| There was a young man that was studying to be a ventriloquist walking along one day, when he noticed an old man sitting in front of his little store. The old man had his dog laying by his chair, a horse tied to a post nearby, and a sheep in a pen. The young man thought to himself that he would have a little fun with the old man so he walked up to him and asked if he cared if he talked to his dog. The old man replied "Umm go ahead dog not talk". So the young man went over near the dog and to the old man`s amazement seemed to be carrying on a conversation about how bad the old man treated his dog, bad food, no exercise, etc. So the young man turned to him and asked if it would be alright to talk to his horse. Old man replied, "Umm go ahead horse not talk." Again the young man went near the horse and seemed to be carrying on a conversation with the horse about how his owner mistreated him, tied to a post all day, bad food, etc. This time as the young man turned to the old man whose eyes were bulging in amazement, the old quickly told him: "Don`t talk to sheep - sheep tell lies!" |