Ernie is at the typewriter, pecking away. Suddenly--



Ernie: "It's done! It's done! Hey Bert--it's done!"



Bert: "What? What's done?"



Ernie: "My story--greatest short story in the whole wide world, it's done. Greatest story in the world, wait'll you hear it."



Bert: (groan) "Go ahead."



Ernie: "A........B, C.......D......"



Bert: "Ernie....."



Ernie: "E, F,.....G...."



Bert: "Ernie, that's the alphabet!"



Ernie: "Now comes the sad part. (begins to cry) "H...I, J, K....." "



Bert: "Ernie......"



Ernie: ".......L, M, N, O...................P"



Bert: "Oh, Ernie!" (shaking his head)



Ernie: "Now comes the action part! (reads excitedly) "Q! R, S! T! U, V!" "



Bert just groans



Ernie: "Here comes the wind-up--"W, X, Y--" "



Suddenly Ernie begins to roll up the paper. Berts turns to him.



Bert: "Well?"



Ernie: "Well what?"



Bert: "Well go on, finish it. You went, "T, U, V, W, X, Y," and then you stopped. Go on, finish the story."



Ernie: "And tell you how it ends? Then you'll never want to read it for yourself!"



(Laughs and goes off)



Bert: "Sighhhhhhhhhhhh......"