CHARLIE ONION: DECISIONS, DECISIONS.

NESSA THE DINOSAUR: YEAH. DO I GO BACK TO THE LAND OF NOW, OR EVEN TO THE LAND OF COAL.

CHARLIE ONION: WHERE ONLY TROLLS AND DRAGONS DWELL?

NESSA: PERISH THE THOUGHT.

CHARLIE ONION: I WOULDN’T GO THERE.

NESSA: NOT THINKING STRAIGHT, CHARLIE.

CHARLIE ONION: WHERE DO WE GO? ARE WE READY TO GO FORWARD TO THE LAND OF FOREVER? DO WE HAVE TO BE READY?

NESSA: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO “BE READY?”

CHARLIE ONION: I’M NOT SURE. THE LAND OF IN-BETWEEN IS A CONFUSING PLACE.

NESSA: I REMEMBER SOMETHING I READ FROM THE OWL’S HANDBOOK.

CHARLIE ONION: OKAY. DO YOU REMEMBER IT?

NESSA: YEAH, IT SAID:
NORTH, SOUTH,
EAST, WEST,
THE WAY THAT’S RIGHT
IS PERFECT REST.

CHARLIE ONION: YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT SPOT IN THE BOOK.

NESSA: DO YOU REMEMBER THE REST?

CHARLIE ONION: HOLD ON. I HAVE THE HANDBOOK WITH ME.

NESSA: I’M WAITING.

CHARLIE ONION: HERE IT IS! HERE IT IS!
NORTH, SOUTH,EAST, WEST,
THE WAY THAT’S RIGHT IS PERFECT REST.
MY COMPASS IN HAND, AS I FOLLOW THE PLAN,
THROUGH THICK, AND THROUGH THIN,
AND TAKING HIS STAND,
NOT ALWAYS ACCEPTED OR UNDERSTOOD BY ALL,
YET READY AND ABLE TO ANSWER HIS CALL.
NORTH, SOUTH,EAST, WEST,
THE WAY THAT’S RIGHT IS PERFECT REST.

NESSA: POWERFUL STUFF, CHARLIE. BUT I’M NOT SURE WHAT’S RIGHT YET.

CHARLIE ONION: I THINK I DO.

NESSA: YOU DO?

CHARLIE ONION: IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR TO ME. FAITH, MY FRIEND NESSA… FAITH!

NESSA: I DON’T KNOW….

CHARLIE ONION: SO LONG, NESSA. I’M GOING FORWARD TO THE LAND OF FOREVER.

NESSA: SO LONG, CHARLIE O. GOOD JOURNEY. HOPE THAT YOU’RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

CHARLIE ONION: NORTH, SOUTH,EAST, WEST,
THE WAY THAT’S RIGHT IS PERFECT REST.

OH WELL, HERE GOES.

NESSA: BYE, CHARLIE.

CHARLIE ONION: BYE, NESSA.

THE END OF “DO I GO BACK, OR GO FORWARD?”

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