Fable - Pee in the Pod

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Fable - Pee in the Pod Wilber was a fine young man. He had one strike against him, even so . Wilber was as dumb as a rock. After having flunked out of the third high school he attempted, Wilber was counseled to learn some sort of a vocation – a job skill that he could market – and to forget about all of this reading, writing, and arithmetic stuff. Wilber opted to go into the culinary field; that is, he wanted to become a fry-cook in the little diner down the street from where he was staying. The lessons came rather fast. The first day at culinary school, Wilber learned how to boil water. Day two featured potato peeling and salting sliced tomatoes. Day three was more challenging. “Today you will be taught the art of shelling peas,” intoned the chef. That, for Wilber was a head-scratcher. “Shelling pees? What can that be?” thought Wilber Chef went on with his instructions. “Open the pea pod. Good peas are those which are all alike. If any are yellow, avoid them.” Wilber thought, “Wait a minute. Chef wants us to do this peeing right here in the middle of the kitchen? And he doesn't go for yellow pee?” Wilber flunked out of culinary school that same day – Lesson Three Day. Can't blame Wilber for not wanting anything to do with this “pee in a pod” stuff. “Crazy chef, that one,” thought Wilber. "Right in the middle of the classroom. Can you beat that?” Moral: Too many pees spoil the chef. * * * * * * * * * * Image source: My Broderbund image DVD * * * * * * * * * * Note: It will be my schedule now to try to post 2 fables a day until I run out of (writing) gas. Someone asked who it was who put me up to fable-spinning. Let's just see if you can guess who it might have been. If you know the answer, share it with me so that I might also know who it was. Even if you don't want to try your luck at guessing the perpetrator, you should try your luck at putting some fables together and posting them here. They are fun fun to do, even if you just miss getting a first prize. -Gus-