Classic I told my students today (first day with no seniors) - I heard the same one when I was their age so I had to perpetuate it further!
There was a freshman, sophmore and senior escaping from their high-security alternative school. In pursuit, the administration utilized one of the school's mascot - a bloodhound. The dogs bayed as they caught the scent of the escapees. Frightened of the obvious consequences, the convicts hid in the first places they found.
The freshman hid in a pen of cows, ducking behind a nursing calf and her mother. The sophmore lept into a stable of sheep, laying on his belly to avoid detection. The senior, thinking that hiding in a more enclosed space would be wiser, jumped into a large barrel nearby.
As the administration neared, they used their keen "teens-are-nearby-doing-something-bad-sense" (as well as the bloodhound of course) to hone in on the approximate location of the delinquents. They were counting on the canine and pure guilt to do the rest.
As they approached the pen of cows, the dogs signaled that there was something amis. Hearing the approaching footsteps, the freshman let out his best impersonation of a cow, "Moooooooo!" Figuring that the hound was just attracted to the cows, the adults moved on.
As they approahed the sheep, another dog stopped and signaled his detection of something suspicious. After hearing a low, gutteral "Baaaaaaa" they came to the same conclusion and continued on.
Approaching the barrel, the bloodhound once again indicated the presenence of one of the convicts. Taking a cue from the others, the senior whispered a confident, "Pooooooe-taaaaa-toe."
