You can’t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return.
Hector Hugh Munro (Saki)
Orion's Cold Fire
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
You can’t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return.
Hector Hugh Munro (Saki)
The industrious brother wasn’t any too pleased either. Although it is a parable of redemption, I still feel a more fitting ending would have been the father welcoming him back, then telling him since he blew through his inheritance, he had nothing else coming, so he would have to earn his food and lodging. There’s the orchard, here’s a pruning hook. Get to work!
Agreed. I always thought this parable was the antithesis of “The ant and the grasshopper”.
But I have to say: Damn funny quote!
When I was young I remember thinking that the prodigal should have gotten his butt kicked by dad. But the older I get the more I understand the exact wording that the loving father said to his dutiful son:
“And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.”
There’s time afterward for reintroduction into the home environment and “lessons learned” discussions.