>This is a story about a fly, a fish, a bear, a hunter,a mouse and a
>cat.
>
>
>There is a moral to this story, but not exactly the one most of us are
>expecting!
>
>In the dead of summer a fly was resting on a leaf beside a lake.
>The hot, dry fly who said to no one in particular, "Gosh...if I go
>down three inches I will feel the mist from the water and I will be
>refreshed."
>
>
>There was a fish in the water thinking, "Gosh...if that fly goes down
>three
>inches, I can eat him."
>
>
>There was a bear on the shore thinking, "Gosh...if that fly goes down
>three
>inches that fish will jump for the fly...and I will grab the fish!!"
>
>It also happened that a hunter was farther up the bank of the Lake
>preparing
>to eat a cheese sandwich....
>
>
>"Gosh," he thought, "if that fly goes down three Inches...and that fish
>leaps for it...that bear will expose himself and grab for the fish.
>I'll shoot the bear and have a proper Lunch !
>
>Now, you probably think this is enough activity on one bank of a lake,
>but I
>can tell you there's more....
>
>
>A wee mouse by the hunter's foot was thinking, "Gosh,if that fly goes
>down
>three inches...and that fish jumps for that fly.. and that bear grabs
>for
>that fish...the dumb hunter will shoot the bear and drop his cheese
>sandwich."
>
>A cat lurking in the bushes took in this scene and thought,
>(as was fashionable to do on the banks of this particular lake around
>lunch
>time).
>"Gosh...if that fly goes down three inches...and that fish jumps for
>that
>fly .. and that bear grabs for that fish and that hunter shoots that
>bear...and that mouse makes off with the
>cheese sandwich ... then I can have mouse for lunch."
>
>The poor fly is finally so hot and so dry that he heads down for the
>cooling
>mist of the water.
>The fish swallows the fly... the bear grabs the fish..
>the hunter shoots the bear.. the mouse grabs the cheese sandwich...
>
>the cat jumps for the mouse.. the mouse ducks...
>
>the cat falls into the water and drowns.
>
>The moral of the story is:
>
>
>Whenever a fly goes down three inches, some pussy is in serious danger.