The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #155234   Message #3650934
Posted By: GUEST
14-Aug-14 - 09:41 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: in come or oxen free?
Subject: RE: Folklore: in come or oxen free?
Then there's the tale of the Skunk family.
It's washday, and Mummy Skunk's mind's set to get the wash done, dried, ironed and away by supper. But her two baby skunks, In and Out, are playing underfoot, so she sends them out to play.
So out go In and Out and as they go out Mummy Skunk tells them to be good and sure to be back in in time for supper. Out they go and Mummy sets down to work.
No sooner said than done: she has a good afternoon, and has supper about set when in comes Out - without In. So Mummy Skunk sends Out out to fetch In in, and out goes out and two seconds later back in comes Out with In. Mummy Skunk thinks that's pretty good, finding him so quickly, and asks Out how he found In so quickly.
"Easy. In stinked."