Sourpuss Nuttles

We got this man what are named Billy Ray Nuttles, but he are known by Sourpuss Nuttles 'cause he never does smile. Over the years I has tried and tried to get him happy with a joke or with just a friendly smile. Nothing never worked except one time when I got this idea about how to get him to brighten up. I were driving some nails into a fence post and Sourpuss were just standing there complaining about something what warn't right in his life. All a sudden I slammed the hammer up against the post and made out like I hit my thumb. I yelled and screamed up a storm and Sourpuss commenced to laughing and he almost passed out he were so excited about my great misery. I run up to the house and come out with this extra large bandage on my fake thumb injury and Sourpuss started up his laughing again. And I made it a point to run into old Sourpuss as much as I could over the next few days and ever time I did he fell out with laughing. After about a week I come up to him and pulled the bandage off to show him I were just fooling. Boy did he get mad. I told him it were just a joke and he said I warn't least bit funny and I were a liar to boot. I reckon he were right, but I still got him to laugh.