THE
EXPLOITS
OF THE ULTRA-HARRIERS
Reunion of the Ultra-HarriersNed is Number One
Chapter 33
When Ned had finished explaining these things, the phone rang,
2And it was Harry on the line,
3Calling to congratulate us all,
4Especially Ned,
5aWho he called The Rock Of My Parish,
6bAnd my Number One representative up north,
7Which hurt my feelings,
8cBecause I, Willie, had also done what I was supposed to do,
9dAnd had hired a bunch of people to come up with a bunch of great-sounding words for Harriers to say,
10eAnd all was in readiness for the establishment of the Pontifical Harrier Parish in the United States,
11fIncluding all the instructions and words for the Orders of Morning and Evening Brayer, gHarrification, Majority, Matrimony, the Burial of the Dead, and Harry’s Consolation,
12Not to mention the fact that I, Willie, had come nowhere close to making hseventy-eight million dollars on the deal,
13And hadn’t even gotten a really promising start on a career in show business or the law or politics or anything else,
14Which I could only blame Harry for,
15iIf I’d had the guts.
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