Once upon a time there was this older lady. She had a big house and had children and grandchildren living with her. They were all over the age of 17. All five of them. The eat her food. They lounge in the air conditioned house. They driver her vehicles. They sleep in beds at her house. She pays the gardener. She pays the pool maintenance person. She pays the utilities. She pays for practically everything.
One day a bad thing happened, water started to leak from the refrigerator. It went all over the floor and made a mess. It kept leaking and was making a bigger mess. The cold water feeding the refrigerator needed to be turned off. All the kings horses and all the kings men along with all the children and grandchildren could not shut off the water valve under the sink. She had to call a knight from a different land to rescue the house from the slow dripping flood when no one in the land could turn the valve.
When the knight arrived he found the older lady mopping the floor. He also found a valve that was easily turned to the off position. The knight wonders if the children and grandchildren have any gratitude at all. For if they did, you would think that they would mop the floor or turn the valve at the very least. What do you think?
Update – The knight stopped by tonight to install a valve behind the refrigerator and turn the cold water back on to the kitchen sink. A quick and easy job.
