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(1-ONCE UPON A TIME, ON A LOVELY EVENINGS, WE OPEN IN CYBERVILLE, A CITY THAT THEY SAY IS PLASTIC AND FAKE AND THEY LIKED IT THAT WAY, A V.R. TOWN WITHOUT PLASTIC, NOT ONE LIVING TREE, A TOWN WITHOUT NATURE, SO, WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?!... CUE THE MUSIC, LET'S SEE!... FAR OUTSIDE OF TOWN, AT THE ENDS OF TOWN, WHERE THE GRICKLE-GREEN-GRASSES GROW, AND, THE WIND ALWAYS SMELLS SLOW AND SOUR WHEN IT BLOWS, AND, NO BIRDS EVER SING, EXCEPT OLD CROWS AND PELICANS-BIRDS AND CARDINALS AND OTHER BIRDS SING IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, IT IS THE STREETS OF THE ELF-TROLLS-GUARDIANS THAT USED TO BELONG TO THEM, WHEN THEY WERE HERE FOR IT AS WELL, MANY LONG WEEKS AND YEARS AGO, AND, DEEP WITHIN THE GRICKELED-GREEN-GRASS, AND, SOME PEOPLE SAY, IF YOU LOOK DEEP WELL ENOUGH, YOU CAN STILL SEE IT, EVEN TODAY, WHERE THE LIFTED ELFS-TROLLS-GUARDIANS ONCE STOOD, JUST AS LONG AS IT COULD DO IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, BEFORE SOMEBODY LIKE THE ONCELER-WATCHERS MADE THEM GO AWAY IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, ALL OF IT WAS THERE FAULT ON HOW THIS BECAME BLEAK AND DECAY IN GREY AND WHAT NOT IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. AND, WHO WERE THEY?!... AND, WHY WAS IT THERE AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!... AND, WHY WAS IT LIFTED AWAY AND TAKEN SOMEWHERE FROM FAR ENDS OF TOWN, WHERE THE GRICKLE-GRASS GROWS?!... THE OLD ONCELER-WATCHERS STILL LIVES DOWN HERE, ASK HER ABOUT IT, SHE KNOWS, TOO. ANYWAY, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, YOU WON'T SEE THE ONCELER-WATCHERS, SO, DON'T KNOCK ON HER DOORS, AND, AS SHE STAYS IN HER LERKIN ON TOP OF HER STORES, AND, SHE LURKS IN HER LERKIN-BED-ROOM-OFFICES, COLD AND WARM IN THERE, UNDER THE ROOFS, WHERE SHE MAKES HER OWNCLOTHES OUT OF FABRIC AND OTHER THINGS IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, ON THE SPECIAL DANK AND DARK MIDNIGHTS IN MAY OR JULY, AND AS SHE PEEKS AND SHE ALWAYS LOOKS OUT OF THE SHUTTERS AND SOMETIMES, SHE SPEAKS ABOUT IT AND SHE'LL TELLS YOU ON HOW THE LIFTED ELF-TROLLS-GUARDIANS WAS LIFTED AWAY, AND, SHE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT, PERHAPS, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT IN IT AS WELL, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. THUS, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, ON THE ENDS OF A ROPE, SHE LETS DOWN A TIN PAIL-WOODEN-METAL-LIKE-BUCKET, AND, SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE TO TOSS IN 25 CENTS, AND A NAIL AND THE SHELLS OF AN OLD CRAB OR TURTLES OR GREAT-GRANDPA-SNAIL, SHE'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT HER STORIES AND TALL LEGENDS AND TALES IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, THEN, SHE