On the Lighter Side (October 2018)

  [143 words] Watch Your Step One fall day a young mother and her boys were walking in the garden so she could show them the autumn harvest. Making sure they looked where they were stepping, she said, “Watch out for the butternut squash.” The youngest child, a four-year-old, asked, “Better not squash what?” Oh, Well That’s Different Pollen and allergies got the best of a 9-year-old boy, so he stayed home from school with his grandma. When his father got home from work, his son said he had brushed the family dog, Abby. Knowing that the dog’s brush was kept up out of reach so the dog couldn’t chew on it, the father asked, “How did you know where I keep Abby’s brush?” He gave his father a puzzled look and said matter-of-factly, “I didn’t. I used your brush.”…