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Million Dollar Fingerbowl
One day a cowboy walks into a bar. He passes a very small man, no more than a foot tall, standing on a piano bench and playing the piano. The cowboy sits at the counter and orders a beer. He’s been there just a few minutes when he notices this very ornate jewel-encrusted cloisonné finger bowl full of water. Puzzled as to why such an odd thing would be sitting on the bar, he asks the bartender about it.
The bartender says, “well, that there’s a magic fingerbowl. You wet your fingers in it and rub them three times around the rim while you think about your wish. Be careful, though. It don’t always come out the way you imagine.
Well, the cowboy figured, “hell, what did he have to lose?” So he dipped a couple fingers in the bowl, ran them three times around the rim while he thought about his wish. He’d barely finished when suddenly there was a horrible noise out in the street. Not knowing what to think, he ran out the front entrance to the bar, the bartender right behind him,to find the streets flooded with squawking, quacking ducks in every direction as far as he could see.
“Goll dern, boy,”exclaimed the bartender, “What on earth did you wish for?
I wished for a million bucks!” said the cowboy, “Not a million ducks! What’s the matter with that thing?”
“Now, don’t go takin’ it personal” said the bartender.”You don’t think I went askin’ for no twelve inch pianist…”
Mark Springer
Sacramento, CA, USA
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Language pair: English; All
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