So before you could say
"Con Job!"
Karen was hauled before the
Tillsonurg Museums Board of Curators
to explain why she'd just burnt off
one thousand dollars of Museum money on analyzing a cheap childs plastic toy.
Karen brushed her hair and put on her lipstick and eyeliner
and strode confidently into the huge
Board room
where sat the 33 Curators.
They all looked like they'd come out of a Dutch painting from the 17th century
and the ones who were guys had
long beards reaching down to the floor.
The ones who were women honestly looked like
the popular images
of 17th century witches
including the wart on the end of their noses.
When Karen realized they MIGHT actually be witches
she realized telling the Board of Curators
that she had planned to use the Animal Ring to turn
all the other women in the world
into animals might not be such a good idea
Karen's street sense was finally waking up