Book Of Ha Ha

A Fly Is Hovering Six Inches Above A Lake

Under the water, a fish is sizing up the fly. "If that fly would just drop six inches, I could eat it," it thinks. On the shore of the lake, a bear is eyeing the fish. "If that fly drops six inches, the fish will go for it, and I can catch the fish while it's distracted." On top of a nearby hill, a hunter is observing the bear. "If that fly drops six inches, that fish will go for it and draw the bear into the open. Then I can shoot it." In the grass behind the hunter, a mouse smells food. "If that fly were to drop six inches, the fish would try to get it, the bear would attack the fish, and I could steal the hunter's trail mix while she's shooting the bear. A fat cat is crouched in the bushes behind the mouse. "If that fly drops six inches, the fish will go for the fly, the bear will attack the fish, the hunter will shoot the bear, the mouse will steal her trail mix, and I can sneak up on it while it's eating."

The fly drops six inches. The fish leaps up and eats the fly, the bear charges and snatches the fish, the hunter shoots the bear, the mouse steals her trail mix, and the cat pounces at the mouse, but it misses and rolls all the way down the hill and into the lake. And the moral of the story is: whenever a fly drops six inches, a pussy is sure to get wet.