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     "Okay, hold that cord right there..."
     Laurie carefully balances herself on the ladder, holding a string
of Christmas lights up as Amy adjusts them on the branches.  They've
been working on the tree for the past hour, Laurie on the step-ladder
and Amy floating in mid-air.  For various reasons, no one has been able
to work on the tree until now, which is why it's still missing the rest
of the decorations.
     "Okay, let me get over on the other side and secure the cord over
there."  Laurie nods as Amy floats up and over her, then back down to
the tree, where she fiddles with the cord some more.
     A few moments later, she floats back a few feet to inspect her
handywork.  "There.  The lights are all done."
     Suddenly, the lights goes out.
     "Just kidding," Max says as he turns them back on again.
     "Wiseguy," Amy smirks as she floats down to the floor.  "You're
lucky you turned them back on -- the Reader's here," she says, pointing
at you.  "Hey, guys!  The Reader's here!"
     "Really?"  "Already?"  "That was fast."  "Yeah.  I wanted that
free pizza..."  "Dowh!"
     Rebecca, Courtney, Gary, Jeff, Marc, and Rob run into the room
and take up their positions next to Amy and Laurie.  Amazingly enough,
the tree is still fairly visible despite the large group of people
standing right in front of it.
     "Okay, guys," Rebecca whispers.  "Just like we rehearsed it...
One... Two... Three..."

               "MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!"

     "How was that?"
     "Shh!  The camera's still on."
     "Oh, sorry..."


                    The Author, Muse, and Characters
                                   of
                        Fourth Wall Productions
                                wish you
                         A Happy Holiday Season
                                  and
                           An Excellent 1997!


--
Mike Escutia - mre@hopper.unh.edu - http://www.eyrie.org/~ergh/
"So don't slow down, / The wheels are turning, / The fire's burning in us
now / Don't slow down, / Don't lose the magic, / We've come too far to turn
back now." -- Mr. Mister, "Don't Slow Down"