Country Birth

"Country Birth"

An old country doctor went deep into the woods to deliver
a baby. The cabin was so remote that it had no electricity.
Upon arriving, the doctor realized that the laboring mother
and her five-year-old child were the only people there.
With no one else to help him, the doctor finally instructed
the child to hold a lantern so he could see to deliver the
baby.

The child was happy to help, and held the lantern high
while the mother pushed. After a little while, the baby boy
was born, and the doctor held the newborn by the feet
and spanked him on the bottom to get him to take his
first breath.

With the excitement over, the doctor asked the five-year-old
for an opinion about the birth of the baby.

"Hit him again," the five-year-old said. "He shouldn't have
crawled up there in the first place!"
Received on Thu Oct 28 11:38:42 2004