Note from the writer... that would be me.
So you know, I like to make people smile. Many of these silly little stories come from a place in my mind called Scanectity's Valley. There in, resides a certain Whackadoodle Inn, with a whole plethora of characters quite easy to fall in love with. I know, because I did.
Now smile.
Bovus was a nose picker. Well; there you are. Though his name was bullish sounding, he was a smallish Squirrel, with the ability of sinking his finger to never before seen depths of nosedom. This apparently was not so much a random process concerning nose hair tickles, as it was full blown boogers… or rather unblown boogers.
Mrs. Kelstrom, the Sunday school teacher, not knowing what else to do, brought the lad to their church janitor, old Ben Nose. Ben was known for his wisdom, and even though the Bloodhound was blind, could find his way around better than most people with eyes.
“I think it would be a kindness just to cut his finger off and leave it right where it is,” Ben told the teacher. He was pleased when she and her student both gasped.
“You can’t be serious,” the pair said in unison; one voice clear, the other sort of muffled behind a paw stuck solid in a reddening nose.
“Well,” Ben drawled, “There might be, another way, but how would I know young Bovus wouldn’t re-stick his finger back into that nose hole?”
“I w’unt do that Mr. Nose, sir.”
“Not a sir, thank you very much, just the janitor. Tell me what you had for breakfast this morning?”
“Booberry muff’n, why?”
Old Ben placed a paw on the runt’s head. Wiggling the head back and forth a bit, he ascertained the stuckness of the inserted finger. “And did you have a banana? Don’t lie to me because it smells like you did.”
“Yes.”
Ben’s other paw snaked around and grabbed Bovus’ stuck hand as his other paw tightened its grip on his head. He then screamed as loud as he could.
Mrs. Kelstrom, surprised, screamed in alarm.
Bovus screamed out of pure fear. This caused his nostril to enlarge, and the finger came out with a slight pull on his wrist.
The screaming stopped abruptly, and both student and teacher found the janitor smiling. “You’re not going to pick yor nose any more, are you Bovus?”
“Noooo sirrrrr.”
“Good. I really would hate having to cut it off just to leave it in there cuz we couldn’t get it out.”