The Skinny Horse vs. The Elephant

The protests will die down.  That’s what the governor keeps saying…sort of.

In typical Walker-speak:  "I think as time goes by, even the people, some of the people who were pumped out outside, will realize, that the real thing that will change, is month or two down the road, all the problems they say are gonna happen aren't gonna happen.”

In interpretable words, “The protests will die down.” 

I doubt it.

Sunday night, my fourth-grade son and I shared a reading assignment about a character named Wang Li.

The moral to this story was “Skinny horses grow long hair.”

I thought, “That must be one ugly horse.”  I confessed my confusion.

My son hypothesized that this horse must have grown its hair long to keep itself warm during the winter months. 

I’m sure he’s right.

See, here’s the thing about skinny, ugly horses. 

Every month the ugly horse has bills to pay. 

Every month that skinny horse is going to sit at his dinner table and try to figure out a way to pay those bills. 

Every month that horse’s hair becomes longer.

The ugly horse is a father or a mother trying to raise a family. 

Maybe the moral of the story should have been “Skinny elephants grow long ears” because I don’t think anyone is going to forget and, at least once every month, fathers and mothers will rise up in protest.