Tales of the riverbank

There is a moral to this story...... (Maybe not the one Most of you expect .... So, read on!)

In the dead of summer a fly was resting among leaves beside a stream.

The hot, dry fly said to no one in particular,

"Gosh...if I go down three inches I will feel the mist from the water and I will be refreshed."

There was a fish in the water thinking,

"Gosh...if that fly goes down three inches, I can eat him."

There was a bear on the shore thinking,

"Gosh...if that fly goes down three inches
That fish will jump for the fly...
And I will grab the fish!!"

It also happened that a hunter was further up the bank of the lake preparing to eat a cheese sandwich....

"Gosh," he thought, "if that fly goes down three inches...
And that fish leaps for it...
That bear will expose himself and grab for the fish.
I'll shoot the bear and have a proper lunch."

Now, you probably think this is enough activity on one river bank,


But I can tell you there's more ....


A wee mouse by the hunter's foot was thinking,

"Gosh, if that fly goes down three inches...
And that fish jumps for that fly..
And that bear grabs for that fish..
The dumb hunter will shoot the bear
And drop his cheese sandwich."

A cat lurking in the bushes took in this scene and thought, (as was fashionable to do on the banks of this particular river around lunchtime)

"Gosh ... if that fly goes down three inches..
And that fish jumps for that fly ..
And that bear grabs for that fish ...
And that hunter shoots that bear ...
And that mouse makes off with the cheese sandwich
Then I can have mouse for lunch."

The poor fly is finally so hot and so dry that he heads down for the cooling mist of the water.

The fish swallows the fly...

The bear grabs the fish..

The hunter shoots the bear..

The mouse grabs the cheese sandwich...

The cat jumps for the mouse ...

The mouse ducks ...

The cat falls into the water and drowns.

NOW, The Moral Of The Story....


Whenever a fly goes down three inches,


Some pussy is gonna be in serious danger.

Aw! That was great Gypsy!

Who remembers Tales of the river bank and its stars ?, Ratty, Mole, and ? Was Hammy Hamster involved ?,
I'm not cheating this is from memory, , And was it Jonny morris doing the voice overs

Mcqueen wrote:Who remembers Tales of the river bank and its stars ?, Ratty, Mole, and ? Was Hammy Hamster involved ?,
I'm not cheating this is from memory, , And was it Jonny morris doing the voice overs

Say "Cheese" Reg...

Brilliant, Did you see the bowler hat stapled to the animals ear, Now i'm sure kids of today would love to watch that lot instead of all the crap they give them now,
Can you imagine the director telling them lot what to do Black and blue by the days end,

I think they based "Last of the Summer Wine" on that!

I'm begining to take part in last of the summer wine, Shop yesterday i thought the girl said "Do you want a bag" "NO" i said, She said "Your not" "Not what " i said, "Alright " She said , "WTF are you on about" i said, She is now wetting herself, "Lets start again" i said, Ok, Are you alright to which you replied NO, I thought you said do you want a bag,So we left it at that, Today i insisted on giving her £1 55p. She gave me a pound back, "What you doing i said" She then said "Reg you come in here most days and a daily mail is 55p," Today you insist on giving me £1 55p, WTF is going on" "Look I said i'm getting old and confused bear with me" She then said "Maybe but your still clocking the young girl students" To which i replied "Old and confused not dead from the waist down" "Thats more like it she said" Laughing me out of the shop, So i can understand Cleggy and his mates,

oh Reg you tell some tales.

o you wanna bag, "no I got one in doors"
You have 20 items and they ask" do you want a bag" no thanks I ain't got any room left to carry it.