Show BEES WAXING by Mary Bee It takes muscles to frown and only 36 to smile Now that's an inter interesting stin fact so lets let's explore the possibilities further ok It takes four muscles to shake hands with your neighbor 22 to poke him in the nose and 1116 to fin finish ish the fight you just started It takes muscle movements movements movements move move- ments to walk up school-house school hill and four to drive up It also takes 27 to earn the gas it takes to drive up It takes movements to grab a wash cloth and wash the mud off your sons son's hands the minute he walks in the door It takes movements to wash the mud off three doorknobs doorknobs doorknobs door door- knobs four doors one chair the wall around 2 light switches the refrigerator door two bathroom bathroom bathroom bath bath- room faucets a bar of soap and the bathroom sink This doesn't count wiping up the water he spilled on the floor or hanging up the towel It takes muscles to tell your children 18 times to hang up their coats then hang them up yourself It takes just 72 to hang them up yourself in the first place It takes 2345 movements to decorate a cake for your daughters daughter's daughters daughter's daughters daughter's daugh daugh- ter's first birthday and one for her to take a handful right out of the middle of it It takes movements to wash dr y powder and a baby and none for the b baby a by to become wet again It takes movements to get your little daughter dressed washed com combed bed and off to school 14 for her to fall down on the way and arrive at school looking like a fugitive It t takes a k e s three muscles to dump a box of toys tinker to pick them up again and to hop around the room when you find with bare feet the ones you missed If you are a perfectionist it'll take pounds of brainpower to check my facts and find theres there's not a bit of truth in em But doesn't it beat re reading ding how many BILLIONS of dollars the government is spending each hour or how many points the cost of living rose during the past three months By the way there are ways to express your love for your fellowman and only 87 ways to express hatred With statistics like these the world cant can't be all bad Were We're planning a Happening at our house next week end It will be a coming out party for M Mickey i c k e y Moth He just emerged from his cocoon Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day but weve we've known him ever since he was a fuzzy caterpillar caterpillar caterpillar cater cater- pillar so were we're going to help him celebrate Music will be by the Slither Snake Five They are the latest of greatest groups consisting of Ringo Flea on drums Slither er Snake on the electric organ Mike Fly on lead guitar Sher Butterfly on rhythm guitar and Sonny Moth plays tambourine and sings Weve We've hired a chorus line of tomato w worms 0 r m s. s The Beauty Marks to dance and Centipede will recite his latest epilogue entitled Ode to a Moth who has just emerged and will descend upon the closet for eternity Were We're having the entire house redecorated i in n colors and are all g growing r row o w i 1 n g beards and practicing going barefoot We considered skipping skipping skipping skipp skipp- ing baths for a couple of weeks but had to veto that idea Youre You're all invited to crash our party and help Mickey Moth celebrate his free state Hope you can make it bring your own mason jars J |