The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

BLACK-AMERICAN JOKE

ONCE AT A HUNTING CAMP A MAN WAS BRAGGING
ABOUT HIS PRIME SQUIRREL DOG AND HOW
TERRIBLY GOOD HE WAS. OF COURSE HE HAD
TO SHOW PROOF, SO HE TOOK THE DOG OUT
AND THE DOG IMMEDIATELY STRUCK A TRAIL.
WHEN THE MEN CAUGHT UP WITH THE DOG,
HE WAS LYING ON THE GROUND WITH TWO
FOOTS UP IN THE AIR. THEY ASKED WHY;
THE OWNER EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD TREED
TWO SQUIRRELS. THE MEN EXCLAIMED HOW
GOOD THAT WAS. THE DOG THEN STRUCK
ANOTHER TRAIL AND THEY FOUND HIM THIS
TIME LYING ON THE GROUND WITH FOUR
FOOTS IN THE AIR. OF COURSE THIS
TIME HE HAD TREED FOUR SQUIRRELS. THE
MEN MARVELED AT HIS COMPETENCY. THEN
BLUE BROKE AWAY AGAIN AND WHEN THE
HUNTERS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM, HE WAS LYING
ON THE GROUND WITH FOUR FOOTS IN THE AIR
AND HIS TAIL IN HIS BEHIND. THE HUNTERS
ASKED THE OWNER WHAT BLUE WAS DOING THIS
TIME. THE HUNTER SAID THAT BLUE WAS
SAYING THAT THERE WERE FOUR SQUIRRELS IN
THE TREE, BUT THEY SCREWED AROUND COMING
ACROSS THE HOLLER SO LONG THAT THE SQUIRRELS
WENT IN THE HOLE.

Where learned: MISSISSIPPI

Date learned: 09-20-1985