It was a cold winter day, when Old Man Johnson walked out
onto a frozen lake, cut a hole in the ice, dropped in his
fishing line and began waiting for a fish to bite…
He was there for almost an hour without even a nibble when
a young boy walked out onto the ice, cut a hole in the ice
not to far from the old man and dropped in his fishing line.
It only took about a minute and the boy pulled in a nice sized
walleye.
Old Man Johnson couldn’t believe it but figured it was just
luck. But, the boy dropped in his line and again within just
a few minutes pulled in another one.
This went on and on until finally the old man couldn’t take
it any more since he hadn’t caught a thing all this time.
He went to the boy and said, “Dang it sonny, I’ve been here
for over an hour without even a nibble. You have been here
only a few minutes and have caught about half a dozen fish!
How do you do it?”
The boy responded, “Roo raf roo reep ra rums rrarm.”
“What was that?” the old man asked.
Again the boy responded, “Roo raf roo reep ra rums rarrm.”
“Look,” said the old man, “I can’t understand a word you are
saying.”
So, the boy spit a slimy wriggling mass into his hand and
said, “You have to keep the worms warm!”
