- Why did my neighbor name his dog Buck? “So that I will never be broke,” he told me. “I’ll always have a Buck.”
Ka-thunk.
Mom and I took several moments to process this gem, it being a tad early.
- Why did the chicken cross the road, or more specifically, why did the turkey cross the bridge? I do not know, but that is what was going on this morning in the Hunnewell Woods. Do these creatures not wade? Fly? Or do they simply prefer the charm of a rickety bridge across a marshy brook? Whatever the real answer, if there is one, it was quite the picturesque scene.
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, or in this case, a spring green one. Which did I choose?
A. The longest; B. The most difficult; C. All of them.