The Husband and Wife Swapping Jobs Story

This is a story about a farmer and his wife. He was not happy with the way his wife handled the home. It was messy. The farmer worked all day in the field whereas she worked on daily chores and took care of the baby. The farmer suggested swapping jobs one day to teach her a lesson. What happened that day? Who was taught a lesson? Find out by reading this story.

The Farmer and the Messy House

One day, the farmer came home early from the field. He found the baby playing in a mess inside the house. The kitchen was a mess. There was a pile of laundry to be done. He yelled at his wife, “What have you done to the home? You cannot do anything right?”

The Unhappy Farmer

His wife said, “What have I done wrong? I am trying my best to make things right here! You have no idea.”

The farmer said, “Oh really! Let us swap our jobs for a day. You work in the field the whole day and I will work at home. I will do our job and show how it is done!”

The wife accepted the challenge and did not say a word.

The Next Day

The next day, she left early in the morning to work in the farmland. He also became ready to work at home.

He thought of churning butter at first. While churning, he felt thirsty and went to the basement. There was a barrel of apple cider. He pulled the tap and started to pour a glass. Suddenly, he saw a pig entering his house.

He said, “I have kept the butter unattended. The pig will knock it down!”

He ran upstairs and saw that the pig had already done it. Suddenly, he remembered that he left the tap of apple cider open. He ran downstairs to find apple cider on the floor.

He face-palmed and went back to churning butter. He remembered to feed the cow.

He had an idea and wanted to kill two birds with one stone. He set a plank to let the cow climb the roof and eat the grass growing there.

While setting the plank, he took the churned milk on his back as the baby might knock it down. The moment he stooped to fetch a bucket of water from the well, the churned milk spilt on his head.

He was half devastated already. He then gave the cow water to drink and set the plank. He then thought, “What if the cow falls from the plank? I will tie a rope with her leg to mine.”

He was making porridge for dinner. The wife was waiting for his husband’s call for dinner. Seeing no one calling, she headed home.

In the meantime, the cow did slip and hung from the chimney. On the other end of the rope was the man hanging inside the kitchen.

She entered the house seeing the farmer hanging inside the kitchen and swinging and the baby laughing.

She cut the rope and the man fell on the porridge pot.

He admitted, “I am good at what I do. I should not be advocating for you. I am sorry!” The farmer learned a lesson.

The Happy Farmer’s Wife

Moral of the Story

The Swapping Story Moral tells us not to advocate for someone who is a master of what he does. It is ideal to distribute responsibilities based on the expertise everyone has.

Tips for Parents

In this edition of Bedtime Stories Butter, parents need to understand the context and make the children understand why the farmer should not have advocated for his wife. He thought he could do what she did and miserably failed. Explain the morals and encourage them to read more.