nce a gentleman reproved his negro servant for serving a duck for dinner to which there was only one leg. He suspected Sam of having eaten the missing limb.
"Oh, no, sir," replied Sam; "these ducks have only one leg!"
"Indeed!" said the master. "I must see them."
So the next morning he told Sam to show him the one-legged ducks. Sam conducted his master to the poultry-yard, and pointed to half a dozen ducks, each standing on one leg near the pond.
"There, sah!" he exclaimed.
The master waved his arms, and cried out, "Shoo! shoo!" and the ducks scampered away.
"How about that?" he said, turning to Sam.
"That's right, sah," returned Sam, calmly; "but why didn't yo' shoo de oder duck, las' night?"