Date: May 24th, 2014 10:04 PM Author: NeumannMorgenste
{standing at hastily assembled podium and wooden stage, the gargantuan head of the murderous wood-cutter in the foreground, his body extending outward into the crowd, gathered toward the stage on either side of their once-great nemesis}
"Did we kill the Lumberjack?"
{shouts of "aye!" from the crowd}
"Yes, we did."
{Cheers}
"Gentlemen. Please. Did we kill the lumberjack? Yes, we did. But we did not do so lightly."
{In the distance, the bellowing of a mighty ox sounds -- camera turns; in far-off background, right, the fifty-ton beast companion can be seen struggling against massive ropework bindings; men heave and pull to keep Babe down}
"No. We did not do this lightly. In fact, I speak to you now with a heavy heart. For Paul Bunyan was a great man."