One evening, down by the water hole...

One evening, Grandma sent her grandson Johnny down to the water hole to fetch some water for cooking dinner. As he was dipping the bucket in, he saw two big eyes looking back at him.

Dropping the bucket, he ran back to the kitchen.

“Where’s the water?” she asked him. “And my bucket?”

“I can’t get any water from that water hole, Grandma,” Johnny exclaimed. “There’s a big old alligator down there!”

“Now don’t you mind that alligator, Johnny. He’s been there for years and he’s never hurt anyone. He’s probably as scared of you as you are of him!

“Well, Grandma,” replied Johnny, “if he’s as scared of me as I am of him then that water ain’t fit to drink!”