28 Jul

How did it happen? the doctor asked the middle-aged far

‘How did it happen?‘ the doctor asked the middle-aged farmhand as he set the man‘s broken leg.

‘Well, doc, 25 years ago …‘

‘Never mind the past. Tell me how you broke your leg this morning.‘

‘Like I was saying…25 years ago, when I first started working on the farm, that night, right after I‘d gone to bed, the farmer‘s beautiful daughter came into my room. She asked me if there was anything I wanted. I said, ‘No, everything is fine.‘

‘Are you sure?‘ she asked.

‘I‘m sure,‘ I said.

‘Isn‘t there anything I can do for you?‘ she wanted to know.

‘I reckon not,‘ I replied.

‘Excuse me,‘ said the doctor, ‘What does this story have to do with your leg?‘

‘Well, this morning,‘ the farmhand explained, ‘when it dawned on me what she meant, I fell off the roof!‘