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I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.

I love aphorisms, culls, and spables and teaching stories of all kinds.

And here's a famous teaching story in case you've never heard it.

I'll tell my own version of this story, which is a well-known Yiddish folk tale.

Once upon a time, a long time ago, a farmer lived with his wife, their five children, and

his parents in a small farmhouse.

They were all constantly getting in each other's way.

As the farmer sat down to breakfast, he thought, what a noisy, crowded, uncomfortable house.

Over time, the farmer became increasingly annoyed, and finally he went to his rabbi, a very

wise man, and described the situation.

The rabbi thought for a few moments, then said, hmm, I know just the solution.

Do you have chickens?

Good.

Bring the chickens into the house.

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