any milk in my cereal?" he asks. “Well," his mother says, "I saw you kick a chicken, so you don't get any eggs for a week. I saw you kick the pig, so you don’t get any bacon for a week either. I saw you kick the cow, so for a week you aren't getting any milk."

Just then, the boy's father comes down for breakfast and kicks the cat half way across the kitchen. The little boy looks up at his mother with a wicked smile and says, "You going to tell him, or should I?"