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   >   
   >   JOEL: Can you try repeating it in different words for him?   
   >   
   >>   
   >>          When at last Jimmy sat down to rest he discovered why   
   >> it was that Mr. Mink had stopped chasing him.   
   >   
   >    TOM: Mr Mink saw this cat who'd accidentally got painted and ...   
   >   
   >>                                                His beautiful,   
   >> new, red tail was gone! The bit of string had broken under   
   >> all that pulling.   
   >   
   >   CROW: Nooo!  That was Mister Sparrow's string!   
   >   
   >>                    And now Jimmy Rabbit had no tail except his   
   >> own.   
   >   
   >   JOEL: Really, can anyone have any tail except their own?   
   >   
   >>   
   >>          "Where's your fine, bushy tail?" Mr. Crow asked Jimmy   
   >> the next morning.   
   >   
   >   CROW: Heh heh heh ... I'm setting him up for *such * a stinger.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>          "Oh! I discovered who the owner of it was," Jimmy   
   >> said. "He came for his property; and I let him have it."   
   >   
   >   JOEL: [ As Jimmy ] I don't mean in the punching way!  I mean in the nice   
   way.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>          But Mr. Crow was a wise old chap.   
   >   
   >   CROW: [ Coughing, to draw attention to himself ]   
   >   
   >>   
   >>          "Did you give him the string, too?" he inquired.   
   >   
   >   CROW: [ Exaggeratedly ] HAHA HAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA!  HA Ha ha ha ... ha ha ...   
   ha ... ha ...   
   >   
   >   [ A pause ]   
   >   
   >   CROW: Did you two not get it?   
   >   
   >>   
   >   
   >    TOM: Maybe draw us a picture, Crow.   
   >   
   >>          [Illustration]   
   >   
   >    TOM: Thanks.   
   >   
      
   A great MiSTing! Made my weekend at least :^)   
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