Muffet And The Yoke

“Once upon a time, there was a heifer named Muffet. She lived on a little dairy farm in the Ozarks. Muffet had a harder life than some of the other heifers, but it was her own fault. See, Muffet was a stubborn heifer. Would she stay inside the fence that was there for her protection? Oh no! She found ways to crawl through that fence. Which meant Muffet got a yoke attached to her head - a sturdy Y-shaped branch that made it impossible for her to get her head outside that fence. Now, it was a nuisance; a nuisance made necessary by Muffet’s stubbornness.” (Jeff Strite - Sermon Central)