“Aw, shoot, is it that time again already? Hoo boy, I guess with all the darn commotion around here the last few weeks, I plum forgot to pick myself up some Halloween duds. Tell you what, with Pacman gone, I just cain’t seem to find my doggone smile no more. I was sittin’ around the house the other day, watching the TV, and that Hard Knocks program came on. Well, wouldn’t you know, it was the dang episode where Pacman caught those six footballs without dropping a durned one of them. That son of a gun–you ever see anything like that? Boy howdy! That’s one cowboy that’s gonna ride! [weeps softly for several minutes] Aw, well, shoot. Guess I better get going. What was that you were askin’ about again? Oh. Well, I guess I’ll prolly end up in one of them ol’ Iron Man outfits, if they got any left at the Jewel T. Either that or a fireman.”
(Illustration: Chris Sebastian)
