New Job

Fresh out of high school, I found a job cleaning the elegant home of
an older couple. Among other duties, I had to dust their many imported
carvings and petrified collectibles as well as pick up after their
pets.

One day I was astonished to find two ivory fossils lying on the floor
beside the bookcase. I quickly picked them up and put them back on the
shelf. The next week the same thing happened.

That afternoon my employer came into the parlor, her faithful canine
behind her. Looking around, she eyed the bookcase.

"Tricky," she asked the dog, "how in the world do you keep getting
your bones up there?"