The Yellow Ribbon

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Johnny and a girl named Jenny. Jenny was a very nice girl, but she was also very quiet. More importantly, she always wore a yellow ribbon around her neck.

Johnny didn't know why she wore a yellow ribbon, and he was very curious. Every day, Johnny asked Jenny, "Why do you wear that yellow ribbon?"

Jenny would say, "I can't tell you that now, maybe later."

Johnny and Jenny grew up together, but he never saw her without that yellow ribbon. When they were teenagers, he asked her every day, "Why do you wear that yellow ribbon?"

And Jenny would say, "I can't tell you that now, maybe later."

When they were all grown up, Johnny and Jenny fell and love and got married. On their wedding day, Jenny wore a beautiful white dress, and a yellow ribbon around her neck. Johnny asked her, "Why do you wear that yellow ribbon?"

Jenny said, "I can't tell you that now, maybe later."

Jenny and Johnny lived together for a very long time and had a very happy life. They had children together and they were always happy, but Johnny never saw his wife without her ribbon around her neck. He was still curious. One day, when they were both very, very old, he asked Jenny, "Why do you wear that yellow ribbon?"

Jenny sighed and said, "I guess it's time to show you. If you want to, you can untie it." Johnny's hands trembled as he reached for the ends of the yellow ribbon and sloooowly untied it. Carefully, he pulled the ends of the ribbon away from Jenny's neck…

…and her head fell off!


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