Tue wife, married to a hypnotist, brought her husband to court, charging him with cruelty.
"Your Worship," she complained, "my husband is the meanest man in the world. He hypnotized me into thinking I was a canary, and then gave me bird-seed for breakfast, dinner and supper!"
The magistrate gasped. "Is this true?" he demanded.
The husband looked defiant. "I beg your The magistrate started. "You don't think that was mean?" he echoed.
The husband shook his head. "No," he asserted. "I could have hypnotized her into thinking she was a sparrow—and then shed have had to hunt for her own food!"
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