A young litter of Naked Mole Rats ventured out of their burrows while they were still relatively blind. One of them saw a light flashing “DO NOT WALK.”

‘What a peculiar light. It must be half-broken,’ she thought.

Thus, she went to go investigate. She was hit by a car before she ever made it there. The others saw this, and determined that flashing lights meant death.

Another one saw a white sign that read, “Danger. Explosives.” He figured that since the sign wasn’t flashing, it must be safe. He kept walking ahead while his brothers and sisters made funny faces at the sign, trying to make it laugh. Suddenly a loud explosion rattled them. They decided that white signs meant death.

As they kept walking along, they saw another sign. It wasn’t flashing or white. This one was yellow. It had a picture of a someone dancing on it. They immediately started to swing dance. One of them was slung a little too far, and started slipping across the floor. He knocked over a display and was crushed. The others saw it and thought that yellow signs meant death. They were too scared to stop dancing, though, after what had happened to him. Finally, someone came and took the “Caution, Wet Floor,” sign away, and they continued on their way.

Night had now fallen. As they were walking, they saw another sign. Needless to say, they were hesitant to study it. But it was orange, and that color hadn’t hurt them yet. They couldn’t decipher what “Bridge Out” meant. As they continued walking, they suddenly all started to plummet below. As they felt the air rushing past them, they determined that all signs meant death.

Moral: Learn to Read.