A Dragon and a Picnic

I have a couple more stories that I know you'll love. Imagine your favorite newscaster saying this...


"The Boy And His Dragon!"
Outside a small town near the coast of Maine, there is a little boy who claims that he has a pet dragon. This might sound like just an imaginary thing, the people in the nearby town of Petesville, are wondering if he just might be telling the truth. Still others say that he is just good at creating an illusion, and he’s mighty good at it.
You see, in preparation for his family’s Memorial Day picnic, he was practicing making a fire in the fireplace. At first, his family was unimpressed by his efforts. While rubbing two sticks together, he barely got any smoke at all, much less a fire.
However, things changed when he appeared to get frustrated. He turned around and called out, "Hey Fred! Come here and give me a hand!" As he called out, he pointed toward the wood in the fireplace, and stepped aside. Almost immediately, there was a burst of flame and the wood was burning!
In awe, the boy’s father threw water on the fire and said, "Do that again!"
"OK." Said the boy. He pointed at the wood again. "Fred, right there."
Once again, there was a burst of flame, and the wood was burning. After doing it a few more times, the father got so excited, that he began to form a plan. He told everyone around town, and even put advertisements in the newspapers and on the TV for the "boy and his dragon." People came from all over and watched as the "boy and his dragon" burned log after log. Even now, the show continues on. The boy says that he’s glad his father is able to make some money, but he would rather just be able to play with his pet dragon like he used to.
If you want to see this spectacle, you can get more information and directions from their web page, theboyandhisdragon.com.

"Picnic With Aliens!"
Their is a family in Pennsylvania that reports an encounter with aliens during their Memorial Day picnic. They say that as they were about to sit down and eat their meal at their picnic table in a local state park, a flying saucer came and landed nearby. Of course, they report that they stopped and watched with mouths open, wondering what would happen next. As they watched, three aliens exited the ship, and came slowly over to the picnic table.
One alien, who was taller than the others, was apparently the leader. He stepped right over to the father of the family, and looked him right in the eye with a persistent stare. After a few seconds, the father got nervous and asked, "Yes?"
The alien, suddenly realizing that he was making the man nervous, softened his look and sat down. "Well, I was cruising through the galaxy at 4 times the speed of light when this freighter called us. He said that he had just been masquerading a human on the planet Earth. He said that there was this man that had been really nice to him, and invited him over for dinner often. He mentioned you by name."
"Me?!"
"Yes, you. He said that you made the best hamburgers that he had ever tasted in all the galaxy."
"Are you sure? This is really weird."
"Of course I’m sure. Do you remember a man named Fred Smith?"
"Yeah. He went missing a couple of weeks ago. Nobody has been able to find him."
"That’s because he is on his way to the planet Friddle. Anyway, I heard that you made these great hamburgers. I would like to try one."
After the aliens sat and ate with the family, they left in good spirits having discovered that the mother of the family also made the best lemonade they had ever had, and that they loved to play baseball. They promised to return again before the end of the millennium.