Let Us Be More Entertaining

Jasper’s tale of woe, he tended to completely embellish, Until these stories got worrisomely-gruesome, some even hellish. Agnes, his wife and he were no longer invited to parties, yours or mine. His wife was relieved, but Jasper, the story-embellisher started to whine. Maybe we need to be a bit more entertaining, she suggested. So they began several new hobbies, neither one of them contested. They learned yoga, and karate, and Agnes learned to play the kazoo. He learned roller blading and hopscotch, and brought home a digeridoo. They realized suddenly, after learning all these things, and without a whit of sadness, To want to be friends with the dull neighbors on their block was simply a silly madness.