During camouflage training in Louisiana, a private disguised as a tree trunk had made a sudden move that was spotted by a visiting general.
- You simpleton! - the officer barked.
- Don't you know that by jumping and yelling the way you did, you could have endangered the lives of the entire company?
- Yes sir - the solder answered apologetically.
- But, if I may say so, I did stand still when a flock of pigeons used me for target practice. And I never moved a muscle when a large dog peed on my lower branches. But When two squirrels ran up my pants leg and I heard the bigger say:
- Let's eat one now and save the other until winter' --- that did it.