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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
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
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