A man and his wife are sitting together, pondering what their dear son will become when he grows older.

“I have a fun idea,” the father says with a twinkle in his eye.

He takes a ten-dollar bill, a bottle of whiskey, and a Bible, placing them all on the coffee table.

“Now listen,” he explains, “if our boy takes the money, it means he’ll probably be a banker.”

“If he goes for the whiskey, he might end up a drunkard…”

“And if he picks up the Bible, we can expect him to become a preacher.”

With a chuckle, they decide to hide just before their son enters the room, eager to see what he will do.

The young boy strolls in and heads straight over to the coffee table.

He looks at the ten-dollar bill, curious, but then puts it back down.

Next, he grabs the whiskey bottle, opens it, sniffs it curious, and places it back.

Then, he picks up the Bible, flips through the pages, and eventually sets it down as well.

To his parents’ surprise, the boy proceeds to take the money and pops it into his pocket, picks up the whiskey bottle, and walks off with the Bible tucked under his arm.

The father bursts out, “Well, how about that! Our son’s going to be a politician!”