When Palatka Pete was just a little fella, his momma used to send him to the spring with a pail to fetch water. Now one day, there was a big ol' bull gator lying down in the spring, and Pete being just a little fella got scared and ran back home.

"Momma, Momma" he cried, "I caint git no water cuz there's a big ol' gator down in the spring". "Oh hush now" his mother told him, "that gator's just as scared of you as you are of him". "Well momma, if that gator's just as scared as I am, then that water aint fit to drink!".

Frank i.t.s.