The man in the suit with the briefcase had time on his hands.
His next customer had cancelled on him at the last minute. As he had time to kill before the next appointment he decided to take a casual stroll through the neighbourhood. He hadn’t got very far before coming across a very strange sign on a front lawn that read ‘Cosmic Surprise Sold Here’. He stood gazing at it for a while, full of curiosity. Stranger still was the fact that it seemed to be scribbled in a child’s hand.
After checking the time again, he decided to go up to the house to find out what it meant. He knocked at the door and waited. After a while the door was opened by a young girl. She gave a very grown-up smile and said “Hello, can I help you?”
He was rather taken aback, but managed to say “I saw your sign.”
She looked past him and nodded. “Yes?”
“Did you write it?”
“I did, yes.”
“Well, I was just wondering what it meant.”
She looked surprised and said “Just what it says.”
“But it says you are selling a Cosmic Surprise.”
“That’s right. Are you interested at all?”
The man considered for a moment. His inquisitiveness was certainly running high and he wanted to know more. He nodded and said “Yes. All right.”
She led the way down the hall and into a sitting room. She pointed at a couch and said “Please sit here. I’ll be back in a moment.”
He had just made himself comfortable when she appeared in the doorway wearing big leather gloves and holding a rod that was glowing bright purple. She was saying “Head up a little more please.”
Just as he looked up there was a brilliant flash that sent him reeling. It seemed to have thrown him off the couch. He was on the floor, scrambling to his feet.
He was rubbing his eyes and staggering a little.
“What the hell was that?” he shouted.
“I gave you what you wanted. Do you have a Seniors Card?”
“No. I don’t.”
“Full price then. That’ll be three dollars.”
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