Two men are walking through the woods and come across a big, deep hole.

“Wow, that looks deep,” one says.

The other nods. “Sure does. Toss a few pebbles in there and see how deep it is.”

They pick up a few pebbles and throw them in. They wait to hear a noise but there’s nothing so they decide to throw some larger rocks down to see how deep it is. They toss them in but again there is no noise.

They look at each other in amazement. One gets a determined look on his face and says: “Hey there’s a railroad tie. Help me carry it over here. When we toss it in it has to make some noise.”

The two drag the heavy tie over to the hole and heave it in. Not a sound comes from the hole.

Suddenly, out of the nearby woods, a goat appears, running like the wind. It rushes toward the two men, then right past them, running as fast as its legs will carry it. It leaps in the air and into the hole.

The two men are astonished with what they’ve just seen. Then, out of the woods comes a farmer who spots the men and runs over.

“Hey, you two guys seen my goat out here?”

“You bet we did! Craziest thing I’ve ever seen! It came running like crazy and just jumped into this hole!”

“Oh no,” says the farmer. “That couldn’t have been my goat. My goat was chained to a railroad tie.”

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