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So a farmer answered a knock at his door....
"Excuse me," said the young man standing on the farmhouse porch, "I was just walking by and noticed that you have some honeysuckle alongside your walk. Do you mind if I take some honey."
"Son," the farmer replied, "You don't get honey from honeysuckle."
"Well, you don't mind if I try, do you?"
"No, no," the farmer said patronizingly, "You go right ahead."
A short while later, there was another knock on the door. The young man stood there holding two jars of honey. "I was just coming up to say thank you when I noticed you've got some milkweed beside the house. Is it all right of I get some milk, too?"
"Look, son, milkweed don't make milk," said the farmer.
"Well, you don't mind if I try, do you?"
"No, no. You go right ahead."
A short time later there was yet another knock on the door. When the farmer answered, the young man was standing there holding two gallons of milk. "I was just coming up to say thank you," the young man began, "When I noticed that you've got some pussywillow..."
"Hold on!" the farmer interrupted, "Let me get my boots."
"Excuse me," said the young man standing on the farmhouse porch, "I was just walking by and noticed that you have some honeysuckle alongside your walk. Do you mind if I take some honey."
"Son," the farmer replied, "You don't get honey from honeysuckle."
"Well, you don't mind if I try, do you?"
"No, no," the farmer said patronizingly, "You go right ahead."
A short while later, there was another knock on the door. The young man stood there holding two jars of honey. "I was just coming up to say thank you when I noticed you've got some milkweed beside the house. Is it all right of I get some milk, too?"
"Look, son, milkweed don't make milk," said the farmer.
"Well, you don't mind if I try, do you?"
"No, no. You go right ahead."
A short time later there was yet another knock on the door. When the farmer answered, the young man was standing there holding two gallons of milk. "I was just coming up to say thank you," the young man began, "When I noticed that you've got some pussywillow..."
"Hold on!" the farmer interrupted, "Let me get my boots."
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