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authorCase Duckworth2015-02-27 15:51:11 -0700
committerCase Duckworth2015-02-27 15:51:11 -0700
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18 link: hymnal 18 link: hymnal
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21He wrote _**JOKES**_ on the top of a page in his notebook. He had run out of 21He wrote _**JOKES**_ on the top of a page in his notebook.
22notecards and hadn't been able to convince his mother to go to the Office 22He had run out of notecards and hadn't been able to convince his mother to go to the Office Supply Store for him.
23Supply Store for him. He left a space underneath it and wrote. 23He left a space underneath it and wrote.
24 24
25_"Tell us a joke" the listeners say to the clown. They have gather together 25_"Tell us a joke" the listeners say to the clown.
26in the clearing because they have heard he would be there, and they have heard 26They have gather together in the clearing because they have heard he would be there, and they have heard he knew very funny jokes that were also true.
27he knew very funny jokes that were also true. "Tell us a joke that is true" 27"Tell us a joke that is true" they say._
28they say._
29 28
30_The clown does not move from the stump. He doesn't move at all. The 29_The clown does not move from the stump.
31listeners watch, gap-mouthed, as a butterfly lands on his hat. A breeze 30He doesn't move at all.
32ruffles his coat and the butterfly flies away. Hours pass. The listeners 31The listeners watch, gap-mouthed, as a butterfly lands on his hat.
33grow impatient. Some begin yelling insults at the clown. Eventually, they 32A breeze ruffles his coat and the butterfly flies away.
34begin to walk away into the woods._ 33Hours pass.
34The listeners grow impatient.
35Some begin yelling insults at the clown.
36Eventually, they begin to walk away into the woods._
35 37
36_The moon rises on the clearing. The only people left are the clown and a 38_The moon rises on the clearing.
37listener, the last listener. She has been waiting for the joke a long time. 39The only people left are the clown and a listener, the last listener.
38The clown opens his mouth and she leans in closer to hear. He closes it as a 40She has been waiting for the joke a long time.
39tear falls onto his coat, then another. He opens his mouth again in a sob. 41The clown opens his mouth and she leans in closer to hear.
42He closes it as a tear falls onto his coat, then another.
43He opens his mouth again in a sob.
40The listener walks over to him and puts a hand on his shoulder._ 44The listener walks over to him and puts a hand on his shoulder._
41 45
42_"I'm sorry" says the clown. "Sorry for what" she asks. "I don't know. I 46_"I'm sorry" says the clown.
43don't know any jokes." He disappears. The last listener sits on the log and 47"Sorry for what" she asks.
44looks at the sky. There are no stars._ 48"I don't know.
49I don't know any jokes."
50He disappears.
51The last listener sits on the log and looks at the sky.
52There are no stars._