A True Story

An old Arab man lived alone in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato

 

garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, Abdul, who used to

 

help him, was being held by the FBI for aiding and abetting

 

terrorists.

 

The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament.

 

 

 

Dear Abdul,

 

I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't able able to

 

plant my potato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging

 

up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know

 

you would dig the plot for me.

 

Your Dad,

 

Mohammad.

 

 

 

A few days later he received a letter from his son.

 

Dear Dad,

 

For heaven's sake, don't dig up that garden, that's where I buried

 

the biological weapons.

 

Love,

 

Abdul.

 

 

 

At 4a.m. the next morning, F.B.I. agents and local police showed up

 

and dug up the entire area without finding any weapons. They apologized

 

to the old man and left. That same day the old man received another

 

letter from his son.

 

 

 

Dear Dad,

 

Go ahead and plant the potatoes now. That's the best I could do

 

under

 

the circumstances.

 

Love,

 

Abdul.