‘Run that fool mule’

Growing up on a small farm, Andy and his dad worked some long hours together. But sometimes they just relaxed, “sittin,’ spittin’ and whittlin,’” as his dad called it. Those times were more than the obvious conveyed by the name. Dad used them to teach his son tidbits of wisdom. To illustrate his point, dad would often tell a story. “There will always be someone in your life to tell you what you…