A Dog in the Bus

One very rainy day a woman with a dog got on the bus. It was a big dog and its feet were very dirty. The woman sat down and the dog stood near her. When the bus conductor came up to her, she said:

“Oh, conductor, if I pay for my dog, can he have a seat like the other passengers?”

The conductor looked at the dog and its dirty feet and then he said:

“Of course, madam. He can have a seat like all the other passengers, but like all the other passengers, he must not put his feet on it.”