𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬# 𝟯𝟬
A truck-stop in a small town was famous for its omelets, made from eggs laid by hens that were home-grown in the backyard of the restaurant owner.
A fire broke out in the backyard, injuring some hens and roosters. Believing the injured hens couldn't lay eggs anymore, out of pity he retained them by moving them to the front yard of the house, without abandoning.
He continued selling omelets with the remaining hens. But the front yard roosters crowed every morning and pecked his door, disturbing his sleep and annoying him. Frustrated, he asked his servant to clear the flock and set them free elsewhere.
Months passed, and his business declined as he couldn't meet the egg demand. He bought more hens, but the yield was poor.
Meanwhile, a new street vendor attracted crowds with his omelets, and the owner’s customers soon shifted to him.
The owner decided to taste his omelets and enquired him about his egg supplier and asked him to introduce the person. The vendor agreed and took him to the supplier.
To his shock, the supplier was his own servant. The servant explained, "𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘨𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺.."
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