SERIALIZATION OF “the Zany Time Travels of Warble McGorkle” – Chapter 6 of 61
Warble Imitates Fred’s Imitation of Marlon
Have you seen the scene at the end of “Streetcar Named Desire” where Marlon Brando yells out, “Stella! Stella!”?
If not, then surely you’ve seen an episode or two of the Flintstones where Fred imitates Marlon and yells out “Wilma! Wilma!”
If you’re familiar with neither, you may as well close up this book and chuck it on the sofa, or better yet donate it to someone who will read and understand it, such as to your local insane asylum or something, because you won’t get much out of it if you’re not familiar with basic American culture (classic movies and TV shows, for example).
In any case (for those of you still reading, as opposed to those who are wondering if they can find their receipt and get a refund for this book), Warble imitates Fred imitating Marlon and yells out, “Mary! Mary!”
Warble’s wife soon comes out of the house, wiping her hands on her apron (she had been making apple pies). As you probably guessed, she’s more your Barbara Billingsley/June Cleaver type than, say, Lady Gag-me-with-a-spoon or whatever her name is.
Warble waves her over. He wants Mary to see the Arodnap. As she walks up, though, Warble pulls his cell phone out of his shirt pocket and, without introducing Mary to Comfy and Albert or vice versa, walks a few steps away from the group.
Now that he knows how to pilot the Arodnap, Warble has a plan, and is itching to implement it.
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