Little Johnny walked into the kitchen, saw his mother making
a cake and announced, "I'll be playing in my room for the
next two hours. I sure would like a piece of cake when you're
finished."

Later, when his mother brought him a piece of cooled cake,
Little Johnny exclaimed, "Golly, it worked!"

Puzzled, his mother asked, "What do you mean?"

Little Johnny replied, "Daddy said that in order to get a
piece around here, you have to spend a couple of hours
playing first!"