It's a story that we all know by heart, the story of the father and his two sons. One was a plowboy, who stayed home, behaved himself and enjoyed the good life. The other was a playboy, who sought for himself the good life and ended up in a pigpen. Reduced to abject misery, the playboy swallowed his pride and came home, to be welcomed with a great celebration of joy.

The plowboy was angry at his father and jealous of his brother, so he boycotted the party. Coming in late from the fields, he heard music the likes of which he had never heard before coming from the house. It was a servant who explained to him, "Your brother has come home and your father has killed the fatted calf." And, boy, was he mad.

I don't know, maybe the plowboy was fattening the calf for the county fair. But more lik…