A NIGHT'S SLEEP

ON A LONG WALK IN THE WOODS,

JOHHNY FOUND HIMSELF OUT LATE AND DECIDED

TO LOOK FOR A PLACE TO REST THE NIGHT.

HE FINALLY FOUND A HUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

WOODS AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.

AN OLD MAN ANSWERED, AND HE AGREED TO

GIVE JOHHNY A BED FOR THE NIGHT ON ONE CONDITION:

THE MAN'S TEENAGED DAUGHTER WOULD BE IN

THE OTHER BED, AND JOHNNY WAS NOT TO TOUCH

HER OR DISTURB HER SLEEP IN ANY WAY.

JOHNNY AGREED, BUT CHANGED HIS MIND WHEN HE

SAW HOW BEAUTIFUL THE SLEEPING GIRL WAS AND,

WHILE SHE DIDN'T RESPOND TO HIS CARESSES,

SHE DIDN'T PUSH HIM AWAY EITHER.

THE NEXT MORNING, JOHNNY AWOKE ALONE,

BUT HE FIGURED THE GIRL HAD GONE TO DO HER

CHORES AND HE EAGERLY AWAITED HER RETURN.

INSTEAD THE OLD MAN WALKED IN,

WIPING THE TEARS FROM HIS EYES.

“WHAT'S WRONG?” ASKED JOHNNY.

“OH, I'VE JUST COME BACK FROM THE CEMETERY,

WE HAD MY LITTLE GIRL'S FUNERAL THIS MORNING.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SITTING UP

WITH HER BODY LAST NIGHT.”