The old man was sitting on his front porch down in Louisiana , watching
the sun rise,

Sees the neighbor's kid walk by carrying something big under his
arm.

He yells out "Hey boy, what'cha got there?"

Boy yells back "Roll of chicken wire."

Old man says "What you gonna do with that?"

Boy says "Catch some chickens."

Old man yells "You damn fool, you can't catch chickens with chicken
wire!"

Boy just laughs and keeps walking.

That evening at sunset the boy comes walking by and to the old man's
surprise he is dragging behind him the chicken wire with about 30 chickens caught in it.

Same time next morning the old man is out watching the sun rise and
he sees the boy walk by carrying something round in his hand.

Old man yells out "Hey boy, whatcha got there?"

Boy yells back "Roll of duck tape."

Old man says "What you gonna do with that?"

Boy says back "Catch me some ducks."

Old man yells back, "You damn fool, you can't catch ducks with duck
tape!"

Boy just laughs and keeps walking.

That night around sunset the boy walks by coming home and to the old
man's amazement he is trailing behind him the unrolled roll of duck tape
with about 35 ducks caught in it.

Same time next morning the old man sees the boy walking by carrying
what looks like a long reed with something fuzzy on the end. Old man says "Hey boy, what'cha got there?"

Boy says "It's a pussy willow."

Old man says "Hold on, I'll get my hat."