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| When America was being settled, a group of people headed west in a wagon train. Their inexperienced leader soon became lost. They were getting desperate when they came over a hill and saw an old Jewish gentleman beneath a tree. The leader rushed to the old man and said, We're lost and running out of food. Can you help us?" The old man said, "Mister, all I know is dis. If you go up dat there hill and down other side, I guarantee de'll be a big bacon tree." "A bacon tree?" asked the wagon tree leader. "Yah, ah bacon tree. Trust me. For nuttin vud I lie." The leader goes back and tells his people that if nothing else, they might be able to find food on the other side of the next ridge, so the wagon train goes up the hill and down the other side. Suddenly, Indians attack and massacre everyone except the leader, who manages to escape back to the old man, who's enjoying a "glassel tea." The near-dead man starts shouting. "You fool! You sent us to our deaths! We were attacked by hundreds of Indians, who killed everyone." The old gentleman holds up his hand and says "Oy, vait a minute." He then gets out an English-Yiddish dictionary, and begins thumbing through it. "Gevalt, I made myself ah big mistake. It vuz not a bacon tree. It vuz a ham bush!" |
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