PULLS UP THE PAIL AND MAKES A MOST CAREFUL AMOUNTS OF COUNTS AND TO SEE IF YOU'VE PAID HER THE PROPER AMOUNTS AND THEN, SHE HIDES ON WHAT YOU'VE PAID HER AWAY IN HER POCKETS AND BLACK-RUBBER-GLOVES'S-POCKETS, AND, IN HER SECRET STRANGE HOLES AND THEN, SHE GRUNTS, AND, SHE SAYS IN A LOUD VOICES ON SPEAKER, "I WILL CALL YOU DOWN BY MY WHISPER-MA-IPHONE ON SPEAKER, FOR THE SECRETS THAT I TELL YOU ARE FOR YOURE EARS ALONE!..." SHE REPLIED, AND, SLUPP!... SLUPP AND SLIPS DOWN THE WHISPER-MA-IPHONE-TUBE TO THE LITTLE GROUP OF A FEW KIDS'S EARS, SINCE THEY HAVE COME DOWN THROUGH A SNERGELLY HOSE, AND AS SHE SOUNDS AS IF SHE HAD SMALLISH BEES OR BUGS UP HER BUZZING NOSES, AND, SO, "NOW, I'LL TELL YOU," SHE REPLIED, WITH HER TEETH SOUNDS GREY AS SHE CLEARED HER THROATS, "ON HOW THE LIFTED ELF-TROLLS-GUARDIANS LIFTED THEMSELVES UP AND GOT TAKEN AWAY AND HOW IT WAS MY FAULT AND ALL BECAUSE OF ME, IT ALL STARTED WAYS AND WAYS BACK, SUCH A LONG, LONG WAY TIME AGO AND WAY BACK IN TIME, AS I WAS A YOUNG WOMAN OFF TO GO CHANGE THE WORLD WITH MY NEW INVENTIONS IN MY NEW SMALL-HOME-TRAILERS NEXT TO MY FAMILY'S R.V.CAMPING-LIKE-HOMES IN IT FOR IT, TOO-!..." SHE REPLIED, SMILED, FROWNED, GROANS, GROWLS, COUGHS, FROWNED, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. MEANWHILE, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, 'WAY, WAY BACK, IN THE DAYS OR NIGHTS, WHEN THE GRASSES WERE STILL GREEN, AND, THE PONDS AND LAKES AND RIVERS WERE STILL WET WITH WATERS AND SEAS RUNNING LIKE COLD BLUES SKIES IN THE SKIES, THE CLOUDS WERE STILL CLEAN AND DUSTY AND THE SONGS OF THE BIRDS AND SWANS RANG OUT IN TIME AND SPACE, AMD, ONE WARM MORNING, I CAME TO THIS GLORIOUS PLACES AND AT FIRST, I SAW THE GLOWING-RAINBOW-TREES! THE TRUFFY-RAINBOW-GLOWING-COLORFUL-TREES, THAT THE BRIGHT COLORFUL TUFFS AND WOOD WAS JUST ON WHAT I NEEDED FOR MY TOYS AND INVENTIONS, AND, MILES AFTER MILES IN THE FRESH MORNING BREEZES, AND, UNDER THE TREES, IN THE WOODS, I SAW THE BLACK AND BROWN AND WHITE BEARS FRISKING AND PLAYING AND DANCING ABOUT UNDER THE SHADES OF THE WOODS, AND, AS THEY ATE THE FRUITS AND VEGGIES FROM THE GLOWING-FLOWER-GARDENS RIGHT NEXT TO OUR BEAUTIFUL WOODS AND HOMES, FROM THE RIPPULOUS PONDS AND LAKES CAME THE COMFORTABLE SOUNDS OF THE HUMMINGBIRDS AND HUMMING-FISHES AND FROGS AND TOADS AND CROCODILES AND MONKEYS PLAYING AND DANCING AND SPLASHING AND RALXING AROUND IN THE WARM WATERS OF IT, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. ANYWAY, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, BUT, SADLY, YET, IT WAS THOSE TREES, THOSE GLOWING-RAINBOW-COLORFUL-SHINY-GEMS IN STONES AND SHINY-SPARKLY-COLORFUL-GLOWING-GREEN-PALM-TREES, ALL OF MY LIFE, I'D BEEN SEARCHING FOR TREES AND COOLS COMMON GEMS SUCH AS THESE, AND, THE TOUCH OF THEIR TUFFS WAS MUCH SOFTER THAN SILK AND FABRIC, AND, THAT