The Tenth Child




A very elderly couple is having an elegant dinner to celebrate their
75th  wedding anniversary.  The old man leans forward and says
softly to his wife, "Dear, there is something that I must ask you.
It has always bothered me that our tenth child never quite looked
like the rest of our children.  Now I want to assure you that these
75 years have been the most wonderful experience I could have ever
hoped for, and your answer can not take that all that away.  But,...
I must know, did he have a different father?"

The wife drops her head, unable to look her husband in the eye.  She
pauses for moment and then confesses..."Yes.  Yes he did."

The old man is very shaken, the reality of what his wife was
admitting hitting him harder than he had expected.  With a tear in
his eye he asks, "Who?...Who was he?  Who was the father?"

Again the old woman drops her head, saying nothing at first as she
tries to muster the courage to tell the truth to her husband.
Then, finally, she says..."You".