Ernie is at the typewriter, pecking away. Suddenly–
Ernie: “It’s done! It’s done! Hey Bert–it’s done!”
Bert: “What? What’s done?”
Ernie: “My story–greatest short story in the whole wide world, it’s done. Greatest story in the world, wait’ll you hear it.”
Bert: (groan) “Go ahead.”
Ernie: “A……..B, C…….D……”
Bert: “Ernie…..”
Ernie: “E, F,…..G….”
Bert: “Ernie, that’s the alphabet!”
Ernie: “Now comes the sad part. (begins to cry) “H…I, J, K…..” ”
Bert: “Ernie……”
Ernie: “…….L, M, N, O……………….P”
Bert: “Oh, Ernie!” (shaking his head)
Ernie: “Now comes the action part! (reads excitedly) “Q! R, S! T! U, V!” ”
Bert just groans
Ernie: “Here comes the wind-up–“W, X, Y–” ”
Suddenly Ernie begins to roll up the paper. Berts turns to him.
Bert: “Well?”
Ernie: “Well what?”
Bert: “Well go on, finish it. You went, “T, U, V, W, X, Y,” and then you stopped. Go on, finish the story.”
Ernie: “And tell you how it ends? Then you’ll never want to read it for yourself!”
(Laughs and goes off)
Bert: “Sighhhhhhhhhhhh……”