Cheap Coyote Tricks      by Greg Keeler         Page 19                

 
Marlin Misses the Halloween Party II

Coyote looked through the front
window of his car as he drove
through a blizzard. The snow
seemed to dive at the car
then veer off at the last minute.
Coyote stuck his head out the
window to get a better look
when he saw Sir Isaac Newton
sitting on the hood.
"What are you doing on 
the hood of my car in a blizzard?"
asked Coyote. "What are you
doing sticking your head out a
car window doing fifty 
miles an hour in a blizzard?"
said Isaac. "I was observing
an odd natural phenomenon,"
said Coyote. Just then the car
smashed into Marlin Perkins
wearing a huge paper mache apple.
He thought it was Halloween.

  
The Mysteries of East Bird-Pig

Fox and Crow stopped at
a little sign before they
entered a town. It read:
EAST BIRD-PIG, 
SALAMI-MAKING CAPITAL
OF THE WORLD.
Standing in front of 
the post office was Miss
Bird-Pig of l934.
Fox and Crow couldn't 
see her because in the
annual salami-war parade
of that same year, 
she rode encased in salamis,
staining her skin to a shade
amazingly similar to that of
the post office.
Fox and Crow drove through
the town. In Miss Bird-Pig's mind,
they were driving through
a reenactment of the legendary
flaming salami stunt hoop
where her first boyfriend
had been neutered.
On the other side of 
East Bird-Pig, Crow said to Fox,
"Was there a post office
in that town?"

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