Honest Injun
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Loading ...One early evening in the Indian reservation, two American Indian brothers named Little Bull and Big Stallion were on their way home from school when they passed by the outhouse teepee. Big Stallion said, “Whew! That outhouse teepee sure is stinking bad!”
Pinching his nose, Little Bull agreed, “You said it, bro! It stinks worse than a stable of horses.”
As the brothers continued on their way, Little Bull said, “Hey, bro, let’s do some public service and push that stinking teepee over the nearby cliff.”
“Okay,” said Big Stallion. So the two brothers went back and pushed the offending teepee over the cliff.
The next day, their father Chief Running Bear called the Indian tribe to an emergency pow-wow. In a gravely serious voice, the Chief said, “Last night somebody pushed the outhouse teepee over the cliff. I want to know who was responsible for this!” The brothers were too scared to come forward for fear of the Chief’s wrath.
Since no one was willing to confess, the Chief tried a different tack. He said, “You know the story of the white man’s first great president, George Washington? When he was young, he cut down his father’s favorite cherry tree. When his father found that his cherry tree was cut down, he gathered his entire household, like what I am doing now, and asked who was responsible for this act. Without hesitation, George Washington stepped forward and confessed to his father publicly that he was the one who cut down the cherry tree. Instead, of getting angry, the father praised his son for his honesty and the rest was history. George Washington went on to become a general, a president and a great man. All because he was man enough to admit his mistake. Now do I hear any confessions?”
After hearing of George Washington’s story, Little Bull decided to come clean and said with his head bowed, “Father, I was the one who pushed the teepee over the cliff last night.”
The Chief said in loud voice, “So it was you!” Whereupon he proceeded to beat the hell out of Little Bull who was beaten up so badly that he had to be confined in the hospital.
Later when Chief Running Bear went to see his son in the hospital, Little Bull moaned, “Why did you have to beat me up? George Washington’s father never did such a thing to his son!”
“Yes but his father wasn’t on the cherry tree.”
Tags: honest injun, president george washington, indian tribe, running bear, cherry tree
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