TEACHING THE TRIBE

A MISSIONARY WHO HAD SPENT YEARS

SHOWING A TRIBE OF NATIVES HOW

TO FARM AND BUILD THINGS

TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT

GETS THE WORD THAT

HE IS TO RETURN HOME.

HE REALIZES THAT THE ONE THING

HE NEVER TAUGHT THE NATIVES

WAS HOW TO SPEAKENGLISH,

SO HE TAKES THE CHIEF AND

STARTS WALKING IN THE FOREST.

HE POINTS TO A TREE AND

SAYS TO THE CHIEF,

"THIS IS A TREE."

THE CHIEF LOOKS AT THE TREE

AND GRUNTS,

"TREE."

THE MISSIONARY IS PLEASED

WITH THE RESPONSE.

THEY WALK A LITTLE FARTHER

AND THE PADRE POINTS TO A ROCK

AND SAYS,

"THIS IS A ROCK."

HEARING THIS,

THE CHIEF LOOKS AND GRUNTS,

"ROCK."

THE PADRE IS REALLY GETTING

ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE RESULTS

WHEN HE HEARS RUSTLING

IN THE BUSHES.

AS HE PEEKS OVER THE TOP,

HE SEES A COUPLE IN THE MIDST

OF HEAVY... ACTIVITY.

THE PADRE IS REALLY FLUSTERED

AND QUICKLY RESPONDS,

"RIDING A BIKE."

THE CHIEF LOOKS AT THE

COUPLE BRIEFLY,

PULLS OUT HIS BLOW GUN

AND KILLS THEM.

THE PADRE GOES BALLISTIC AND

YELLS AT THE CHIEF THAT HE

HAS SPENT YEARS TEACHING

THE TRIBE HOW TO BE CIVILIZED

AND KIND TO EACH OTHER,

SO HOW COULD HE JUST KILL

THESE PEOPLE IN COLD BLOOD THAT WAY?

THE CHIEF REPLIED,

"MY BIKE."