Did You Hear
Story★★★★A farmer went to the country café for dinner and proceeded to tell the waitress, his old friend Katie, all the local gossip. Thrilled to hear so much news, Katie begged him to tell her more.
“I can’t,” the farmer replied. “I already told you more than I heard.”
Kristie Holsey, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Country, June-July 2009, 56.
The point
A farmer shares local gossip with a waitress until he realizes he has told her more than he originally heard.
Scripture
Proverbs 11:13Proverbs 18:8Proverbs 20:19Ephesians 4:29
Audience
AdultsYouth
Tone
Humorous · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 60 words