But the friars said, "No. We're not leaving."
So the townspeople gave up and went home.
Well, a couple of weeks later, another woman was walking through the friars' shop, looking
at plants with her baby, when a plant grabbed her child and ate it. She ran through the
streets screaming that a plant had swallowed her baby. The townspeople were outraged, and
again gathered outside the floral shop (except for Hugh), waving torches, and demanding
that the friars leave town at once. But the friars said, "No way" and all the
people gave up and went home.
A few days later, yet another woman dared to take her child into the floral shop. She held
her infant tightly in her arms, but it was no use. A large ficus tree wrestled the child
from her arms, and ate it.
When the townspeople heard this, they were extremely upset. They again gathered outside
the friars' store (except for Hugh), yelling and threatening bodily harm to the friars if
they didn't leave town.
But the friars said, "We're staying."
So the citizens gave up and began to go home.
Just then, Hugh showed up. He walked up to the friars, and said, "Get out of town,
now!"
The friars immediately packed up all their belongings and fled that very day, never to be
heard from again.
The moral of this story?
Only Hugh can prevent florist friars.
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