Smart kid

An old man was sitting in his chair on his porch on morning when he noticed a young boy walk by carring something on his shoulder and asked,

"Hey son what do you have there?"

"Chicken wire." the boy replied.

The old man thought for a moment and asked, "What are you going to do with it?"

The boy replied, "Why catch chickens of course."

"Don't you know you can't catch chickens with chicken wire?" the old man scoffed. The boy just shrugged and went on his way. Later that evening the boy came back and sure enough he had that roll of chicken wire and it was full of chickens! As the boy went on he just turned his head and smiled.

The next day the same boy walked by but this time he had something in his hand. The old man asked again "Son, what do you got there?"

"Duct tape" the boy replied.

The old man asked again " WHat do you got that for?"

"To catch Ducks of course." the boy replied.

The old man couldn't resist "You do know you cant catch Ducks with Duct Tape, right?" But again the boy just shrugged and went on his way.

Later that day the boy returned through and low and behold he had a bunch of ducks attached to a string of Duct Tape. Again the boy just looked at the old man and gave a smile.

On the third day the boy came by and this time he was carryinga branch of some sort. Curiosity of course grabbed him and he asked the boy "Son, what you got there?"

The boy looked up at him and said "Pussywillow."

Quickly the old man got up from his chair and said "Hang on a sec, let me get my hat."