>BUTTER CUPS > > > > > >Toward the end of the golf course, Larry managed to hit his ball > > >into the rough and found a patch of pretty yellow buttercups. > > > > > >Trying to get his ball back in play, he ended up thrashing just > > >about every buttercup in the patch . and all of a sudden ..POOF! > > >.... a little old woman appeared. > > > > > >She said, "I'm Mother Nature, do you know how long it took me to > > >make those buttercups?!" > > > > > >He could do nothing but stare at the strange creature. > > > > > >"Just for that, you won't have any butter for your popcorn for the > > >rest of your life!" > > > > > >His chin was slowly dropping. > > > > > >"Better still, you won't have any butter for your toast for the rest > > >of your life!" > > > > > >She stomped around, then pointed a crooked finger at him and > > >shouted, "In fact, you won't have any butter for anything for the > > >rest of your life!" . and POOF! .. she was gone. > > > > > >Larry started yelling for his buddy, "Fred! FRED!! Where are you?!" > > > > > >Fred yells back, "I'm over here, in the Pussywillows!" > > > > > >Larry panics .. "DON'T SWING FRED!!!" "For God sake, DON'T SWING!!