THEY HAD SUCH A SWEET SMELLS OF COW'S MILK AND BUTTERFLY'S MILK, AND, I HAD A GREAT LEAPING OF JOY IN MY HEART, AND, I KNEW JUST ON WHAT TO DO, SO, I UNLOADED THE THINGS AWAY FROM MY CART-RED-GARDEN-WAGONS, WHILE SINGING AND HUMMING OLD AND TO NEW SONGS OF THE SOUTH AND NORTH THAT I KNEW ABOUT THEM FOR IT IN IT AS WELL, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. ANYWAY, AS TIME KEEPS ON BY, IN NO TIME AT ALL, I HAD ALREADY BUILT A SMALL SHOP-CAFE-LIKE-INN-STORE WITH SOME HELP, AND, THEN, I CHOPPED DOWN ONE TREE WITH AN SHARPY SILVER AXE, THAT HELPED ME TO MAKE MY NEW TOYS AND PUPPETS AND INVENTIONS FROM CHOPPING DOWN JUST ONE TREE FROM THE GLOWING-RAINBOW-SHINY-COLORFUL-TREES IN THE GLOWING-GARDENS OF OLD IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, WITH GREAT-SKILLFUL-SKILLS AND WITH GREAT SPEEDY-SPEEDS, I TOOK THE SOFT-TUFTS AND WOOD AND I USED IT FOR CLOTHES AND TOYS AND THINGS THAT EVERYBODY WOULD NEED FROM THEM IN IT, FOR IT IN IT AS WELL, AND, I BEGAN TO WORK ON MY INVENTIONS AND BOOKS AND THINGS AND WHAT NOT FOR IT IN IT AS WELL, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. MEANWHILE, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING ON BY, THE INSTANT THAT I'D FINISHED MAKING MY FIRST INVENTIONS BY HANDS, I OVER-HEARD A VERY LOUD GA-THUMP, AND, I LOOKED AROUND, WHILE I WAS BUSY WORKING IN MY OFFICE ON MY NEW STUFF IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, I SAW SOMETHING POP OUT OF THE STUMPS OF THE TREE THAT THAT I HAD JUST CHOPPED DOWN FROM IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, IT WAS SORT OF LIKE MEN AND WOMEN AND, HOW TO DESCRIBE ALL OF THEM, THAT'S REALLY HARD, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I CAN, THEY WERE SHORTISH AND TALLISH IN ALL SIZES COMBINED AND OLDISH AND BROWNISH AND PALE-ISH AND MOSSY AND THEY SPOKE WITH A VERY LOUD VOICES THAT WAS SHARPISH AND BOSSY AND SOUNDED LIKE MUSICAL ORGANS COMING FROM OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS TO ME, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. "HEY, MISSY!..." THEY ASKED ME, WITH THE VERY SAW-DUSTY SNEEZE, AS THEY CLEARED THEIR THROATS AND SAYS, "WE ARE THE GUARDIANS OF THIS ENCHANTED WOODS! AND, WE SPEAK FOR THE FLOWERS AND THE TREES, FOR THEY HAVE NO TONGUES AND, I'M ASKING YOU KIND YOUNG LADY, AT THE VERY TOPS OF MY LUNGS-!... WHAT IS THAT THING THAT YOU HAVE JUST MADE FROM THOSE TREES IN OUR BEAUTIFUL GARDENS!?!..." THEY KINDLY ASKED ME, AND, I TOLD THEM KINDLY, "LOOK OVER HERE, GUARDIANS, THERE'S NO CAUSES FOR ALARM!... I JUST CHOPPED DOWN ONE TREE! I AM DOING IT NO HARM!... I'M BEING QUITE USEFUL AND THIS THING IS A FINE-INVENTION-THING-FOR-ALL-PEOPLE-OF-MINE-WILL-NEED!... IT CAN BE A TOY OR A PUPPET OR A SCARF OR A SHIRT OR PANTS OR GLOVES OR A HAT THAT EVERYBODY LOVES, FROM IT FOR IT IN IT, TOO! BUT, SADLY, IT