§ 202 A Touch of Summer Complaint
Reading edition
A small negro boy went to a physician in Natchez to be treated for a painful sensation in one of his ears. The doctor examined and found the ear was full of water.
“How did this happen,” he asked after he had drained the ear—“been going in swimming?”
“Naw, suh,” said the little darky—“been eatin’ watermelon!”