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IN AND OUT

THERE WERE ONCE TWO SKUNKS NAMED IN AND OUT. WHEN
IN WAS OUT, OUT WAS USUALLY IN. WELL, ONE DAY,
IN WAS OUT AND OUT WAS IN AND THE MOTHER SKUNK
WANTED IN IN SO SHE TOLD OUT TO GO GET IN.
AFTER JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES IN AND OUT CAME IN
AND THE MOTHER SKUNK ASKED HOW OUT HAD FOUND
IN SO QUICKLY. OUT SAID, "IT WAS ESAY--IN
STINCT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): INSTINCT ; PUN

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale

Date learned: 12-04-1967

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THE SKUNKS

MAMA SKUNK WAS WORRIED BECAUSE SHE COULD NEVER KEEP TRACK OF HER TWO
KIDS. THEY WERE NAMED "IN" AND "OUT" AND WHEN "IN" WAS IN, "OUT" WAS
OUT. AND IF "IN" WAS OUT, "OUT" WAS IN. ONE DAY SHE CALLED "OUT"
AND TOLD HIM TO BRING "IN" IN. HE DID. "GOOD!" SAID MAMA SKUNK.
"HOW DID YOU FIND HIM IN SO SHORT A TIME?" "IT WAS EASY SAID
OUT, "INSTINCT!"

Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN

Keyword(s): IN STINCT=INSTINCT ; IN STINKS

James Callow Keyword(s): PUN

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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THE SKUNKS

MAMA SKUNK WAS WORRIED BECAUSE SHE COULD NEVER KEEP TRACK OF HER TWO
KIDS. THEY WERE NAMED "IN" AND "OUT" AND WHEN "IN" WAS IN, "OUT" WAS
OUT. AND IF "IN" WAS OUT, "OUT" WAS IN. ONE DAY SHE CALLED "OUT"
AND TOLD HIM TO BRING "IN" IN. HE DID. "GOOD!" SAID MAMA SKUNK.
"HOW DID YOU FIND HIM IN SO SHORT A TIME?" "IT WAS EASY SAID
OUT, "INSTINCT!"

Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN

Keyword(s): IN STINCT=INSTINCT IN STINKS

James Callow Keyword(s): PUN

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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