The Lumberjack and His Son

A lumberjack raised his only son and managed to finance the young man’s college education the only way he knew how.

Which was cutting down trees by hand.

The young man had helped his father cut down some of those trees.

He knew how hard his father had to work to put him through college.

When the son started college, he promised himself that the first thing he would do was buy his father a present that would make the old man’s life easier.

The son saved and scrimped and finally had enough money to purchase the finest chainsaw in the world.

On a school vacation, the son asked his dad how many trees he could cut down in one day.

The father, a large husky man, thought and said that, on a good day, he was able to bring down 20 trees.

The son gave the father the brand new chainsaw.

He said from now on he would be able to triple the amount and only work half as hard.

The old man was very pleased and said he had the best son in the world.

The young man left for school the next morning and wasn’t able to return until the next school break, three months later.

When he arrived, he immediately noticed that his dad appeared rundown.

He asked if his father was feeling alright.

The old man replied that cutting trees was getting harder and harder, and now with the new chainsaw, he was working longer hours but not cutting as many trees as before.

The son knew there was something wrong and thought perhaps the saw he purchased wasn’t as good as advertised.

He asked to check it out. Upon examining it, he checked the oil, and it was full.

He checked the gas, and it too was full.

He yanked on the cord, and immediately it roared to life.

His father grabbed him by the shirt and hollered, “WHAT’S THAT NOISE???”