THE PLUMBER NOTED, "HEY; THESE GREEN GUYS HERE WITH THE YELLOW AND RED SPOTS; THE ONES YOU CLAIM OWN A PLANET: THEY HAVE A BODY A LOT LIKE HUMANS, YET THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SEX ORGAN. HOW CAN THEY BE MEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE SEX ORGANS?"
"'MORRIS' THE MARVELOUS MAN" THEN REMARKED, "THEY DON'T HAVE SEX ORGANS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT REAL MEN: THEY ARE PLANTS KNOWN AS “GRUNCHIIES. PLANTS DON'T NEED SEX ORGANS. INSTEAD OF HAVING CHILDREN BY HAVING SEX THE WAY HUMANS DO, ABOUT ONCE A YEAR, THEY SPROUT A BUNCH OF SEEDS ON THEIR FINGER TIPS WHICH FALL AS THEY WALK; AND WHERE THE SEEDS FALL, THEIR OWN KIND GROW.
"IF THEY'RE PLANTS,THEN HOW COME THEY ARE NOT IN THE GROUND LIKE OTHER PLANTS?"
"BECAUSE", EXPLAINED "MORRIS", AFTER THEY GET
SO BIG, THEY PULL THEMSELVES OUT OF THE GROUND AND WALK AWAY.
"ANYWAY; THESE GREEN MEN HERE WITH THE SPOTS ARE YOUR NEW BOSSES AND YOUR NEW BOSSES ARE PLANTS; PLANT MEN SO TO SPEAK. ONE OF THE SPACESHIPS LEFT THEM BEHIND TO HELP ME WITH APPREHENDING PEOPLE. THEY DO MOST OF THE PHYSICAL WORK AND THE WRESTLING. ALL I DO, IS TALK THE INTENDED CAPTURE INTO THE TUNNEL. THAT
WOULD BE YOU."
"WHAT IF THEY ALSO MAKE ME DO PLUMBING FOR FREE: THAT'S HARD WORK", MENTIONED THE PLUMBER.
"YOU'LL BE A BREEDER FOR SURE; BUT NOW THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED DOING PLUMBING ALSO, I GUESS
I'LL MENTION IT TO THEM TO GET A BETTER PROFIT. AFTER ALL; THEY ARE PLANTS AND PLANTS NEED
WATER. YOU SHOULD HAVE KEPT YOUR MOUTH SHUT."
"MORRIS" LOOKED AT THE GREEN PLANT MEN AND SAID, "O.K.; I'VE GOT SOME UPCOMING T.V. SHOWS TO WATCH AND ALL THIS IS GOING TO MAKE ME MISS THEM; SO I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU TAKE THIS GUY TO THE BIG ROOM. LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH.
"'MORRIS' THE MARVELOUS MAN" AND HIS GREEN PLANT PEOPLE, WITH THEIR YELLOW AND RED SPOTS
ALL OVER THEIR BODY, LED THE PLUMBER OUT OF THE ROOM AND INTO ANOTHER LARGE PIPE, WHICH THEY FOLLOWED, UNTIL THEY FINALLY ENTERED THE OTHER LARGE ROOM. THE PLUMBER LOOKED AROUND AND FOUND IT THE SIZE OF THE INSIDES OF A LARGE COLISEUM. HE LOOKED UP AND SURE ENOUGH, THERE WAS A GIANT PIPE. IT WAS A HOLE THAT WENT STRAIT
UP, ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, WHERE IT CAME OUT AT THE TOP.
THE PLUMBER WAS NOW FINALLY STARING AT POSSIBLY THE ONLY CHANCE THAT HE WOULD GET, TO FREE HIMSELF AND KEEP FROM GETTING STUCK ON A FOREIGN PLANET AS A SLAVE AND KNEW THAT HE'D BETTER TAKE IT. HE KICKED THE LIGHTER OUT OF "'MORRIS'S" HAND AS HE PUSHED "MORRIS" OVER TO
THE GROUND. HE MADE A MAD DASH FOR THE LIGHTER, WHICH WAS NOW ON THE GROUND. THE CREATURES, WHO COULD NOW SEE CLEARLY WHAT THE PLUMBER
WAS TRYING TO DO, ALL RAN AT HIM; BUT BEFORE THEY DID, TWO OF THEM REACHED UP INTO THE HOLE OF THEIR REAR ENDS AND BOTH RETRACTED A KNIFE FROM IT, WHILE ANOTHER PICKED UP A METAL POLE AND THE REST RAN UP ON THE PLUMBER IN AN EMPTY HANDED ATTACK.
