On the first day of school, the children
>>brought gifts for their teacher.
>>
>>The florist's son brought the teacher a
>>bouquet of flowers.
>>
>>The candy-store owner's daughter gave the
>>teacher a pretty box of candy.
>>
>>Little Johnny's father owned a liquor-store so
>>Johnny brought up a big, heavy box.
>>The teacher lifted it up and noticed that
>>it was leaking a little bit.
>>She touched a drop of the liquid with her
>>finger and tasted it.
>>"Is it wine?" she guessed.
>>"No," Johnny replied.
>>She tasted another drop and asked,
>>"Champagne?.
>>"No," said Johnny....."It's a puppy!"
>>
>>

That's HILARIOUS!

Ah, the universal "Puppy=in=the-box" joke. Has been around as long as kids giving presents to adults, has many guises but is always enjoyable. Thanks.