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1 | joke | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | wrote | ||
4 | jokes | ||
5 | on | ||
6 | the | ||
7 | top | ||
8 | of | ||
9 | a | ||
10 | page | ||
11 | in | ||
12 | his | ||
13 | notebook | ||
14 | he | ||
15 | had | ||
16 | run | ||
17 | out | ||
18 | of | ||
19 | notecards | ||
20 | and | ||
21 | hadn't | ||
22 | been | ||
23 | able | ||
24 | to | ||
25 | convince | ||
26 | his | ||
27 | mother | ||
28 | to | ||
29 | go | ||
30 | to | ||
31 | the | ||
32 | office | ||
33 | supply | ||
34 | store | ||
35 | for | ||
36 | him | ||
37 | he | ||
38 | left | ||
39 | a | ||
40 | space | ||
41 | underneath | ||
42 | it | ||
43 | and | ||
44 | wrote | ||
45 | tell | ||
46 | us | ||
47 | a | ||
48 | joke | ||
49 | the | ||
50 | listeners | ||
51 | say | ||
52 | to | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | clown | ||
55 | they | ||
56 | have | ||
57 | gather | ||
58 | together | ||
59 | in | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | clearing | ||
62 | because | ||
63 | they | ||
64 | have | ||
65 | heard | ||
66 | he | ||
67 | would | ||
68 | be | ||
69 | there | ||
70 | and | ||
71 | they | ||
72 | have | ||
73 | heard | ||
74 | he | ||
75 | knew | ||
76 | very | ||
77 | funny | ||
78 | jokes | ||
79 | that | ||
80 | were | ||
81 | also | ||
82 | true | ||
83 | tell | ||
84 | us | ||
85 | a | ||
86 | joke | ||
87 | that | ||
88 | is | ||
89 | true | ||
90 | they | ||
91 | say | ||
92 | the | ||
93 | clown | ||
94 | does | ||
95 | not | ||
96 | move | ||
97 | from | ||
98 | the | ||
99 | stump | ||
100 | he | ||
101 | doesn't | ||
102 | move | ||
103 | at | ||
104 | all | ||
105 | the | ||
106 | listeners | ||
107 | watch | ||
108 | gap-mouthed | ||
109 | as | ||
110 | a | ||
111 | butterfly | ||
112 | lands | ||
113 | on | ||
114 | his | ||
115 | hat | ||
116 | a | ||
117 | breeze | ||
118 | ruffles | ||
119 | his | ||
120 | coat | ||
121 | and | ||
122 | the | ||
123 | butterfly | ||
124 | flies | ||
125 | away | ||
126 | hours | ||
127 | pass | ||
128 | the | ||
129 | listeners | ||
130 | grow | ||
131 | impatient | ||
132 | some | ||
133 | begin | ||
134 | yelling | ||
135 | insults | ||
136 | at | ||
137 | the | ||
138 | clown | ||
139 | eventually | ||
140 | they | ||
141 | begin | ||
142 | to | ||
143 | walk | ||
144 | away | ||
145 | into | ||
146 | the | ||
147 | woods | ||
148 | the | ||
149 | moon | ||
150 | rises | ||
151 | on | ||
152 | the | ||
153 | clearing | ||
154 | the | ||
155 | only | ||
156 | people | ||
157 | left | ||
158 | are | ||
159 | the | ||
160 | clown | ||
161 | and | ||
162 | a | ||
163 | listener | ||
164 | the | ||
165 | last | ||
166 | listener | ||
167 | she | ||
168 | has | ||
169 | been | ||
170 | waiting | ||
171 | for | ||
172 | the | ||
173 | joke | ||
174 | a | ||
175 | long | ||
176 | time | ||
177 | the | ||
178 | clown | ||
179 | opens | ||
180 | his | ||
181 | mouth | ||
182 | and | ||
183 | she | ||
184 | leans | ||
185 | in | ||
186 | closer | ||
187 | to | ||
188 | hear | ||
189 | he | ||
190 | closes | ||
191 | it | ||
192 | as | ||
193 | a | ||
194 | tear | ||
195 | falls | ||
196 | onto | ||
197 | his | ||
198 | coat | ||
199 | then | ||
200 | another | ||
201 | he | ||
202 | opens | ||
203 | his | ||
204 | mouth | ||
205 | again | ||
206 | in | ||
207 | a | ||
208 | sob | ||
209 | the | ||
210 | listener | ||
211 | walks | ||
212 | over | ||
213 | to | ||
214 | him | ||
215 | and | ||
216 | puts | ||
217 | a | ||
218 | hand | ||
219 | on | ||
220 | his | ||
221 | shoulder | ||
222 | i'm | ||
223 | sorry | ||
224 | says | ||
225 | the | ||
226 | clown | ||
227 | sorry | ||
228 | for | ||
229 | what | ||
230 | she | ||
231 | asks | ||
232 | i | ||
233 | don't | ||
234 | know | ||
235 | i | ||
236 | don't | ||
237 | know | ||
238 | any | ||
239 | jokes | ||
240 | he | ||
241 | disappears | ||
242 | the | ||
243 | last | ||
244 | listener | ||
245 | sits | ||
246 | on | ||
247 | the | ||
248 | log | ||
249 | and | ||
250 | looks | ||
251 | at | ||
252 | the | ||
253 | sky | ||
254 | there | ||
255 | are | ||
256 | no | ||
257 | stars | ||