An
old country doctor went way out to the boondocks to deliver a
baby. It was so far out, there was no electricity. When the
doctor arrived, no one was home except for the laboring mother and
her 5-year-old child.
The
doctor instructed the child to hold a lantern so he could see while
he helped the woman deliver the baby.
The
child did so. The mother pushed and after a little while. The
doctor lifted the newborn baby by the feet and spanked him on the
bottom to get him to take his first breath.
The
doctor then asked the 5-year-old what he thought of the baby
"Spank him again," the 5-year-old said. "He shouldn`t have
crawled in there in the first place.