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@@ -18,27 +18,35 @@ project: | |||
18 | link: hymnal | 18 | link: hymnal |
19 | ... | 19 | ... |
20 | 20 | ||
21 | He wrote _**JOKES**_ on the top of a page in his notebook. He had run out of | 21 | He wrote _**JOKES**_ on the top of a page in his notebook. |
22 | notecards and hadn't been able to convince his mother to go to the Office | 22 | He had run out of notecards and hadn't been able to convince his mother to go to the Office Supply Store for him. |
23 | Supply Store for him. He left a space underneath it and wrote. | 23 | He 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. |
26 | in the clearing because they have heard he would be there, and they have heard | 26 | They 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. |
27 | he 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._ |
28 | they 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. |
31 | listeners watch, gap-mouthed, as a butterfly lands on his hat. A breeze | 30 | He doesn't move at all. |
32 | ruffles his coat and the butterfly flies away. Hours pass. The listeners | 31 | The listeners watch, gap-mouthed, as a butterfly lands on his hat. |
33 | grow impatient. Some begin yelling insults at the clown. Eventually, they | 32 | A breeze ruffles his coat and the butterfly flies away. |
34 | begin to walk away into the woods._ | 33 | Hours pass. |
34 | The listeners grow impatient. | ||
35 | Some begin yelling insults at the clown. | ||
36 | Eventually, 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. |
37 | listener, the last listener. She has been waiting for the joke a long time. | 39 | The only people left are the clown and a listener, the last listener. |
38 | The clown opens his mouth and she leans in closer to hear. He closes it as a | 40 | She has been waiting for the joke a long time. |
39 | tear falls onto his coat, then another. He opens his mouth again in a sob. | 41 | The clown opens his mouth and she leans in closer to hear. |
42 | He closes it as a tear falls onto his coat, then another. | ||
43 | He opens his mouth again in a sob. | ||
40 | The listener walks over to him and puts a hand on his shoulder._ | 44 | The 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. |
43 | don't know any jokes." He disappears. The last listener sits on the log and | 47 | "Sorry for what" she asks. |
44 | looks at the sky. There are no stars._ | 48 | "I don't know. |
49 | I don't know any jokes." | ||
50 | He disappears. | ||
51 | The last listener sits on the log and looks at the sky. | ||
52 | There are no stars._ | ||