| Santa and Banta go for hunting. Santa has never gone hunting while Banta has hunted
all his life. When they get to the woods, Banta tells Santa to sit by a tree and not make a sound while Banta checks out a deer stand. After Banta gets about a quarter of a mile away, he hears a blood-curdling scream. He rushes back to Santa and yells, "I thought I told you to be quiet!" Santa says, "Hey, I tried. I really did. When those snakes crawled over me, I didn`t make a sound. When that bear was breathing down my neck, I didn`t make a peep. But when those two chipmunks (squirrels) crawled up my pants leg and said, `Should we take them with us or eat them here?` I couldn`t keep quiet any more!" |