I SLIPPED QUIETLY BACK INTO THE HOUSE TO GET A FEEL FOR THE MOOD IN THE AIR!
THE PALACE WAS STILL!
DEAD STILL!
THE SILENCE WAS DEAFENING!
ALL I COULD HEAR WAS THE RACING OF MY LITTLE-BITTY HEART...
(AND...SOME GUY TALKING TO HIS WIFE, ON HIS CELL PHONE, FROM A JUMBO PLANE OVER CHICAGO)
WHAT CAN I SAY? IT HAPPENS!
HAVE YOU SEEN THESE BAT WING EARS I'M SPORTING HERE?
LOOK AT THESE THINGS!
IF I WERE TWO POUNDS LIGHTER I COULD FLY!
I HAD NO IDEA HOW DEE AND THE BIG GUY WOULD RESPOND TO THE WHOLE 'PLAYING BALL IN THE HOUSE' THING...BUT I WAS ABOUT TO FIND OUT Y'ALL!
I BEGAN TO MAKE MY WAY ACROSS THE MAIN DINING ROOM FLOOR, STAYING CLOSE TO THE TABLE AND CHAIRS AS I WENT.
AS I STEPPED FROM THE SHADOWS, IT WAS THEN THAN I SAW MERLIN,
....LYING ON THE FLOOR...
HE WAS LYING UNCONSCIOUS ON THE FLOOR, IN A POOL OF DROOL,
STRUGGLING FOR WHAT MIGHT VERY WELL BE, HIS LAST BREATH!
OH YEAH, AND HIS EYES WERE OPEN A LITTLE TOO!
I GUESS SO HE COULD WATCH HIS WHOLE LIFE FLASH BEFORE HIM OR SOMETHING?)
I KNEW THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO FOR HIM AT THAT POINT,
...SO I SLIPPED PAST HIS DYING BODY AND WENT OFF IN SEARCH OF MOLLY!
BUT WHEN I FOUND HER,
...IT WAS TOO LATE! SHE WAS ALREADY GONE...
THE EVIL QUEEN HAD KILLED THEM BOTH!
I BEGAN TO PRAY!
SUDDENLY LIKE A GIFT FROM THE GREAT SPIRIT ABOVE,
...MOLLY BOLTED BACK TO LIFE WITH FIRE IN HER EYES,
AND A WHOLE NEW LEASH ON LIFE!
I NO SOONER TURN AROUND,
AND MIRACLE OF MIRACLES, I DISCOVER THAT MERLIN IS ALIVE AS WELL!
NOT ONLY IS HE ALIVE...HE'S ON HIS FEET AND LOOKING WELL-RESTED ODDLY ENOUGH...
"FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT I'D LOST YOU MERLIN"...
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK...
HEY! NOW THAT YOU GUYS AREN'T DEAD ANY MORE,
YOU WANNA GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY? OR EAT SOME GRASS OR SOMETHING!?
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