In the town of Northfield there lived a boy who rarely smiled. After years of frustration, seeing his morose demeanor, and failed attempts to cheer the child up, the townsfolk gathered together and stretched both sides of the boy's mouth. They pulled and jerked with all their strength until the boy's face displayed a permanent smile that was the length of a football field, a feat duly recorded by The Guinness Book of World Records. From that day forward, the boy greeted everyone with a smile, but as for what he felt inside, your guess is as good as mine.

Fables           Next