"OH; I FORGOT TO TELL YOU", SAID "MORRIS": "THAT BUTTOCKS ON THEIR LOWER BACK THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE ONE OF OURS; IT'S NOT REALLY A BUTTOCKS. IT'S A CARRYING POUCH WHERE THEY CARRY THEIR BELONGINGS. SINCE THEY ARE PLANTS, THEY DON'T NEED A BUTTOCKS; BUT SINCE THEY GO NAKED, THEY NEED A CARRYING POUCH. GOOD LUCK AT STAYING ALIVE STOOGE."
THE PLUMBER DOVE AND LANDED ON HIS STOMACH ON THE FLOOR AS HE GRABBED THE LIGHTER. HE SPUN AROUND AND KICKED THE CLOSEST ONE TO HIM, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO HAD A KNIFE AND MADE
HIM HALT TEMPORARILY, WHICH GAVE HIM ENOUGH TIME TO SPRING TO HIS FEET. THE SECOND ONE WITH A
KNIFE RAN UP TO HIM AND TRIED TO STAB HIM; BUT THE PLUMBER WAS ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF HIS WRIST AND JERK HIS ARM STRAIGHT, WHILE HE TOOK THE LIGHTER AND BURNT HIM IN HIS ARMPIT. AS THE CREATURE SCREAMED, HE PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND AND THE CREATURE CONTINUED TO BURN QUITE RAPIDLY. NOW THE SECOND ONE WITH A KNIFE TRIED TO STICK HIM
AND HE PUSHED HIM ON TOP OF THE OTHER. HE SAW THE ONE WITH THE POLE COMING AT HIM AND WAS ABLE TO DODGE THE POLE AND PUSHED HIM ONTO HIS TWO BURNING PARTNERS, WHICH CAUSED THE ONE WITH
THE POLE TO LIGHT ON FIRE ALSO AND HE SPRUNG TO HIS FEET AND TOOK OFF RUNNING AND SCREAMING, ACCIDENTALLY CATCHING A COUPLE MORE OF HIS FRIENDS ON FIRE. STILL, THE OTHERS WERE TRYING TO GET HIM. HE NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE BURNING ONES HAD A LEG THAT NEARLY BURNT ALL THE WAY OFF; SO
HE JERKED IT OFF, WITH THE END STILL BURNING. WITH THE BURNING LEG, HE WAS ABLE TO TOUCH THREE
MORE AND NOW THEY WENT UP IN FLAMES.
NOW THERE WERE ONLY TWO MORE GREEN GRUNCHIES TO GO; BUT THIS WOULD NOT BE EASY ANYMORE, SINCE NOW THEY WERE THINKING AND ALERT AND ONE OF THEM PICKED UP THE METAL POLE. THE PLUMBER SAW THE OTHER COMING AT HIM; SO HE TOOK OFF RUNNING AND LEAPED OVER ONE OF THE BURNING GRUNCHIES, STOPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE AND
TURNED AROUND. WHEN THE GRUNCHIE TRIED TO LEAP OVER THE TOP TOO, THE PLUMBER PUSHED ON HIS CHEST, CAUSING THE GRUNCHIE TO FALL BACKWARD
AND LAND ON THE BURNING GRUNCHIE. HE TOO LIT UP LIKE A ROMAN CANDLE.
