Every spring, as soon as the snow thawed, a certain mountain woman would come down into town, have a baby, and gather supplies for the summer. After a few years of this, she looked despairingly at the doctor and said, \u201cDoctor, I don\u2019t know how much more of this I can handle. We got us eight kids now and I just don\u2019t know how we can go on. I gotta do something about having all these babies or I\u2019ll just lose my mind!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The doctor scratched his head and wondered how to gently instruct the woman on how to curb her ordeal. Finally, he told her to pick up a ten-gallon bucket along with her supplies. \u201cAnd every night when you go to bed, I want both of your feet in that bucket and don\u2019t take them out until morning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So the lady was off, and all of her problems seemed to be solved. That next spring, right on cue, she walked into the doctor\u2019s office and promptly delivered another child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMa\u2019am, I thought I told you to sleep each night with your feet in a ten-gallon bucket. What happened?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, you see doctor, the store was all out of ten-gallon buckets, so I just figured two five-gallon buckets would do the trick just the same.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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