HAS OTHER USES FOR IT! YEAH, WAY FAR BEYOND THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT FOR CARPETS OR STAIRS OR SHEETS OR CURTAINS OR COVERS FOR BICYCLE-SHEETS-!..." THEN, THE GUARDIANS CHUCKLED AND LAUGHED AND MOCKED ABOUT IT, "MADAM, YOU ARE VERY CRAZY WITH GREED! THERE IS NOE ONE ON EARTH WHO WOULD BUY THOSE INVENTIONS THAT YOU THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS FROM IT FOR IT IN IT, TOO!..." THEY SAID, AND, SO, BUT, SADLY, IN THE GOOD NICKELS-NICKS OF TIMES, I PROVED THAT SHE WAS WRONG IN SONGS, FOR JUST THAT VERY ONE MOMENT OR MINUTE, A YOUNG CHAPS OF KIDS AND PEOPLE HAD CAME ALONG, AND, THEY THOUGHT THAT IT LOOKED NICE AND WAS GREAT AND THAT THEY ALL BOUGHT IT FOR AT LEAST, THREE-HUNDRED-AND-NINETY-EIGHT-DOLLARS AND CENTS FOR IT, AND, I LAUGHED AND MOCKED AND SAYS TO THE POOR GUARDIANS, "YOU POOR SIMPLE AND STUPID GUYS AND GALS, YOU NEVER CAN TELL ON WHAT SOME RICH PEOPLE WILL BUY! HEH HEH!..." I REPLIED, AND, I WENT STRAIGHT BACK TO WORK AND TO MY IPHONES IN MY OFFICE AND, AFTER THE CUSTOMERS BOUGHT WHAT THEY WANTED FROM ME AND WALKED AWAY FROM IT FOR IT IN IT AS WELL, AND, "I REPEAT! WE SPEAK FOR THE TREES-!..." CRIED OUT THE GUARDIANS REPEATEDLY TO ME, AND, I SAID, "I'M BUSY HERE! SO, SHUT UP, IF YOU PLEASE!..." I REPLIED, AND, I RUSHED ACROSS THE ROOMS AND TRIED TO GRAB MY IPHONE, BUT, SOME OF THE GUARDIANS WERE TRYING TO SPEAK OUT TO ME AND LET ME HEAR THEM OUT AND STOP ME, BUT, IT WAS NO USE FOR THEM, AND, SO, FINALLY, I GRABBED IT AND TOOK IT BACK AND AWAY FROM ONE OF THE SMALL GUARDIANS, AND, IN NO TIME AT ALL, I CALLED ON DOWN TO MY ROBOTS IN CYBERVILLE-TOWN, AND, I TOLD THEM, "LISTEN HERE! HERE'S A WONDERFUL IDEA FOR EVERYBODY TO GET RICH, EVEN FOR MY FAMILIES AND ME! GET OVER HERE FAST! AND TAKE THE ROADS DOWN AND UP ON NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST ROADS TO THEM IN IT! DELIVER THEM THESE ITEMS AND TO OTHERS ACROSS ALL OVER TOWN IN IT! TURN RIGHT AND THEN, TURN LEFT FROM IT FOR IT IN IT AND GET BACK TO WORK! WE'RE ALL GONNA BE RICH! HEH HEH!..." THEN, I HUNG UP THE IPHONES AND LOOKED BACK THE GUARDIANS WHO GAVE ME AN ANGRY-LIKE-LOOKS AT ME, "SO, WHAT?!... I'M GONNA NEED A LOT OF THEM TO HELP ME FOR IT! SO, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!..." AND, IN NO GOOD OR BAD TIMES AT ALL, I HAD THEM BUILT ME MY NEW HOME-SWEET-FANCY-PRETTY-HOMES-FACTORIES AND THE WHOLE ROBOTIC-ONCELER-WATCHERS'S FAMILIES WERE BUSY WORKING AND INVENTING AND JUST BEING AS LIKE BUSY AS BEES IN A BEE-HIVE MAKING HONEY FOR THEM AND ME, AND, TO SOUNDS OF THE CHOPPING OF THE GLOWING-RAINBOW-COLORFUL-SHINY-SPARKLY-TREES, AND, THEN, OH, DID MY BUSINESS DID GROW AND GLOW AND NOW, JUST CHOPPING DOWN ONE TREE AT A TIME WAS TOO VERY SLOW, AND, SO, I HAD MY ROBOTS AND ANDROIDS TO BUILD AND TO INVENT THE SUPER-AXE-SILVER-WHACKER-HACKER-SMACKER, WHICH