An old joke

[milo]

Don't mind the 'pests

There is a frog, sits a pad in a bog
and a fly, plump and juicy, floats nearby.
Thinks the frog, "If that fly would just drop
three inches, I could eat that delectable fly!"

Unbeknownst to the frog, underwater
swims a pike, in frustration, back and forth,
"If that frog would just leap from that pad,
I could eat that irresistible frog!"

Now unknown to the frog and the fly
and the pike there's this bear sitting famished
in the woods near the bog. And he ponders,
"I would like for a fish to take flight
from that lake, I could fish quite a feast
for my dinner!"

Out of sight from the bear, 'cross the lake
sits a hunter and he spies that black bear
but it's just out of range. So he thinks wistfully,
"If that bear leaves the woods I could bag
me a bear, have a steak for my lunch
and a trophy to mount from its head!"

Just uphill from the hunter stalks a playful
little puss and he smells from a lunchbox
just what every kitten wants and he pouts,
"If that hunter was distracted, even just
for a moment I could fetch a tuna
sandwich for my snack!"

Now who knows, was it god? was it fate?
was it wind on the lake? that caused

the fly to dip
the frog to hop from his pad
the fish to leap from the lake
the bear to lurch out from the woods
the hunter to carefully take aim but

the playful little kitten started running
down the hill and he pounced toward
the basket but he overshot his mark,
came tumbling down the bank,
landed Splash! into the bog.

Now the moral of this story, I don't think I'll forget:
"If the fly drops three inches then the pussy gets wet."