THE GOOD WORD ACCORDING TO · THE ULTRA-HARRIER
VINNIE
The voice of John the Beadle
Chapter 3
The gPlanet we’re talking about here is Earth,
2In case you need any help on this point,
3And the something that regarded itself as intelligent life was the species of hman,
4Specifically, a subset of the species called iAmericans,
5Which invited John to express his views,
6Because he had some,
7And was always willing to talk about them,
8Whenever there were some unwashed masses on hand.
9For example, he was pretty fond of shouting,
10j“I am the voice of an ape calling in the wilderness,
11k“As one ape to another ape,
12“And if you like, you can call me lJohn the Beadle,
13“Because I am something of a messenger,
14“Notifying you that there is someone who will come after me,
15m“Someone so important that even though I am only his messenger,
16“I am,
17“All by myself,
18“More important than nJesus Christ.”
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