NOW THERE WAS ONLY ONE CREATURE LEFT. HE CAME AT HIM AND HE MOVED OUT OF THE WAY BUT NOT QUITE FAST ENOUGH. HE FAILED TO GET HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY AND THE GRUNCHIE KNOCKED THE LIGHTER OUT OF HIS HAND. THE GRUNCHIE, NOT KNOWING THAT HUMANS WERE NOT TOTALLY FLAMMABLE LIKE HIS OWN PEOPLE, THROUGH THE METAL POLE DOWN; AND WHILE HE PICKED UP THE LIGHTER AND BURNT THE PLUMBER ON THE ARM, THINKING THAT HE WOULD IGNITE LIKE A GRUNCHIE, THE PLUMBER PICKED UP THE PIPE AND CRACKED THE SPACE ALIEN OVER THE HEAD AND KNOCKED HIM OUT COLD.
"THAT HURT", SCREAMED THE PLUMBER! "YOU SHOULD HAVE USED THE POLE STUPID!"
HE PICKED UP THE LIGHTER AND LIT THE SPACE ALIEN ON FIRE.
AS THE ROOM FILLED WITH THE SMOKE OF THE BURNING SPACE ALIENS, "'MORRIS' THE MARVELOUS
MAN" STOOD UP AND TRIED TO WALK AWAY BUT THE PLUMBER STOPPED HIM.
"OH NO YOU DON'T", HE HOLLERED: "YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITHOUT ME!"
HE POKED HIM WITH THE POLE AND TOLD HIM TO START WALKING BACK TO HIS HOUSE. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE PLACE WHERE THEY HAD FIRST ENTERED THE GIANT PIPE, THE PLUMBER TOLD "MORRIS", THAT HE WOULD START GOING UP THE LADDER FIRST; AND AFTER HE GOT TEN FEET UP, THAT HE WAS TO FOLLOW HIM. HE ALSO TOLD HIM, THAT IF HE TRIED TO RUN AWAY WHILE HE WAS GOING UP THE LADDER FIRST, THAT HE WOULD CHASE HIM DOWN AND BEAT HIM TO DEATH WITH THE PIPE; SO "MORRIS" FOLLOWED HIM UP THE LADDER AND NEVER TRIED ANYTHING. ONCE IN
THE REGULAR PART OF THE HOUSE, THE PLUMBER CRACKED "MORRIS" OVER THE HEAD WITH THE PIPE AFTER ALL AND KNOCKED HIM OUT COLD.
HE WENT TO HIS GARAGE TO FIND SOMETHING FLAMMABLE. WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE HAD A FIVE GALLON CAN OF GASOLINE, WHICH HE USED UNSPARINGLY, WHICH INCLUDED SOAKING "MORRIS"
IN GASOLINE, FOUND ANOTHER LIGHTER, WALKED OUT THE FRONT AND WENT TO HIS TRUCK TO GET A RAG. HE POURED THE REMAINING GASOLINE ON IT AND PUT IT ON THE END OF A STICK AND WALKED A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE HOUSE. SINCE GAS FUMES SPREAD, HE STAYED
FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE HOUSE TO BE SAFE, LIT THE RAG ON THE STICK AND TOSSED IT THROUGH THE OPEN FRONT DOOR OF THE HOUSE, AND THAT WAS THE LAST OF "'MORRIS' THE SELF-NAMED MARVELOUS MAN", WHO DIDN'T TURN OUT TO BE SO MAVELOUS AFTER ALL.
THE PLUMBER GOT INTO HIS TRUCK AND DROVE OFF TO GO TO ANOTHER JOB ON HIS ROUNDS. HE DECIDED NOT TO TELL ANYBODY WHAT REALLY HAPPENED SINCE HE KNEW THAT NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE HIM. WHO WOULD EVER BELIEVE THAT HE FOUGHT OFF SPACE ALIENS WHO WANTED TO SIZE BREED HUMANS BACKWARD TO THE SIZE OF "KEN" AND "BARBIE", THAT THEY WERE WALKING PLANTS AND THAT THEY HAD A POUCH IN THAT VERY PECULIAR PLACE?
THE END
PLUMBERS FIGHT SPACE ALIENS TOO
"ALRIGHT; THE PLUMBER'S HERE", EXCLAIMED "'MORRIS' THE MARVELOUS MAN"; AS HE WAS SO CALLED AND KNOWN AS, AS HE STARED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW A TRUCK PULL UP!
