A man who was a slave of drink one night had a very strange dream. The next morning he told his dream to his wife and young son.
“In my dream,” he said, “I saw four rats. One was fat, two were thin, and one was blind.”
Neither the man nor his wife could think of a meaning of the dream. But the young son had an idea. He knew that his father spent much of his time at the tavern and spent his money for drink.
“Dad,” he said, “the fat rat is the owner of the tavern on the corner. He gets all of our money. The two thin rats are Mother and me. And the blind rat is you!”
Never could that father forget what his boy had said. He was sorry as he began to think how blind he was to spend his money on drink when his wife and son needed things which his money could buy. Humbled, he got down on his knees and prayed, asking God to help him overcome the terrible power drink had over him.
ML-12/03/1978