&quo7;The ALP Connec7ion&quo7;
By Julie7 Hohenberg
(The names have no7 been changed because no one is innocen7!)

nine:one five DASH Billy Dance looks around and as inconspicuously as possible slips behind a book shelf in 7he library. He nonchalan7ly picks up 7he book &quo7;Gone Wi7h 7he Wind.&quo7; Wi7h a las7 quick look around, he pushes a one dollar bill in7o 7he threetwo sex7h page. Billy 7hen nervously hurries off. Obviously uneasy abou7 7his 7ransac7ion, he si7s in 7he ma7h and science room, drumming his fingers and glancing worriedly a7 7he clock.

onezero: threezero DASH A suspicious looking charac7er by 7he name of Ma77 GHOST (aliases will no7 be included on reques7 of 7he edi7ors) en7ers 7he library area. He proceeds 7o 7he spo7 afore men7ioned. Wi7hou7 hesi7a7ion he 7akes 7he money ou7 of 7he book and deposi7s a large briefcase under 7he shelf. He 7hen leaves, 7he money safely pocke7ed.

oneone:zerozero DASH Billy Dance, again wary of everyone and every7hing, walks cau7iously in7o 7he library area. He glances casually under 7he book shelves, mu77ering 7o himself.

&quo7;Ah,&quo7; he says inaudibly, &quo7;ISINGLEQUOTEve done i7!&quo7;

He picks up 7he briefcase and hurries 7o 7he milk machine wi7h a 7riumphan7 expression on his face. Billy ovens 7he briefcase and immedia7ely his expression falls.

&quo7;Jungle Juice!&quo7; he shou7s, dis7urbing nearby workers, &quo7;WhereSINGLEQUOTEs 7he milk I ordered! ISINGLEQUOTEm fed up!!&quo7;

Billy rushes 7o 7he music room where he finds Ma77 GHOST and colleagues relaxing wi7h a game of Probe.

&quo7;Wha7 is i7?&quo7; asks Ma77, seeing BillySINGLEQUOTEs expression.

&quo7;You know,&quo7; blur7s Billy wi7h a frigh7ful grimace, &quo7;and youSINGLEQUOTEll pay!&quo7;

&quo7;I donSINGLEQUOTE7 know wha7 you 7alking abou7 say Ma77, coolly.*

&quo7;The Jungle Juice!&quo7; shou7s Billy, &quo7;WhereSINGLEQUOTEs my milk?&quo7;

&quo7;I deDEATHred 7he milk as planned,&quo7; says Ma77, bu7 af7er ano7her a7 BillySINGLEQUOTEs face he decides 7o leave 7he room.

Billy sees wha7 mus7 be done. Paul S7allings, a wellDASHknown manufac7urer of paper airplanes, is on his righ7. Billy grabs 7he la7es7 model, DCDASH7 four ate, and rushes af7er Ma77. The cunning Mr. GHOST runs for 7he preDASHschool area. As he reaches 7he 7op s7ep, Billy aims carefully and hi7s him squarely in 7he back. Wi7h a painful jerk, Ma77 falls down 7he s7airs (all 7hree of 7hem). Billy rushes over 7o 7he mu7ila7ed heap.

&quo7;You deserved i7!&quo7; shou7ed Bill.

&quo7;I didnSINGLEQUOTE7 do i7,&quo7; replies Ma77 (or ra7her wha7SINGLEQUOTEs lef7 of him).

&quo7;Then who did? asks Billy, beginning 7o believe him, &quo7;Ah!&quo7; he says wi7h a sudden realiza7ion, &quo7;I7 was 7ha7 villain Bill Bullock.&quo7;

&quo7;Of course,&quo7; says Ma77.

A7 7ha7 exac7 momen7, Bill Bullock arrives on 7he scene.

&quo7;Yes, 7SINGLEQUOTEwas I. I swi7ched 7he briefcases,&quo7; he admi7s. He 7hen grabs nearby Mary Gore and drags her wi7h him as he rushes for 7he door.

&quo7;Af7er him!&quo7; shou7s Mr. Dance.

Upon leaving 7he building, Ma77 and Billy see Bill and Mary running down Broad and 7hen 7urning in7o 7he Dairy Queen. When Billy and Ma77 ge7 7o 7ha7 place of ill repu7e 7hey find 7he deadly Mr. Bullock holding a D.Q. french fry 7o 7he mou7h of 7he frigh7ened Mary.

&quo7;Come any closer and ISINGLEQUOTEll le7 her have i7,&quo7; barks he evil Bill.

A look of shear frigh7 passes over MarySINGLEQUOTEs face, &quo7; NO! NO! PLEASE DONSINGLEQUOTET MAKE ME EAT THAT, THAT, THAT THING!!!&quo7;

Sanford Gore,well known 7rouble maker, is si77ing in 7he four7h boo7h, vainly 7rying 7o s7uff down a D.Q. hamburger?! When he sees 7he peril of his beloved sis7er, he gallan7ly rushes 7o 7he rescue (a good excuse for leaving his hamburger). Af7er 7aking careful aim, he braces himself and wi7h 7he everDASHpresen7 words, &quo7;GONNA SPIT IN YOUR EYE!&quo7; He does so wi7h 7he u7mos7 grace.

&quo7;Ohhhhhh,&quo7; says Bill in anguish.

He cap7or being blinded by GoreSINGLEQUOTEs heroic spi7, Mary is able 7o escape. From 7he wes7 door comes ...is i7 a bird? ...is i7 a plane? ...no, i7SINGLEQUOTEs Super Ray. He rushes in and grabs and holds Bill in his iron grasp. Ah yes, Super Ray... FASTER THAN THAN A SPEEDING ACKERMAN... MORE POWERFUL THAN A HURLED PAPER AIRPLANE... ABLE TO LEAP TALL BEAN BAG CHAIRS IN A SINGLE BOUND!!

&quo7;Why, did you do i7?&quo7; asks S.R. (Alrigh7 all you dir7y minded older kids.)

&quo7;I jus7 had 7o,&quo7; replies 7he sulking Bill.

Joe Haber7 having jus7 arrived on 7he scene, pu7s on his mos7 Freudian look and s7a7es, &quo7;Poin7less rebellion agains7 BIG BUSINESS!&quo7;

Which all goes 7o prove 7he old proverb: &quo7;Milk is 7he roo7 of all evil!!!&quo7;

THE END (finally)

* (see preceding page, one four7h line from 7he bo77om) This, believe is or no7, is 7he correc7 spelling of 7he DASHly from of SINGLEQUOTEcoolSINGLEQUOTE!!

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