Okay! I know why the Mastodons went extinct; it's
because people made pets out of them. The caveman
figured they could haul logs, clear brush and fend off
wild animals so they tamed the Mastodons and made pets
out them.
But you know like all pets first they want to come
inside. We tell them no but eventually we give in if
they'll stay on the tile. That only works for a while
and sooner or later they want to sleep on the rug.
Then its the couch and before you know it they're
sleeping in the bed with us.
Thing's worked for a while but it's the last one
that made the Mastodons extinct; they rolled over in the
bed. Poor flat humans had to teach them a lesson that
the giant critters couldn't learn, and so they beat the
tar out of 'em. It only took a couple of times of being
rolled over on by a five ton Mastodon before the caveman
decided to make lunch meat out of their pet. Hey life
was tough back then.
Okay. So our ancestors didn't kill off the Mastodon
by making lunch meat out of them. What really happened
is that we started feeding them table scraps and you
know how that goes. Humans will eat just about anything
and the Mastodons couldn't stomach it so they starved to
death trying to eat grass. Go figure. That's why
they've found some of the frozen ones with grass still
in their mouths. The Mastodons went extinct trying to
get away from our table scraps way up there where it's
cold.
The End
2011 Ken Bushnell
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