Bonnets 'n Boots

Bonnets 'n Boots was a cute little girl. She liked her bonnets, and she loved her boots. She had the dickens in her eyes. If you were wise enough, one look at her would tell you all that you needed to know about mischief. She could play the part of the little lady, but she was a wild child.

One day she went out to see what the boys were doing. At first they were watching ants. Then they started rough housing. She studied them all the while.

After a time, the boys got boastful and started trying to one up each other. Bonnets 'n Boots walked in a direction that took her close to them, and said out loud, to no one in particular, "If a boy was to know anything, you think he would know about fishin’. I don’t think any of the boys around here would know fishin’ from a frogs bottom." This got their attention.

‘Whatta you know bout fishin’?” said one of them.

Bonnets 'n Boots responded with an innocent smile beaming from her face, “Well which one a you all is the best at it?”

This started quite the commotion. She let their tempest come to a crescendo before interjecting. "Well I do believe we have the makings of a good competition. Lest of course you all’s bark is bigger than your bite."

This sent the boys scrambling home for their fishing gear, after which they reconvened at the pond. The boys put on quite the show of tying their hooks on, and baiting, and which lures they would use. One said, "I always use my pa’s homemade flies." Another boy said “Whaddyamean? You still use your daddy’s flies? I make my own." And so it went.

Before long some fish were caught and they all brought their fish to Little Miss Bonnets 'n Boots to keep the tally. Eventually there was a winner, and she played him up as quite the hero. Then she laid on a deeper layer of toying with them, and said, “Fishing is fine, but any boy worth more than his shirt would know about catchin' frogs." This gave hope for the losers of the fishing competition to save face and of course as it goes with boys, the winner was afraid of losing the spotlight so short lived and was one of the first to start searching for frogs.

They all left in a cloud of hustle and noise, leaving Little Miss Bonnets 'n Boots with a whole string of fish. She hummed to herself as she carried them home.