blacksmith

[leleram]

An old blacksmith realized he was soon going to quit working
so hard. He picked out a strong young man to become his
apprentice. The old fellow was crabby and exacting.
"Don't ask me a lot of questions," he told the boy.
"Just do whatever I tell you to do."

One day the old blacksmith took an iron out of the forge
and laid it on the anvil. "Get the hammer over there,"
he said. "When I nod my head, hit it real good and hard."

Now the town is looking for a new blacksmith.