HE HAD BEEN WAITING A LONG, BORING WAIT, WITH
NO WORK THAT HE COULD START ON, SINCE HE WOULDN'T HAVE TIME TO FINISH IT IF HE DID AND NOTHING GOOD ON TELEVISION. HE HAD TURNED IT
OFF EARLIER AND HAD PACED THE FLOOR FOR WHAT SEEMED FOREVER BUT NOW FELT TOTALLY RELIEVED.
THE PLUMBER CAME TO THE DOOR AND ASKED, "ARE YOU '"MORRIS’ THE MARVELOUS MAN?"
"THAT WOULD BE ME", SAID "MORRIS". "IT'S BEEN A LONG AND BORING WAIT AND YOU SHOULD NOT KEEP '"MORRIS" THE MARVELOUS MAN' WAITING.”
"SORRY", SAID THE PLUMBER.
TO THIS, "MORRIS" ANSWERED, "WHAT'S BEEN DONE
IS DONE: FOLLOW ME PLEASE."
HE HELD THE DOOR OPEN AND THE PLUMBER ENTERED.
"JUST FOLLOW ME", "MORRIS" CONTINUED.
"MORRIS" LED THE MAN TO A ROOM. THEY ENTERED; AND TO THE PLUMBER'S AMAZEMENT, THERE IN THE FLOOR, GOING STRAIGHT DOWN FOR ABOUT TWENTY FEET AND THEN CURVING AND BECOMING PARALLEL
WITH THE FLOOR, WAS THE BIGGEST PIPE INSIDE A HOUSE, THAT HE'D EVER SEEN. THE ENTIRE DIAMETER OF THE PIPE WAS FORTY FEET ACROSS. ON THE SIDES WERE TWO CONNECTED LADDERS TO CLIMB DOWN TO THE FLAT SURFACE.
"MORRIS" REMARKED, "THIS IS IT: THE LAST PART OF
IT CURVES UPWARD BECAUSE IT'S A JOINT."
"THAT THING'S GIGANTIC", EXCLAIMED THE PLUMBER. "WHAT IS IT?"
"IT'S A PIPE", ANSWERED "MORRIS". "YOU MEAN YOU'RE A PLUMBER AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A PIPE IS?"
"OF COURSE I KNOW WHAT A PIPE IS", SHOUTED THE PLUMBER; BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A HOUSE PIPE THAT BIG AND DON'T SEE ANY PURPOSE IN IT. WHAT ON EARTH IS
IT FOR?"
"IT'S FOR YOU TO FIX", ANSWERED "'MORRIS' THE MARVELOUS MAN".
"WELL", WONDERED THE PLUMBER, "DO YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN GIVE ME A MORE CLEAR ANSWER. DO
YOU THINK YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT IT'S FOR?"
"MORRIS" REPLIED, "DON'T YOU KNOW? IT'S TO
BRING WATER TO THE HOUSE."
"HOW MUCH WATER", ASKED THE PLUMBER? "YOU DON'T NEED THAT MUCH WATER. NOBODY HAS PIPES THAT BIG TO CARRY WATER TO THEIR HOUSE. I'M SORRY 'MARVELOUS GUY'; BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I CAN'T FIX
A PIPE THIS BIG. I'M AFRAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE."
"MORRIS" SNAPPED BACK, "BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW
IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE DOWN INSIDE OF IT TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG? IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A LEAK: I PROMISE YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO DOWN THE LADDER
AND TAKE A LOOK. IT WON'T TAKE BUT A MOMENT.
"WELL; O.K.", AGREED THE PLUMBER UNWILLINGLY.
"SO, THE PLUMBER CLIMBED DOWN INTO THE PIPE.
HE TURNED TO LOOK; AND TO HIS SURPRISE, A GROUP
OF DARK GREEN MEN WITH YELLOW AND RED SPOTS WITH DUM LOOKING FACES, RAN UP, GRABBED HIM AND WRESTLED HIM TO THE GROUND.
