A Cautionary Tale
or Aren't you glad that you know Wen-Do?
by Jane Field
Exercise

The words to the song follow. They are jumbled. Read the jumbled lines. Listen to the song as often as you need. Then write out the lines in the right order. Check your work by looking at the song.

Well, I was rolling down the street one day feeling pretty good when a man came up behind me and said,

And I said, "Hey I don't want trouble - you want my money? Here, you've got it, just go away now."

"Hey honey-give me all your cash, give me what you've got." But he said, "That's not all, you know, no that won't do - there's something else I want from you."

Well, this was when I knew I'd done all the verbal reasoning I was going to do and little did this guy know that he was up against: Wen-Do.

And I said, "Why sure, I'll give you something else. You want my wheelchair? my crutches? Here take them. God knows I never really wanted them anyway. Here you go.

" But he said, "You know that's not what I mean little lady. You just back up in this alleyway here and I'll show you what I mean."

He said, "I'll be doing you a favour."

So, I looked him right in the eye and I yelled "HUT." And he took a step back.

I wheeled right on up to him and I reached out and grabbed him by the neck.

Well he wasn't expecting that, I don't think.

Well that was all pretty soft stuff, so I used a knife hand to his throat and a Wen-Do fist to his abdomen and he dropped to the ground.

I pulled him down to my level and let fly a zipper punch to his nose, a hammer fist to his collar bone and an eagle's claw to his eyes for good measure.

I saw I was about done, so I wheeled on down the street and dialled 911 (for him).