He Aint My Dog

Odum, an elderly black called before the justice of the peace, was charged with keeping a vicious dog.
"That dog bit my girl Bobbie Jo three times," complained the mother.
"Did your dog bite little Bobbie Jo?" asked the judge.
"No suh," said Odum. "My dog, he never bit any little girl."
"Well," said the judge to the mother, "this man says the dog didn't bite your little girl."
"I'll go home and bring Bobbie Jo here and show you," said the woman.
"Hold on," said the black man. "In the first place the dog is so old he ain' got no teeth and he can't bite. In the second place the dog is blind and couldn't see Bobbie Jo anyhow. In the third place the dog is deaf and can't hear a thing, and in the fourth place he ain't my dog in the first place."

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