ONCE PINNED TO THE GROUND, "MORRIS" YELLED
OUT FROM ABOVE, "DON'T MOVE; OR THESE GUYS WILL SNAP YOUR HEAD OFF!"
AS HE LIE PERFECTLY STILL, THEY SLIPPED A CANVAS BAG OVER HIS HEAD, BOUND HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK AND ALSO BOUND HIS FEET, "'MORRIS' THE MARVELOUS MAN” CLIMBED DOWN INTO THE PIPE. IT
WAS NOW OBVIOUS, THAT "MORRIS" HAD SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON OTHER THAN FAULTY PLUMBING; EVEN TO THE POOR PLUMBER ON THE GROUND. THE QUESTION WAS, "WHAT WAS IT?"
"O.K.; TAKE HIM AWAY", ORDERED "MORRIS".
THEY LIFTED THE PLUMBER AND CARRIED HIM AWAY FARTHER ON DOWN THE GIANT PIPE; AND ONCE REACHING THEIR DESTINATION, REMOVED UNBOUND
HIM AND TOOK THE BAG OFF OF HIS HEAD. HE LOOKED AROUND AND SAW "MORRIS" AND ALL THE PECULIAR DARK GREEN MEN WITH THE RED AND YELLOW SPOTS.
HE ALSO SAW THAT HE WAS NO LONGER IN A TUNNEL
BUT INSTEAD SOME KIND OF A GIANT CHAMBER OF
SOME KIND.
THE PLUMBER DEMANDED, "WHERE AMI I; AND WHY HAVE YOU ABDUCTED ME?"
"IT'S LIKE THIS, PLUMBER GUY", SAID "MORRIS":
"HAVE YOU HEARD OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO KEEP
BREEDING HORSES WITH SMALLER HORSES, UNTILL
THEY END UP WITH HORSES THE SIZE OF HOUSE CATS?
MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN THEM AT A COUNTY FAIR OR SOMETHING."
THE PLUMBER ANSWERED, "YES; I KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT WITH HORSES AND I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THEM AT CARNIVALS AND STATE FAIRS."
"THIS IS HOW IT IS", CONTINUED "MORRIS": THIS TUNNEL GOES ALL THE WAY TO MILKSHAKE MOUNTAIN ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE BEHIND THIS HOUSE.
ONCE INSIDE THE MOUNTAIN, IT COMES INTO A
GIGANTIC UNDERGROUND ROOM LIKE THIS ONE, ONLY MUCH BIGGER. ABOVE THE CENTER OF THAT ROOM IS ANOTHER GIANT TUNNEL THAT GOES STRAIGHT UP INSTEAD OF LENGTHWISE; EVEN BIGGER THAN THE TUNNEL THAT YOU JUST CAME OUT OF. IT'S BIGGER
THAN THE OTHER TUNNEL SO THAT SPACESHIPS CAN COME DOWN IT AND LAND. THESE SPACE ALIENS FROM ANOTHER PLANET, TAKE HUMANS AND KEEP BREEDING THE SMALLEST ONES TOGETHER, UNTIL THEY END UP WITH MUCH SMALLER HUMANS THE SIZE OF DOLLS; 'KEN' AND 'BARBIE' THAT IS.
I AM THEIR SUPPLIER. THAT IS THE REASON THAT THE TUNNEL COMES TO MY HOUSE. YOU HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY ME TO BE SOLD TO THESE SPACE ALIENS AS A BREEDER. YOU'LL GET ALL THE FOOD, CLOTHING, SPENDING MONEY FOR THEIR PLANET AND SEX THAT
YOU WANT. YOU MIGHT SAY THAT YOUR LIFE WILL BE QUITE COMFORTABLE, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT YOU WILL BE A SLAVE AND YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT THESE GREEN GUYS ALL DAY WITH THE SPOTS ALL OVER THEM. YOU WILL ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE BURDON THAT THEY WILL CHOOSE YOUR MATES AND YOU WILL HAVE
NO SAY. THE SMALLEST BABIES THAT YOU MAKE WILL
BE SAVED FOR THE PURPOSE OF BREEDING WITH EVEN SMALLER ONES AND THE BIGGER ONES WILL BE SLAUGHTERED AND USED AS FEED FOR A KIND OF MEAT EATING ANIMAL ON THEIR PLANET KNOWN AS “BABBERS”, WHO THEY USE AS BEASTS OF BURDON. ANYWAY; YOU WILL BE OWNED AND I WILL MAKE A PROFIT BECAUSE OF IT.
