Abraham Lincoln’s Humor

Any good joke seemed better if it was called a Lincoln joke. Maybe， that is why this joke was told as though it happened to Lincoln:

Lincoln was riding horseback on a coun-try road， and found his way blocked by a big Icad of hay. The hay had fallen off a wagon. The boy driving the wagon was upset and excited.

\"Now don't worry，\" Lincoln told the boy. \"Come with me to the farmhouse and we'll find someone to help us get the hay back on the wagon.\"

At the farmhouse， the kindly farmer invited Lincoln and the boy to have din-her. Lincoln enjoyed his dinner， but he saw that the boy was worried and restless.

\"Pa won't like this \"the boy muttered\"Pa won't like this at all.\"

\"Now don't worry \"Lincoln told the boy.\"Your Pa knows that an accident can hap-pen to anybody. No need to hurry.\" And Lincoln took a second helping of potatoes.

\"Pa won't like my being away so long，\" the boy said.

\"Oh come. now， \"said lincoln. \"Your Pa will understand. He would want you to take time out to eat a good dinner. I'll go with you and explain what happened. By the waY， where is your Pa?\"

\"He's under the Icad of hay! \"wailed the boy.