WHACKED OFF FOUR TO FIVE OR SIX TREES AT A TIME WITH ONE CHOP AND WE WERE BUSY MAKING AND INVENTING TOYS AND THINGS AND OTHER STUFF AND FOUR OR FIVE TIMES AS FAST AS BEFOREHANDS, AND, THE GUARDIANS?!... WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?!... WELL, THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP AT MY FANCY SPARKLY-GLOWING-GREEN-DOORS ANYMORE, AND, SO, BUT, SADLY, THE VERY NEXT MORNINGS AND WEEKS AGO, THEY CAME BACK AS THEY POUNDED AND KNOCKED ON MY BEAUTIFUL GREEN DOORS IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. THEY SNAPPED AND POUTED, "WE ARE THE GUARDIANS WHO SPEAKS FOR THE ANIMALS, FLOWERS AND TREES OF THESE ENCHANTED GARDENS, IN WHICH YOU SEEM TO BE COPPING DOWN AS FAST AS YOU COULD DO AND PLEASE WITH IT!... BUT, SADLY, WE ARE ALSO IN CHARGE OF WATCHING OVER THE BIRDS AND ANIMALS WHO LIVES IN THESE ENCHANTED SPARKLY-GLOWING-RAINBOWS-GREEN-GARDENS WHO USED TO PLAY AND DANCE AND SING AND RELAX IN THE SHADES OF THOSE TREES, FLOWERS AND GRASSES, AND WHAT NOT, TOO! NOW, THANKS TO YOUR HACKINGS AND SMACKINGS OUR TREES AND THINGS TO GROUNDS, AND, HARVESTING ALL OF THE PLANTS AND FOODS TO GO AROUND, NOW, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FRUITS OR VEGGIES FOR THEM TO EAT IN IT, TOO! AND, NOW, OUR POOR ANIMALS AND BIRDS AND WOODLAND CREATURES WILL HAVE TO GO WALK AND LIVE SOMEPLACE ELSE WITH GAS AND CRUMMIES IN THEIR TUMMIES! NO THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR SILLY IMAGINARY READERS WHO DIDN'T HELP THEM OR CARE FOR THEM AT ALL FOR IT IN IT, TOO!..." THEY REPLIED QUITE SADLY, "THEY LOVED LIVING HERE, BUT, SADLY, NOW, WE CAN'T LET THEM ALL STAY HERE, THEY'LL HAVE TO FIND FOOD AND SHELTER ELSEWHERE, AND, WE HOPE THAT THEY MAY DO IN IT FOR IT, TOO!... SO, GOOD LUCK BOYS AND GALS!..." THEY CRIED OUT SADLY TO THEM, WAVING GOOD-BYE AS THEY ALL WALKED AWAY AND THEY SENT THEM ON THEIR WAYS TO A NEW HOME IN ANEW WOODS FAR, FAR, AWAY FROM HERE, AND, AS I AS THE ONCELER-WATCHERS FELT SAD AND SORRY FOR ALL OF THEM, AND, BUT, SADLY, BUSINESS IS BUSINESS AND BUSINESS MUST GROW, AND, REGARDLESS OF CRUMMIES IN TUMMIES AND OTHER WORRIES TO WORRY ABOUT THEM IN IT FOR IT, YA KNOW, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. THUS, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, I MEANT THEM NO HARM, I MOST TRULY DID NOT, BUT, SADLY, I HAD TO GROW BIGGER BUSINESS IN THINGS LIKE THESE ONES, AND, SO, THE BIGGER THINGS THAT I MADE IN IT FOR IT, THE BIGGER IT GOT, AND, SO, I BIGGERED MY FACTORIES, I BIGGERED THE TOWNS AND ROADS AND BUILDINGS AND I BIGGERED THE WAGONS AND BIGGERED THE LOADS OF THE TOYS AND BOOKS AND PUPPETS THAT WAS ONCE MADE BY HANDS, AND, NOW, IT HAD BEEN MADE BY ROBOTIC HANDS WORKING DAYS AND NIGHTS BY THE LOST LOTS OF THEM, AND, I SHIPPED ALL OF THEM OUT TO MY PEOPLE IN TOWN, AND, I WAS