“Second To The Right And Straight On Till Morning”
Those words are, of course, from that great children's classic, Peter Pan by JM Barrie. They are the charming, timeless directions to find Neverland. Many folks will always remember this story as it was interpreted by Mary Martin as Peter Pan with the incomparable performance of Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook (and Mr. Darling). Later arrivals to the world may remember other stars performing in the role of Peter. Like Sandy Duncan or even Cathy Rigby. But enough of that trip down memory lane, because, of course, Peter Pan is a play. It is all fiction.
The Animal Uprising™, however, is quite real. And Barrie, perhaps inadvertently, perhaps with great foresight, happened to give the directions not to Neverland, but to Raccoon Bay. Now while many people are familiar with Pelican Bay where some very bad humans happen to be housed, not many know of Raccoon Bay. That is where the hardest of the hard cases of the Animal Uprising are held. And there has just been a breakout of positively biblical proportions. Three of the ringleaders of the Animal Uprising™ have made an escape. We understand (ok, we really don't, but this is what we heard) that the escape involved cheese, rope, a tin whistle, two coat hangers, one goat, a pair of nylon stockings and a bat. A real bat, as in flying rodent. Which, while somewhat confusing, still leaves three very dangerous individuals on the loose. Don't believe us? We have evidence:
(Blame this post on George. He made me do it. Blame the picture on Gagdad Bob. I had nothing to do with it. Honest.)
By Uncle Pinky, Sunday, 7 January , 2007 @ 10:36 pm
Egad! Those ruffians are on the loose again? Lock the doors and fetch the ammo.