Catch

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Sitting up in bed, admiring the wonders of childbirth, the new mother asked the nurse: "Can I see my baby now, please?" "Of course," answered the nurse, "the doctor shall come with it in a minute." A few minutes later the doctor came into the room tossing the baby up and down catching it behind its back, and throwing it up again under his leg. He repeated this a few times. The mother looked scared what the doctor was doing with her child. Suddenly the doctor looked up and shouted: "Catch!". Then he threw the baby across the room. It hit the iron bedpost, flew through the glass window out and seven floors down. "You bastard, you killed my baby," shouted the mother. The doctor started laughing. "I played a prank upon you. The baby was dead already."