SHIPPING THEM ALL OUT INTO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST AND WEST AND I WENT RIGHT ON BIGGERING AND BUYING MORE THINGS FOR ME AND SELLING MORE TOYS AND PUPPETS AND CLOTHES AND SCARVES AND THINGS THAT EVERYBODY NEEDED FROM IT FOR IT IN IT AS WELL, AND, I BIGGERED MY MONEY AND STUFF AND WHICH I NEEDED AND EVERYONE ELSE NEEDED FOR ME AND US IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, TOO. THUS, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, THEN, THEY CAME BACK AGAIN, WITH MORE COMPLAINTS THROUGH THEIR MAILS AND LETTERS THAT I WAS CHECKING FROM MY FAN MAILS AND LETTERS THAT I GOT FROM PEOPLE ABOUT MY STUFF AND CHECKING AND PAYING THE BILLS AND FIXING THE PIPES AND WHEN THOSE OLD NUISANCES, THE GUARDIANS CAME BACK, WITH MORE COMPLAINTS AND GRIPINGS ABOUT THEIR VILLAGES AND ENCHANTED GARDENS OF LATE, "WE ARE THE GUARDIANS-! ONCELER-WATCHER! ONCELER-WATCHER! YOU'RE MAKING SUCH A SMOGULOUS SMOKES! MY POOR BIRDS AND SWANS AND OTHER WOODLAND CREATURES! WHY, THEY CAN'T EVEN SING A GOOD TUNES OR A WHISTLES OR A NOTES! NOBODY CAN SING OR HUM OR WHISTLE FOR WHOM HAS SMOGS IN THEIR THROATS! AND, SO, PLEASE PARDON OUR COUGHS! THEY CANNOT LIVE HERE! SO, WE'RE SENDING THEM ALL OFF TO A BETTER PLACES THAN THIS PLACE, NOW! WHERE WILL THEY GO!?! I DON'T HOPEFULLY KNOW! THEY MAY HAVE TO FLY FOR A MONTH OR YEAR OR SO! TO ESCAPE AWAY FROM THE TRAPS AND TRICKS AND SMOGS THAT YOU'VE FOOLS HAVE SMOGGED UP AROUND HERE!..."-THEY CRIED OUT, AGAIN, WITH A CRUFFULOUS CROAKS AS THEY SNEEZED AND WHEEZED AND WIFFED AND COUGHED AND MOCKED AND SNIFFED AND CHUCKLED AND SIGHS SADLY IN NO RELIEFS AT ALL, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. "WHAT'S MORE-! LET ME SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE GLUPPITY-GLOOP! YOUR MACHINERYS AND INVENTIONS CHUGS ON DAYS AND NIGHTS WITHOUT STOP! IT'S NOT HELPING US OR THEM TO SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT! AND, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THIS LEFT-OVER GOO!?! WHY, IT'S MAKING A MESS! WE'LL SHOW YOU, YOU DIRTY-MEANY-OLE-ONCELER-WATCHER-YOU!!..."-THEY SNAPPED AS THEY REPLIED WITH A FROWN, VERY ANGRILY AND COUGHED AND SNEEZED AND FELT SORRY FOR US MORE OR LESS THAN I DID FOR THEM, AS THEIR DANDERS AND TIME WERE UP AND IN NEED OF FIXING IT AND THEY DID IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, SO, THEN, "ALSO, YOU'RE GLUMPING AND GLOOPING THE PONDS AND LAKES AND RIVERS WHERE THE FISHES AND FROGS AND TOADS AND CROCODILES ONCE LIVED IN IT FOR IT, TOO! NO MORE CAN THEY WHISTLE OR SING OR HUM, FOR THEIR GILLS AND VOICES WERE ALL GUMMED UP AND SO, WE'RE SENDING THEM OFF-! OH, THEIR FUTURES IS DREAD-FULLY-DREARY! THEY'LL HAVE TO WALK ON THEIR FINS AND GET WOE-FULLY-WEARY, IN SEARCH OF NEW PLACES TO LIVE IN AND AT OF SOME WATERS THAT ISN'T ALWAYS SO SMEARY AND COLD