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A man walking down a country meets a young boy walking the other way. The boy is holding the end of a chain which is leashed to a small creature that seems to be all teeth and fur.
"Well, what is that you got there?" asks the man.
"This here's a woolybugger," replies the boy.
"That so?" says the man. "What exactly is a woolybugger?"
"He's just a little monster I found. He's good at tearing stuff up. Here, I'll show you." And with that the boy says, "Woolybugger, that stump."
Immediately the small creature leaps out to the extent of the chain and begins ripping the roadside stump to pieces. Within seconds there is nothing left but sawdust.
"Wow," that man says, "let me see him do that again."
"Woolybugger," the boy states again, "that rock."
Again the creature leaps forward and begins demolishing a large stone. Within seconds nothing is left but a pile of fine gravel.
The man decides he wants the little creature and tries to talk the boy into selling it to him. They are in serious discussing of proper payment for the creature when a second man happens by on the road.
"Hey, you two," calls the newcomer, "what's that thing you got there?"
"This is a woolybugger," the first man answers.
"Yeah, right," the second man states skeptically. "Woolybugger, my ass."
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