Why was it, as an old woman in a scarlet cloak was crossing a field in which a goat was browsing, that a most wonderful metamorphosis took place? Because the goat turned to butter (butt her), and the antique party to a scarlet runner!
What is the most wonderful animal in the farm-yard? A pig, because he is killed and then cured!
Why does a stingy German like mutton better than venison? Because he prefers “zat vich is sheep to zat vich is deer.”
Which animal is the heaviest in all creation? A le(a)d horse.
’Twas winter, and some merry boys
To their comrades beckoned,
And forth they ran with laughing tongues,
And much enjoyed my second.
And as the sport was followed up,
There rose a gladsome burst,
When lucklessly amid their group
One fell upon my first.
There is with those of larger growth
A winter of the soul,
And when they fall, too oft, alas!
They evidence my whole.
Back-slide.
Why has the beast that carries the Queen of Siam’s palanquin nothing whatever to do with the subject? Because it’s her elephant (irrelevant).