What For

 

You know how every kid enters into that "why phase" where there seems to be an endless string of questions all starting with why. Well Micah has entered that phase but his version of why is "what for". Here is a recent conversation between him and The Farmer.

M: Papa what are you doing?
C: Weed wacking.
M: What weed wacking for?
C: To knock down weeds.
M: What knock down weeds for?
C: To keep the weeds out of the trees.
M: What keep weeds out of trees for?
C: To reduce disease transmission.
M: What reduce disease transmission for?
C: To grow higher quality fruit.
M: What grow higher quality fruit for?
C: To have better tasting fruit to sell.
M:Oh