"SO", UTTERED THE PLUMBER; "THIS IS WHERE YOU SEND ME OFF TO SLAVERY. TOO BAD THEY DON'T TAKE YOU."
TO THIS REMARK, "MORRIS" STATED, "NO; THAT'S
QUITE ALRIGHT. I THINK I'LL JUST STAY HERE AND SMOKE A CIGARETTE INSTEAD.”
"MORRIS" PULLED OUT A CIGARETTE FROM HIS SHIRT POCKET, LIT IT AND TO THE PLUMBER'S AMAZEMENT ALL THE GREEN PLANT PEOPLE BACKED UP AGAINST THE WALL WHEN THEY SAW THE FLAME FROM "MORRIS'S" LIGHTER.
"WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF", ASKED THE PLUMBER?
"OH; THEY'RE HIGHLY FLAMMABLE, THESE GREEN PLANT PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER PLANET. A SLIGHT
FLAME CAN LIGHT THEM UP LIKE GASOLINE! ONE OF THEM GETS A SLIGHT SPARK ON HIM AND HE'S GONE."
THE PLUMBER, SHOWING HIS KEEN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT, DELIGHTFULLY PERKED, "YOU DON'T SAY!"
"I DO SAY", CONTINUED "MORRIS". "HERE;
WATCH THIS."
"'MORRIS' THE MARVELOUS MAN" HELD HIS LIGHTER STRAIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF HIM, RAN UP TO THE GREEN CREATURES AND LIT IT IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES. IN ABSOLUTE TERROR, THEY SCATTERED, EXCEPT FOR
THE ONE THAT WAS IN FRONT OF HIM, WHO WAS BACKED UP AGAINST THE WALL, AS HE HELD THE FLAME DIRECTLY IN THE CREATURE'S FACE. THERE, THE CREATURE SCREAMED AND YELLED A BUNCH OF WORDS AT "MORRIS" IN SOME KIND OF STRANGE SPACE LANGUAGE .
"MORRIS" TURNED THE FLAME OFF, DROPPED HIS HAND TO HIS SIDE, STILL HOLDING THE LIGHTER,
TURNED AND WALKED BACK TO THE PLUMBER AS HE
WAS LAUGHING. STILL THE SPACE CREATURE STOOD THERE SCREAMING AT HIM. BY NOW ALL THE OTHER ALIENS WERE SCREAMING AT HIM.
THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN BACK AGAINST THE THE WALL FINALLY YELLED VERY LOUDLY, "NOT FUNNY! NOT FUNNY! CARELESS! RECKLESS! STUPID! DANGEROUS!"
"MORRIS" CONTINUED TO CHUCKLE AS HE SAID, "YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT THE ONLY "ENGLISH" THAT THEY KNOW. THEY GOT A CRASH LANGUAGE COURSE BEFORE THEY CAME HERE. I SCARE 'EM WITH MY LIGHTER ALL THE TIME. I GET A KICK OUT OF IT! I THINK IT'S HILARIOUS THE WAY THEY BABBLE WHEN THEY'RE SCARED.
THANK YOU
FOR THE
VISIT
ONLY ONE GRUNCHIE BECAME CIVILIZED ENOUGH, TO WEAR CLOTHING: THE OUTER-SPACE LEVI SALESMAN.
AS THE ROOM FILLED WITH THE SMOKE OF THE BURNING SPACE ALIENS, "'MORRIS' THE MARVELOUS
MAN" STOOD UP AND TRIED TO WALK AWAY BUT THE PLUMBER STOPPED HIM.
"OH NO YOU DON'T", HE HOLLERED: "YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITHOUT ME!"
