The Bacon Tree
Published Jan 01, 1900
Two men were shipwrecked on an island. After weeks without eating, one man said, "Why are we starving? Let's go over to the bacon tree and get some bacon." The second man said, "There's no such thing as a bacon tree." "Oh, yes there is," insisted the first fellow. He proceeded to march over to the other side of the island to the bacon tree. He came back, hours later, with his body full of arrows. "You were right," he gasped to his friend. "That wasn't a bacon tree. It was a ham bush."
Originally published November 14, 2002.
