"Imagine the most beautiful mountain scene you've ever seen. Snow-covered mountains, green grass, tall evergreens, crystal clear lake -- absolutely gorgeous. Now picture this fly buzzing around above the lake. Bzzzzzz.

There's a trout in this lake who sees this fly buzzing around. "Now if that fly drops six inches," the trout thought, "I can grab him and have my lunch."

A bear behind a tree sees this same fly and thinks, "Now if that fly drops six inches, that trout will jump up and get the fly and I can grab the trout and have my lunch."

Across the lake, a hunter hides behind a tree and sees the fly. "If that fly drops six inches, that trout will eat it and that bear over there will leap out and grab the trout and I can shoot that bear and have bear steak for my lunch."

A little mouse crouching in the grass near the hunter watches the hunter eat his cheese sandwich and thinks, "If that fly drops six inches, the trout will jump up and eat him and that bear will grab the trout and the hunter will shoot the bear and I can have the cheese sandwich for lunch, since the hunter can't eat and shoot at the same time."

Behind the mouse, a cat crouches watching the same fly. "Now, if that fly drops six inches, the trout will jump up and grab it and the bear will grab the trout and the hunter will shoot the bear and the mouse will eat the cheese sandwich and then I can have the mouse for lunch."

So it all comes down just as planned. The fly drops six inches. The trout leaps up and grabs the fly. The bear jumps out and grabs the trout. The hunter drops his cheese sandwich and brings his gun up to shoot the bear. The mouse grabs the cheese sandwich and the cat springs forward. But the cat misses the mouse and tumbles past the hunter and falls into the lake.

What's the moral of the story?

If the fly drops six inches, the pussy gets wet."

Submitted by Michelle Poncelet.