So They Won't Go Blind
Story★★★★In the old days, ponies and mules were used to haul out the coal in the mining
camps. A man asked a little boy why there were so many ponies and mules out in
the fields on Sunday. The little boy answered, “They work all week in the mines.
We bring them up on Sundays so they won’t go blind.”
The point
A humorous anecdote explaining why ponies and mules are brought to fields on Sunday—they work in mines all week and are brought up 'so they won't go blind.'
Scripture
Mark 6:31Exodus 20:8-10
Audience
Adults
Tone
Humorous · Instructive · Tender
To tell aloud
under a minute · 60 words
Subjects