Grampa is sitting on his front porch watching the sun rise. He sees his grandson, Little Jeffrey, walk by carrying something big under his arm.
Grampa yells out "Hey boy, whatcha got there?"
"A roll of chicken wire" says Little Jeffrey.
"What you gonna do with that?" asks Grampa.
"Gonna catch some chickens" says Little Jeffrey.
Grampa says "You damn fool boy! You can't catch chickens with chicken wire!"
Little Jeffrey just laughs and keeps walking. That evening at sunset, Little Jeffrey comes walking by, dragging behind him the chicken wire with about 30 chickens caught in it.
The next morning, Grampa is out watching the sun rise and he sees Little Jeffrey walk by carrying something in his hand.
Grampa yells to him "Hey boy, whatcha got there?"
"Roll of duct tape" says Little Jeffrey.
"What you gonna do with that?" says Grampa.
"Gonna catch me some ducks" says Little Jeffrey.
Grampa says "You damn fool boy! You can't catch ducks with duct tape!"
Little Jeffrey just laughs and keeps walking.That night around sunset Little Jeffrey walks by, trailing behind him the unrolled roll of duct tape with about 35 ducks caught in it.
The next morning, the Grampa sees Little Jeffrey walking by carrying what looks like a long reed with something fuzzy on the end.
Again, Grampa yells out to him ''Hey boy, whatcha got there?"
"It's a pussy willow" says Little Jeffrey.
Grampa yells back to him "Wait up...I'll get my hat."

Not bad, Jeff.

[George Lyons]