Jerry was watching television when he suddenly got up and went outside the house. He started doing something rather strange. With his garden spade, he made a deep ditch all around each of the young trees in the garden. As he was doing this, his mother came out. She was puzzled at what he was doing. She called out to him, “What are you doing, Jerry?” Jerry replied, “I am looking after the plants and the young trees. I heard on television that it was going to snow and all the trees will die of cold. We have got to get them indoors in the warm before winter comes.” His mother was absolutely horrified. She knew that though Jerry meant well, it would do him good if he thought first.
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