One afternoon, a stranger walks into a local store,
immediately noticing a large, bold sign by the entrance that reads:
DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG! Intrigued by the warning, he enters cautiously,
expecting to see a fierce guard dog or something intimidating.
As he steps inside, he’s surprised to find nothing of the sort.
Instead, lying in the middle of the store’s floor is an old,
gentle-looking hound fast asleep, completely oblivious to everything going on around him.
The dog’s belly rises and falls slowly with each peaceful breath,
and it doesn’t even bother to lift its head.
Puzzled, the man walks up to the store owner, who is behind the counter
“Excuse me,” he says, pointing at the sleeping dog.
“Is that the dog we’re supposed to be aware of?”
The owner nods and replies with a smile, “That’s him.”
Still confused, the man says, “He doesn’t look dangerous at all.
In fact, he seems pretty harmless. Why would you put up a sign like that?”
With a chuckle, the owner leans forward and explains,
“Well, before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him.”
The man bursts out laughing, finally understanding the real purpose of the sign.
It wasn’t to warn people about a dangerous dog,
but to keep them from literally stumbling over the sleepy,
lovable hound lying on the floor!
Description:
In this humorous story, a man enters a store and is warned by a “Beware of Dog” sign, only to find a harmless old hound sleeping on the floor. When he asks the owner why such a sign is necessary, the answer is unexpected and funny: it’s not to protect people from the dog, but to prevent them from tripping over him! The story highlights the clever use of a warning sign with a lighthearted twist.
