9 It’s Curtains

CHAPTER 9 IT'S CURTAINS HELP That night, I have a dream. Well, more like a nightmare.

There's a bright stage and millions of people are sitting out in the audience. I'm standing in the middle of the stage. I can hear them all breathing. I'm wearing a purple tuxedo with a silver bow tie.

I take off my pink top hat. I announce that I will pull a live rabbit out of my top hat. There's a slow drumroll as I reach into, the hat and pull out a mouse. Everyone shouts, "That's not a, rabbit!"

I reach back in the hat and pull out a cat. The audience yells, "That's not a rabbit, either!" BOO

I keep on trying the trick until the stage looks like Noah's Ark. Everything from aardvarks to zebras—but not one rabbit. Everyone boos and then throws carrots at me. And finally, the curtain comes down. BOO BOO BOO BOO