Much Simpler
At a country fair out in Kansas a man went up to a tent where some elk were on exhibition, and stared wistfully up at the sign.
“I’d like to go in there,” he said to the keeper, “but it would be mean to go in without my family, and I cannot afford to pay for my wife and seventeen children.”
The keeper stared at him in astonishment. “Are all those your children?” he gasped.
“Every one,” said the man.
“You wait a minute,” said the keeper. “I’m going to bring the elk out and let them see you all.”