I was walking through the woods one day and this
little dwarf-like guy with a three-foot long nose, a peg-leg with branches
and flower blossoms growing out of it, and a big tooth growing out of the
middle of his forehead (or maybe it was a corn, as in unicorn, or corn
like corn flakes or cream of wheat) approached me. He was wearing
a shirt that said "Rush for President in ‘96," and he had a glass eye which
wasn't actually an eye at all but a swirly marble. This little dwarfish
person was leading by leash what appeared to be the Devil's version of
a shaved Pomeranian.
Well, the little dwarf-like guy walked right up to me with a
big smile and I smiled back. Then he kicked me in the scrotum.
Hard. Needless to say, I crumpled to the ground. Then the shaved
Pomeranian from hell piddled on my head.
It was an hallucinogenic piddle.
As they walked off, conversing amongst themselves
I slipped into a delirium. The trees swirled in purple hues and the
blades of grass swayed and caressed my face. I could hear the grass
whispering, and I swear it was talking about me...I tried to get up but
the grass held me firm. It wrapped around me and pulled me into the
ground. I struggled, but to no avail. I soon blacked out.
When I came to I was in an underground cave surrounded by muppet-like characters.
They were poking me with sharp crystal spears and giggling maniacally.
‘Damned Fraggles," I thought.
They giggled maniacally for a bit longer and
I damned them some more. Damned their ostrich feather hair and their
ping pong ball eyes.
"Grrrr," I growled.
They laughed.
"What do you want from me," I asked?
"Pocket lint," they cried in unison.
I had to think quick.
"I left it in my other pants," I bluffed.
"Nice try human," once cried, "we can smell
it on you!"
Damn. I hadn't counted on that.
"Lie to us again," said one (who appeared
to be the leader. I was just guessing, of course, but the pin
he wore on his chest said "LEADER," so I assumed...), "and we'll take your
toe jam as well!"
These guys played hard ball, alright.
"I thought Fraggles were supposed to be nice,"
I said. At that, they all sucked in their breaths in unison and began
coughing and spitting violently.
‘I hit a nerve,' I thought.
Do not EVER mention that name in these caves
again," cried the leader.
"So then you're NOT -----" They all instinctively
plugged their ears and chanted Lalalalalalalalala. One of the smaller
ones passed out. I had to smile on the inside.
"INFIDEL!" cried the leader, and he poked
me right on my big toe with his spear. That smarted.
"Give us your pocket lint and we will let
you return to the Upperworld. Deny us and you will suffer at the
hands of the Wubba Wubba Blubberfuss!"
"Fraggles!" I screamed, "Fraggles Fraggles
Fraggles Fraggles Fraggles!"
At this they dropped to their knees, some
fell over unconscious, the others tried to crawl away as I laughed with
insane zeal. Tears were streaming from my eyes and I could not stop.
Suddenly I snapped with intense fury. I clenched my fists and broke
the ties that bound me, Windsor knots and all. Free at last, I reached
for the nearest anti-Fraggle and ripped off its head. The air was
alive with stuffing material. I gave a mighty ‘Yolp' and started
in on the remaining creatures. They screamed with fear and
pain as I rendered them limb from limb. And I laughed. Hee
Hee Hee.
Soon my grizzly work was done and not a single
anti-Fraggle remained intact, I was ankle deep in stuffing and ping pong
balls and feathers and...blood. Yes, blood. You see, there
was much more to these creatures than I expected, although to say that
I had expected anything at all is to admit that I merely assumed.
I had assumed that they were merely animated puppets, but as I looked more
closely at the mess that surrounded me I realized that the ‘stuffing' wasn't
stuffing at all but whitish flesh. Those weren't ping pong balls
either. They had been living, breathing creatures and in my rage,
in my mindless violent rage I had seen what I wanted to see. My mind
had given me to believe that it was harmless fun with stuffed animals instead
of the carnage that lay before me.
Did I feel shame? Guilt? Disgust?
Nah, they wanted my pocket lint and
toe jam. They got what they deserved. With that I clawed my
way to the "Upperground." I had a little dwarf-like guy with a three
foot nose and a Pomeranian from hell to tear into. ‘But first,' I
thought, ‘I think I've got some grass to piss on.'
