Don't Look Under the Bed Page #4

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SPRING BACK.

CAN WE FORGE ABOUT THE CLOCKS...

FOR A MOMENT?

SPRING FORWARD.

FRANCIS, DO YOU

HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE

ABOUT MR. KEPLER'S CAR

BEING VANDALIZED?

NO!

OR ABOUT THE GRAFFITI

ON THE LOCKERS?

NO!!

DON'T FORGET THE GELATIN

IN THE SWIMMING POOL.

NO!!!

HOW DO YOU:

FEEL, FRANCIS,

ABOUT ALL:

THESE THINGS?

DO YOU HAVE:

ANY INSIGHTS?

YES. YES, ACTUALLY I DO.

THERE'S THIS BOY...

AND HE'S BEEN

FOLLOWING ME AROUND.

WELL, HE'S REALLY WEIRD.

HE SAID HIS NAME

WAS LARRY HOUDINI.

WELL, HE SAID A LO OF SILLY THINGS.

DID HE SAY HE KNEW WHO

WAS BEHIND THE PRANKS?

WELL, ACTUALLY--

WELL, THERE HE IS!

HE'S RIGHT THERE!

HEY!

COME HERE, YOU!

FRANCIS.

FRANCIS!

OHH! OHH! OHH!

YA! YA! YA! YA! YA!

HEY! YOU! COME HERE!

HOUDINI KID, COME HERE!

HEY! WHAT'S

WITH HER?

COME BACK HERE!

QUICK! IN HERE!

GET IN THE BASS DRUM.

AS A HIDING PLACE,

YOU CAN'T BEAT IT!

I'M NOT TRYING TO

HIDE. I'M CHASING YOU.

FRAN, FRAN, FRAN.

YOU'RE MAKING A

BIG MISTAKE, FRAN.

AND I WAS REALLY SEN HERE TO HELP YOU.

YEAH, WHO SENT YOU?

DO YOU EVER HEAR A LITTLE

VOICE INSIDE YOU HEAD,

TELLING YOU YOU:

SHOULD DO SOMETHING?

ACTUALLY, NO.

WELL, I DID. AND HE TOLD ME

TO COME TO BEAUTIFUL

DOWNTOWN MIDDLEBURG.

WHAT YOU HEARD WAS

JUST DISASSOCIATION

BETWEEN THE TWO:

SIDES OF YOUR...

ALLEGED BRAIN.

NO, NO, NO. IT'S

THE SAME GUY:

THAT SINGS THOSE STUPID SONGS

YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD.

NO. THAT'S

BARRY MANILOW.

FRANCIS!

IN HERE!

HE'S IN HERE!

SEE YOU GET OUT OF

THIS ONE, HOUDINI.

FRAN, FRAN, FRAN.

THERE HE IS. LARRY HOUDINI.

I THINK THIS JOKE

HAS GONE ON LONG

ENOUGH, FRANCIS.

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

HE'S RIGHT HERE. HE'S

PLAYING A SAXOPHONE.

HE'S MOON-WALKING.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO

CALL YOUR PARENTS.

WHY ARE YOU DOING

THIS TO ME?

WHY ARE YOU PRETENDING

THAT YOU CAN'T--

SEE HIM?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO

LIE DOWN, FRANCIS?

[ Blows Whistle ]

FRANCIS?

FRANCIS! OH!

WOULD YOU SAY THAT FRANCIS

IS UNUSUALLY REBELLIOUS?

OH, NO. NOT AT ALL.

FRANCIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN

VERY MATURE FOR HER AGE.

VERY, VERY

WELL ADJUSTED.

VERY GROWN UP.

STARTING HIGH SCHOOL

CAN BE TRAUMATIC.

ESPECIALLY IF SHE

SKIPPED A GRADE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT HER YOUNGER

BROTHER HAD LEUKEMIA.

AND IT SAYS HERE

THAT HE WAS GIVEN

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS

FROM HIS SIBLING.

WELL, YES. THAT'S TRUE.

AH, BUT DARWIN IS IN REMISSION.

THE DOCTORS SAY THERE'S EVERY

HOPE FOR A COMPLETE CURE.

OH.

I'VE BEEN DEVELOPING

A THEORY:

THAT FRANCIS IS ACTING OUT,

OH, REPRESSED ANGER AT HAVING

TO DONATE HER BONE MARROW

TO SAVE HER BROTHER.

WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING.

HOWEVER IT WAS OUR ELDER SON,

BERT, ALBERT,

WHO WAS THE DONOR.

SO...?

WELL, IT WAS

JUST A THEORY.

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