From the puppet journal of Shifty Jim: Oh, I know they're watching. I see their skittering face face faces and hear their blinkety lids. Blink clink. They know what they want and they know just what I needs! Calm down. Calm it down. Calmsies, smoothy. Furry puppy goody okay okay now . . . Ball ball ball ball to more! We'll show em! Today I saw a plane and train in BALL TO MORE! WATCHING ME! THEY WERE WATCHING ME! . . . Numbers! Power in numbers! We'll show them what's what. Gotta pull it ALL together. See what Tee Vee guide's REALLY saying! Gotta learn more about lasers, pay off the library fines, keep both eyes on that weirdo who keeps watch watching me . . . HE's watching ME! Huh...huh. Calm calm calm like a cloud. Float float floaaaty . . . Just gotta keep keep keep watching them . . . keeeeeep watch watching.
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