The farmer took pity on a young passerby and agreed to hire him for a day. His first assignment was to paint the barn, which he did - including the tail of the donkey that poked through a knothole in the barn.

The farmer was furious, but promised to give the boy another chance. This time he told him to string barbed wire around the farmland, which he did, but when the rooster wouldn’t stay out of the way, he accidentally nailed him to the fencepost.

The farmer this time was more furious than the last time, but again promised to give the boy one last chance. This time he told him to mow the yard, which he did, but the grass was so very high he didn’t see the cat hiding in the grass, and he ran the poor kitty over, hurting him badly. The farmer got so furious that he called the sheriff.

When the sheriff arrived, he asked the farmer why he wanted the boy arrested.

"Well Officer," the farmer replied, "First he painted my ass red, then he nailed my cock to the fence and, finally, he ran over my wife’s pussy with a lawn mower."