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20 SLAN SHACK SOIREES My dear children: What follows is not fiction, though it may seems to be. All incidents set down herewith actually happened and (horrors) stuff such as will happen again. (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) Scene: The Ashley bedroom. Upon the bed lies Abby Lu, prematurely asleep, snoring racously. Al decides to set the alarm for the next morning. He goes over to the bed and shakes his spouse. Al: Honey is seven o'clock early enough to get up. Abby Lu, drowsily: Oh, seven o'clock will be plenty warm. (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) Scene: The Ashley dinner table, surrounded by Walt, Jack and the Ashleys. Jack: I wonder how it would be to eat without teeth. (Meaning Al). Walt: I should think he'd get hungry, he looks so pekid and wan. Al: Shut up you jerks, I don't wan to hear any more about it. Walt, sarcastically: When you come up to bottom, let me know, I'll salvage you, (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) Scene: The Ashley living room. Wiedenbeck furiously digging through the desk in a vain attempt to discover some typewriter paper. Jack: Al, where's some plain paper, some typewriter paper. Al: Why don't you look, there's some under the Nova stationary. Jack: I can't find any typewriter paper. Al goes over to the drawer and digs through it: Ah, here's some typewriter paper, wouldn't you rather use that. Walt: I wonder whatinell we would do if we were human. (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) Scene: The Ashley living room floor, upon which two goons, Wiedenbeck and Liebscher, are striving valiantly to get some shuteye, Liebscher is just on the verge of sleep. Jack, suddenly: Who played Betsy Trotwood in the picture "David Copperfield"? Walt, quizically: BETSY TROTWOOD? Jack: Oh, pardon me, that was in the "Wizard of Oz". Walt: I give up! (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)
 
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