The outhouse

[Kara]

Once there was a little boy who lived in the country. For bathroom
facilities, they had to use an outhouse. The little boy hated it
because it was hot in the summer, cold in the winter and stank all
the time.

The outhouse was sitting on the bank of a creek and the boy
determined that one day he would push that outhouse into the water.

One day after a spring rain, the creek was swollen so the little boy
decided today was the day to push the outhouse into the creek. So he
got a large stick and pushed. Finally, the outhouse toppled into the
creek and floated away.

That evening his dad sternly told him to sit down. Knowing he was in
trouble, the little boy asked why. The dad replied, "Someone pushed
the outhouse into the creek today. It was you, wasn't it, son?"

The boy answered, "Yes." Then he thought a moment and said, "Dad, I
read in school today that George Washington chopped down a cherry
tree and didn't get into trouble because he told the truth."

The dad replied, "Well, son, George Washington's father wasn't in
that cherry tree!"