Barack and the Beanstalk

Once upon a time golden eggs fell out of the sky every day. People on Earth picked up the golden eggs and used them to buy food, clothing, cars, TVs and other good stuff.

A boy named Barack wondered where the golden eggs came from. So he traded his mother for a magic bean and planted it in the garden. The bean sprouted into a stalk of news media that grew up to the clouds.

Barack climbed to the top of the beanstalk and saw a woman, a giant and a golden goose. “Who are you?” he asked.

“I am Justice,” said the woman.

“I am Big Business,” said the giant.

“I am Free Enterprise,” said the goose.

“You are too selfish,” said Barack.

He blindfolded the woman to keep her from seeing him neuter the giant and cut off the goose’s right wing, so it could no longer fly around dropping golden eggs.

The people on Earth called up: “Hey, Barack! How are we going to buy good stuff without golden eggs?”

“That’s not my problem,” Barack said. “I’m going to stay up here above all worldly cares and live happily ever after.”

The End

(Moral: This is a fable for the able. Others won’t understand morals.)