The Alderman and the Raccoon


  "I SEE quite a number of rings on your tail," said an Alderman to a 
Raccoon that he met in a zoological garden.

  "Yes," replied the Raccoon, "and I hear quite a number of tales on 
your ring."

  The Alderman, being of a sensitive, retiring disposition, shrank 
from further comparison, and, strolling to another part of the 
garden, stole the camel.