The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THERE WERE TWO STATUES IN THE PARK. THEY WERE BOTH NUDE
GRECIAN STATUES, ONE MALE, THE OTHER FEMALE. ONE DAY A
FAIRY GODMOTHER CAME UP TO THEM AND ASKED THEM IF THEY
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A WISH. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO BE TURNED INTO HUMAN PEOPLE. SHE WAVED HER MAGIC
STICK AND THEY WERE SUDDENLY ALIVE. THEY RAN INTO THE
WOODS TOGETHER. ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER THEY WERE STILL
IN THE WOODS AND THE GODMOTHER WAS GETTING WORRIED, SO
SHE WENT IN TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. SHE HEARD SOME
TALKING BEHIND SOME BUSHES, SO SHE SNUCK UP TO SEE WHAT
WAS GOING ON. SHE HEARD THEM SAYING, "NOW IT'S YOUR
TURN, YOU HOLD THE PIGEON WHILE I SHIT ON IT."

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD IT FROM HER PARENTS ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 12-00-1965