Intro To Old Sayings 101

The snow surprises the monkey. And the cold surprises him too. The jungle has always been a hot and noisy place. All he hears now is the hiss of the snow.

The blue sweater is almost finished but the brown monkey is troubled by the snow. He drops the sweater to the ground and starts to climb higher in the tree away from the white.

The sweater was a mystery. The snow is a mystery. He stops when he can climb no higher and starts to look from tree to tree through the thickening snow.

Now he is lonely and a little scared....wait...what's that noise? That screeching. The sound of a hundred furious wings coming ever closer.

Can it be? Is it true?

You guessed it. It's those damn Wizard of Oz flying monkeys wearing blue sweaters and ski goggles. They swoop down and snatch up the scared brown monkey. (You are way ahead of me.) They fly him back to the Wicked Witches Palace. (It is too late to draw the curtain now.) Watch as they throw the frightened wingless monkey in the pot of boiling water and cook him till he's so tender that the ears and tail fall off at a whispered chant. They always saved the tail for the cranky witch who would sprinkle it with salt and suck it down like a strand of spaghetti.

But you have heard the old saying,

"A melted witch gets no tail!"

And now you know where it came from.