HE POKED HIM WITH THE POLE AND TOLD HIM TO START WALKING BACK TO HIS HOUSE. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE PLACE WHERE THEY HAD FIRST ENTERED THE GIANT PIPE, THE PLUMBER TOLD "MORRIS", THAT HE WOULD START GOING UP THE LADDER FIRST; AND AFTER HE GOT TEN FEET UP, THAT HE WAS TO FOLLOW HIM. HE ALSO TOLD HIM, THAT IF HE TRIED TO RUN AWAY WHILE HE WAS GOING UP THE LADDER FIRST, THAT HE WOULD CHASE HIM DOWN AND BEAT HIM TO DEATH WITH THE PIPE; SO "MORRIS" FOLLOWED HIM UP THE LADDER AND NEVER TRIED ANYTHING. ONCE IN
THE REGULAR PART OF THE HOUSE, THE PLUMBER CRACKED "MORRIS" OVER THE HEAD WITH THE PIPE AFTER ALL AND KNOCKED HIM OUT COLD.
HE WENT TO HIS GARAGE TO FIND SOMETHING FLAMMABLE. WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE HAD A FIVE GALLON CAN OF GASOLINE, WHICH HE USED UNSPARINGLY, WHICH INCLUDED SOAKING "MORRIS"
IN GASOLINE, FOUND ANOTHER LIGHTER, WALKED OUT THE FRONT AND WENT TO HIS TRUCK TO GET A RAG. HE POURED THE REMAINING GASOLINE ON IT AND PUT IT ON THE END OF A STICK AND WALKED A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE HOUSE. SINCE GAS FUMES SPREAD, HE STAYED
FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE HOUSE TO BE SAFE, LIT THE RAG ON THE STICK AND TOSSED IT THROUGH THE OPEN FRONT DOOR OF THE HOUSE, AND THAT WAS THE LAST OF "'MORRIS' THE SELF-NAMED MARVELOUS MAN", WHO DIDN'T TURN OUT TO BE SO MAVELOUS AFTER ALL.
THE PLUMBER GOT INTO HIS TRUCK AND DROVE OFF TO GO TO ANOTHER JOB ON HIS ROUNDS. HE DECIDED NOT TO TELL ANYBODY WHAT REALLY HAPPENED SINCE HE KNEW THAT NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE HIM. WHO WOULD EVER BELIEVE THAT HE FOUGHT OFF SPACE ALIENS WHO WANTED TO SIZE BREED HUMANS BACKWARD TO THE SIZE OF "KEN" AND "BARBIE", THAT THEY WERE WALKING PLANTS AND THAT THEY HAD A POUCH IN THAT VERY PECULIAR PLACE?
THE END
THE PLUMBER WAS NOW FINALLY STARING AT POSSIBLY THE ONLY CHANCE THAT HE WOULD GET, TO FREE HIMSELF AND KEEP FROM GETTING STUCK ON A FOREIGN PLANET AS A SLAVE AND KNEW THAT HE'D BETTER TAKE IT. HE KICKED THE LIGHTER OUT OF "'MORRIS'S" HAND AS HE PUSHED "MORRIS" OVER TO
THE GROUND. HE MADE A MAD DASH FOR THE LIGHTER, WHICH WAS NOW ON THE GROUND. THE CREATURES, WHO COULD NOW SEE CLEARLY WHAT THE PLUMBER
WAS TRYING TO DO, ALL RAN AT HIM; BUT BEFORE THEY DID, TWO OF THEM REACHED UP INTO THE HOLE OF THEIR REAR ENDS AND BOTH RETRACTED A KNIFE FROM IT, WHILE ANOTHER PICKED UP A METAL POLE AND THE REST RAN UP ON THE PLUMBER IN AN EMPTY HANDED ATTACK.
"OH; I FORGOT TO TELL YOU", SAID "MORRIS": "THAT BUTTOCKS ON THEIR LOWER BACK THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE ONE OF OURS; IT'S NOT REALLY A BUTTOCKS. IT'S A CARRYING POUCH WHERE THEY CARRY THEIR BELONGINGS. SINCE THEY ARE PLANTS, THEY DON'T NEED A BUTTOCKS; BUT SINCE THEY GO NAKED, THEY NEED A CARRYING POUCH. GOOD LUCK AT STAYING ALIVE STOOGE."
