Peter Viper

     There was this troupe of dancers that traveled around
the country dancing in clubs and theaters.  They were called
the Steppers.  At one club, the Steppers did such a good job
of pulling in patrons that the management gave them all the
drinks they could drink after the show.

     Well, they all got plastered and were having a big party.
When it came time to get on their bus to travel to the next town,
they did not want to stop partying, so they just moved the party
to the bus.  As they rode down the highway, you could here their
yelling, singing, and laughing for miles.

     At a house along that very highway, there lived a family that
had a pet snake.  It was a viper, and it's name was Peter.  That
night, Peter Viper was asleep in his snake house in the back yard.
Suddenly, he was awakened by a loud racket.  It was the bus
carrying the Steppers still having their party.  But Peter didn't
know that.  In his confusion, he thought he was back in deep dark
Africa being pursued by Pygmies.  He slithered out of his snake
house, headed across the yard as fast as he could, and crossed the
highway just in front of the bus.  The bus driver, who was a little
sleepy, saw Peter Viper in the road, and mistook him for a giant log.
He swerved, and the bus landed in the ditch, drunk Steppers
lying everywhere.

     The next day, the headline in the paper read "Peter Viper
wrecks a truck of pickled Steppers."

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