OR GLOOPYS AND GLUMMY, TOO!..." THEY CONTINUED ON FOR IT, AND TOLD ME AS THEY WERE DONE FOR IN IT AS WELL, AND, I GOT MAD AT ALL OF THEM, AND, AS WE ARGUED ON AND ON, WITHOUT NON-STOP, AND YELLING AND ARGUING WITH THEM AS THEY ARGUED BACK AT ME, AND, THEN, PRECISELY, AT THOSE VERY MOMENTS, WE HEARD A VERY LOUD WHACK, FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR WINDOWS, IN THE FLOWERS-FIELDS OF THE ENCHANTED WOODS AND ENCHANTED GARDENS, THE GEMS FROM THE STONES WERE STOLEN AWAY BY DR.SOUTH WHO SNEERED AND SKULKED WITH A FROWN AND A GRIN AS SHE QUICKLY RAN AWAY WITH THE GARDEN-GEMS THAT MADE THE GLOWING-TREES AND FLOWERS TO GLOW, AND, SO, WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AS WE FREAKED OUT ABOUT IT, AND, WE ARGUED ABOUT IT, WE HAD TO STOP HER, BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE, AND, AFTER WE HEARD THE LAST TREES AND FLOWERS WITHIN THOSE WOODS AND GARDENS FALL IN IT FROM WITHIN IT AS WELL, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. THUS, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, THERE WAS NO MORE GLOWING TREES OR GLOWING COLORFUL SHINY FLOWERS, OR COMMON-GLOWING-COLORFUL-RAINBOW-SHINY-GEMS, NO MORE TOYS OR PUPPETS OR THINGS TO MAKE IN IT, SO, IN NO TIME AT ALL, ALL OF MY ROBOTS AND ANDORIDS WERE LOW ON POWER IN BATTERIES AND THEY WENT BACK TO REST IN THEIR CHAMBER-TUBES IN THE BASEMENTS IN MY FACTORIES DOWNSTAIRS AND I TRIED TO STOP THEM, BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE, BUT, SADLY, IT ALREADY WAS IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, THEY ALL WAVED GOOBYE AND GOOD-NIGHT TO ME, AND, THEY JUMPED THOSE CHAMBERS-TUBES AND THEY SLEPT AWAY THE NIGHTS IN THEM FOR IT IN IT, UNDERNEATH ALL OF THE STARS AT NIGHT AT HOME, AND, NOW, ALL OF THAT WAS LEFT UNDERNEATH THE BAD-SMELLY-SMOKES IN THE SKIES, IT WAS JUST MY BIG-FANCY-FACTORIES AND FANCY-HOMES AND THE ELF-TROLLS-GUARDIANS AND I JUST STANDING THERE, WATCHING AND WAITING AND WAVING GOODBYE BACK TO THEM AS WELL, TOO. MEANWHILE, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, AS THE ELF-TROLLS-ANGELIC-LIKE-GUARDIANS SAID NOTHING, THEY JUST GAVE ME A QUICK GLANCE AND AS THEY LIFTED THEMSELVES UP AND AWAY INTO THE WIND THROUGH THE AIR, AND, BY THE SEATS OF THEIR SEATS THAT THEY SAT DOWN ON THEM, AND, LIKE BEING LIFTED UP IN AN ELEVATOR IN MY OWN BUILDINGS-FACTORIES, THEY WERE GONE, JUST LIKE THAT, WHEN THEY HEISTED THEMSELVES UP AND TOOK LEAVE OF THIS PLACES, THROUGH A HOLE IN THE SMOGGY-SMOKES, WITHOUT LEAVING A TRACE, AND, ALL OF THAT WAS LEFT OF THEM, DOWN HERE IN THIS MESS THAT I MADE AND IT WAS ALL MY FAULT AND BECAUSE OF ME, THEY'RE GONE, AND, IT WAS A SMALL PILES OF ROCKS AND, WITH ONE WORD SAYING "UNLESS!..." WHATEVER THAT MEANT, WELL, I JUST COULDN'T GUESS IT, BUT, SADLY, THAT WAS A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, AND, WEEKS AGO FOR THEM AND ME, AND, BUT, SADLY, EACH DAYS AND NIGHTS, I'VE SAT HERE AND WORRIED AND WORRIED AWAY, WHILE MY BUILDINGS HAVE FALLEN APART AND NOW, I'VE WORRIED ABOUT IT WITH ALL OF MY HEART!...', "BUT, NOW!..."