THE PLUMBER DOVE AND LANDED ON HIS STOMACH ON THE FLOOR AS HE GRABBED THE LIGHTER. HE SPUN AROUND AND KICKED THE CLOSEST ONE TO HIM, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO HAD A KNIFE AND MADE
HIM HALT TEMPORARILY, WHICH GAVE HIM ENOUGH TIME TO SPRING TO HIS FEET. THE SECOND ONE WITH A
KNIFE RAN UP TO HIM AND TRIED TO STAB HIM; BUT THE PLUMBER WAS ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF HIS WRIST AND JERK HIS ARM STRAIGHT, WHILE HE TOOK THE LIGHTER AND BURNT HIM IN HIS ARMPIT. AS THE CREATURE SCREAMED, HE PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND AND THE CREATURE CONTINUED TO BURN QUITE RAPIDLY. NOW THE SECOND ONE WITH A KNIFE TRIED TO STICK HIM
AND HE PUSHED HIM ON TOP OF THE OTHER. HE SAW THE ONE WITH THE POLE COMING AT HIM AND WAS ABLE TO DODGE THE POLE AND PUSHED HIM ONTO HIS TWO BURNING PARTNERS, WHICH CAUSED THE ONE WITH
THE POLE TO LIGHT ON FIRE ALSO AND HE SPRUNG TO HIS FEET AND TOOK OFF RUNNING AND SCREAMING, ACCIDENTALLY CATCHING A COUPLE MORE OF HIS FRIENDS ON FIRE. STILL, THE OTHERS WERE TRYING TO GET HIM. HE NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE BURNING ONES HAD A LEG THAT NEARLY BURNT ALL THE WAY OFF; SO
HE JERKED IT OFF, WITH THE END STILL BURNING. WITH THE BURNING LEG, HE WAS ABLE TO TOUCH THREE
MORE AND NOW THEY WENT UP IN FLAMES.
NOW THERE WERE ONLY TWO MORE GREEN GRUNCHIES TO GO; BUT THIS WOULD NOT BE EASY ANYMORE, SINCE NOW THEY WERE THINKING AND ALERT AND ONE OF THEM PICKED UP THE METAL POLE. THE PLUMBER SAW THE OTHER COMING AT HIM; SO HE TOOK OFF RUNNING AND LEAPED OVER ONE OF THE BURNING GRUNCHIES, STOPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE AND
TURNED AROUND. WHEN THE GRUNCHIE TRIED TO LEAP OVER THE TOP TOO, THE PLUMBER PUSHED ON HIS CHEST, CAUSING THE GRUNCHIE TO FALL BACKWARD
AND LAND ON THE BURNING GRUNCHIE. HE TOO LIT UP LIKE A ROMAN CANDLE.
NOW THERE WAS ONLY ONE CREATURE LEFT. HE CAME AT HIM AND HE MOVED OUT OF THE WAY BUT NOT QUITE FAST ENOUGH. HE FAILED TO GET HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY AND THE GRUNCHIE KNOCKED THE LIGHTER OUT OF HIS HAND. THE GRUNCHIE, NOT KNOWING THAT HUMANS WERE NOT TOTALLY FLAMMABLE LIKE HIS OWN PEOPLE, THROUGH THE METAL POLE DOWN; AND WHILE HE PICKED UP THE LIGHTER AND BURNT THE PLUMBER ON THE ARM, THINKING THAT HE WOULD IGNITE LIKE A GRUNCHIE, THE PLUMBER PICKED UP THE PIPE AND CRACKED THE SPACE ALIEN OVER THE HEAD AND KNOCKED HIM OUT COLD.
"THAT HURT", SCREAMED THE PLUMBER! "YOU SHOULD HAVE USED THE POLE STUPID!"
HE PICKED UP THE LIGHTER AND LIT THE SPACE ALIEN ON FIRE.