At The Watering Hole

"At The Watering Hole"

So one day, Gramma sent her grandson
Johnny down to the water hole to get some
water for cooking dinner. As he was dipping
the bucket in, he saw two big eyes looking
back at him. He dropped the bucket and
hightailed it for Gramma's kitchen.

"Well now, where's my bucket and where's
my water?" Gramma asked him.

"I can't get any water from that water hole,
Gramma" exclaimed Johnny. "There's a
BIG ole' alligator down there!"

"Now don't you mind that ole' alligator, Johnny.
He's been there for a few years now, and he's
never hurt no one. Why, he's probably as
scared of you as you are of him!"

"Well, Gramma," replied Johnny, "if he's as
scared of me as I am of him, then that water
ain't fit to drink!"

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"Bad Language"

The little boy was caught swearing by his
teacher.

"Tyson," she said, "you shouldn't use that
kind of language. Where did you hear it?"

"My daddy said it," he responded.

"Well, that doesn't matter," she explained,
"I don't want to hear that language in here
again."

After a moment, she thought she whispered
aloud, "At least he doesn't know what it means."

"I do, too," Tyson corrected. "It means the
car won't start."
Received on Thu Mar 9 10:02:00 2006