-SAYS THE ONCELER-WATCHERS WHO WAS STILL SITTING DOWN ON HER BED NEAR THE WINDOWS, TALKING DOWN TO ALL OF THEM ABOUT IT, AND, SO, "NOW, THAT YOU'RE HERE!... THE WORDS OF THEM SEEMS PERFECTLY CLEAR! UNLESS SOMEBODY LIKE YOU WHO CARES A WHOLE AWEFUL LOT, NOTHING IS GOING TO BE OR GET BETTER FOR IT! NOPE, IT'S NOT!..." SHE REPLIED, "SO, CATCH IT! ITS THE LAST OF THE TREES'S SEEDS AND FLOWERS'S SEEDS! ITS'S THE LAST ONES OF ALL! NOW, YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THE LAST OF THE SEEDS OF ALL! PLANT THOSE SEEDS! MAKE THEM CARE ABOUT NATURE AGAIN! TREAT IT WITH CARE AND GIVE IT CLEAN WATER! AND FEED IT WITH FRESH AIR, GROW A FOREST OR A GARDEN OF YOUR OWN BACK AT HOME, AND, PROTECT IT FROM AXES OR BOTTLES THAT MAYBE COMING INTO HACK AND SPRAY BACK AT IT FOR IT, TOO! THEN, MAYBE, JUST MAYBE THE GUARDIANS AND WOODLAND CREATURES AND OTHER SEAS CREATURES AND ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES MIGHT COME BACK TO IT, TOO!..."-SHE SAID AS SHE SMILED, FROWNED, SIGHS SADLY IN RELIEF, FROWNED, CHUCKLES, SMILED, AND, AS SHE CALLS OUT TO THEM, AND, THEY DID CAUGHT IT, AND, SHE LET SOMETHING FALL DOWN FOR THEM TO CATCH IT, IT WAS A SEED FOR THEM TO PLANT BACK AT HOME FOR ALL OF THEM, THE MAYOR-MEN AND MINIONS OF THE EVIL DR.SOUTH WHO WAS THE EVIL PRESIDENT OF THEIR TOWNS, THEY STOPPED THEM AND THEY DEFEATED THEM, THE GEMS WERE RETURNED BACK TO THEIR PLACES IN THE STONES OF THE GARDENS AND THE PLANTS AND FLOWERS AND TREES STARTED TO REGROW AGAIN AND THE WOODLAND CREATURES CAME BACK AND, SO DID ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME INTO FIND NEW HOMES RIGHT NEXT TO THEM, AND, BY SINGING SONGS FROM THEIR HEARTS AND THROATS AND THEY JUST LET IT ALL OUT AND THEY LET THOSE GARDENS GROW IN THEIR OWN GARDENS BACK AT HOME, AND, AS FOR THE OTHERS THEY STARTED TO COME BACK HOME, FOR THEY WERE BACK AT HOME, THEY SAVED IT, AND, AS FOR THE ONCELER-WATCHER, WHO ALWAYS KNEW AND FELT LIKE THAT SHE WAS ALWAYS AT HER NEW HOME SWEET HOME AWAY FROM HOME, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. THUS, IN THE END, THEN, AND, FROM THOSE DAYS AND NIGHTS, FORWARDS, AND, AS THE GARDENS WERE SAVED AND GEMS SECURED AND THE VILLAINS WERE STOPPED, ALL THANKS TO ALL OF THEM WHO DID IT, TOGETHER FOR IT IN IT AS WELL, AND, BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT THERE AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. THUS, IN THE END, THEN, THEY ALL STILL LIVED HAPPILY EVER, EVER, AFTER ALL AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO.

GAME OVER. THE END.

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