Fits of Laughter

"Look! Its a message!" shouted Parker, the squinty-eyed round boy with cheetohs on his lips. "Across the playground!"

Someone had marked a gigantic "HI" in the newly fallen snow.

"I know!" I said, "Its a message from the aliens."

Parker burst into rolls of laughter and mumbled something I couldn't make out.

"What?" I inquired.

"Its just a joke."

"Oh, OK."

Then he ran off screaming into the other kids ears, "Its a message! From the aliens," interrupted with fits of laughter.