As Muffy is smiling at Dr. Shell for reincarnating her from her depleted state, Dr. Shell is glaring at her.
"Uh, why so unhappy?", says Muffy. "Who are you, anyway?"
"What, you think these miracle cures are free? You think this is a free lunch? Well, let me tell you sister, you're wrong!", yelled Dr. Shell. "Oh, and my name is Dr. Janice Shell, famous cathartic expressionist."
Muffy was ecstatic! "Another sister!", she yelled. "How did we get separated? Have you met Lewis/Louise? What's a cathartic expressionist?"
Dr. Shell just glared at Muffy, not believing what she was hearing. "Sister? Separated? What the heck are you talking about? And, who are Lewis and Louise? Twins? And you don't even know what a cathartic expressionist is? Geez."
Muffy, realizing that Dr. Shell had no idea of the now-famous story of Muffy Murphy, gave her an abbreviated (that means short) version of it.
Seven hours later (you oughta' hear the LONG version!), Dr. Shell was still deeply engrossed in Muffy's story of suspense, intrigue, erotica, biotechnology, and Year 2000 remediation solutions.
"Say", said Dr. Shell, "have you ever considered writing a story about yourself? You could probably get it published. Then you could repay me for reconstituting your nubile self."
Smiling, Muffy opened the locket that was around her neck. The locket that Nurse Norma had given her so many years ago. She pulled out a mini-manuscript. No, make that a micro-manuscript. It was a pretty small locket. It seems Nurse Norma was cheap.
"Here's the story up to the time I got the job as a Circus Cannon projectile", said Muffy. "I've kept it up to date with every passing day. Everything I've told you is in here. Uh ... you still haven't told me about that cathartic expressionism stuff. It sounds fascinating."
She handed the micro-manuscript to Dr. Shell, who marvelled (no, not the comic book company) at the size of the thing. She placed it under her microscope with the intent of reading it. But, wait a minute? How did this happen? Instead of the text of Muffy's story, what she found was ... |
