Don't Look Under the Bed Page #2

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YOU DID, BERT.

WELL, IF IT'S NOT IN THE

CABINET, THEN SOMEBODY

HAD TO TAKE IT.

IT'S THE ONLY

LOGICAL CONCLUSION.

PARENTS ARE ALWAYS

READY TO BELIEVE YOU'VE

DONE SOMETHING BAD.

WHAT?

IT'S LIKE THEY NEVER

FORGET THEY HAD TO

CHANGE YOUR DIAPERS.

BUT, AT LEAST YOUR FRIENDS

HAVE MORE FAITH IN YOU.

HI, JO.

HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?

JO LOVES BERT! YOU PROMISED!

JO, I DIDN'T DO THIS.

GET REAL, FRANCIS!

JO! JOANNE!

FORGET IT!

IF I THOUGHT IT WAS

STRANGE AT HOME,

SCHOOL WAS EVEN STRANGER.

[ School Bell Rings ]

I'm telling you, she's

the one who did it.

IS THERE SOMETHING

INTERESTING ABOUT MY LOCKER?

WHY IS YOURS THE ONLY

ONE WITHOUT A "B" ON IT?

MAYBE SHE'S THE

ONE WHO DID IT.

GROW UP, PEOPLE.

JUST BECAUSE THEY

SKIPPED MY LOCKER

IT DOESN'T MEAN I HAD

ANYTHING TO DO WITH--

See, it is her.

[ Bell Rings ]

[ Roars ]

HEY, DID YOU REALLY EGG

CREEPY KEPLER'S CAR?

WHO TOLD YOU THAT?

THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS.

THEY SAID YOU DID

THE LOCKERS TOO.

I THINK THAT'S

REALLY COOL.

IT'S NOT COOL,

IT'S VANDALISM.

WHAT DOES "B" STAND FOR?

YOU KNOW, I DID NO PUT A "B" ON ALL

THE LOCKERS!

WELL, WHO DID THEN?

I--

I'M GONNA FIND OUT.

AREN'T YA GONNA RUN

AWAY THIS TIME?

I DIDN'T REALLY RUN AWAY.

YES. YOU DID!

I JUST NEEDED SOME SPACE

TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD SEE ME.

WHY WOULDN'T I BE

ABLE TO SEE YOU?

NOBODY ELSE CAN.

YEAH, RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

OOOHH! YEAAAHH! OOOW!

WELL, THAT'S

STEALING, YOU KNOW?

HE KNOWS HE SHOULDN' EAT THIS STUFF.

IT MAKES HIS:

FACE BREAK OUT.

WELL, WHAT'S YOUR

NAME, ANYWAY?

HOUDINI.

LARRY HOUDINI.

OH, I GUESS YOU'RE

ALMOST NAMED AFTER

HARRY HOUDINI?

THAT-THAT'S REALLY FUNNY.

IT'S BETTER THAN

BEING NAMED AFTER

FRANCIS BACON.

I DON'T LIKE BACON.

WELL--

HOUDINI'S NOT EVEN

A REAL NAME.

I'M NOT A REAL PERSON.

I'M...

AN IMAGINARY FRIEND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

YEAH! YEAH! WHOO! WHOO! WHOO!

WELL, THAT'S REALLY CUTE, BUT I

DO NOT HAVE AN IMAGINARY FRIEND.

DID I SAY I WAS YOUR

IMAGINARY FRIEND?

I DON'T THINK SO,

MISS FRANCIS.

WELL,

IF YOU'RE NOT MY FRIEND,

THEN WHY ARE YOU

FOLLOWING ME AROUND?

ARE YOU SURE I'M

FOLLOWING YOU?

MAYBE YOU'RE JUST IMAGINING.

NO!

SERIOUSLY, FRAN, DO YOU

MIND IF I CALL YOU FRAN?

YEAH, ACTUALLY I DO.

I THINK I MUST HAVE BEEN

SENT HERE TO HELP YOU.

THAT'S PROBABLY

WHY YOU CAN SEE ME.

OH, YOU KNOW, I

DON'T NEED ANY HELP,

REAL OR IMAGINARY.

OH, CONTRAIRE.

THERE'S SOMETHING VERY PECULIAR

GOING DOWN IN THIS BURG, WATSON.

AND IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE...

YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

LOOK, I DON'T CARE

WHAT THEY SAID,

BUT I DID NOT EGG

MR. KEPLER'S CAR.

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T.

OK.

I KNOW WHO DID.

IT WAS THE BOOGEYMAN.

THE BOOGEYMAN?

UM-HMM. AND I THINK HE'S

GOT IT IN FOR YOU, FRAN.

I THINK YOU'RE BEING...

FRAMED.

EXCUSE ME!

I'M-I'M REALLY SORRY.

UMM, DOES ANYBODY KNOW

WHO THIS GUY IS?

WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?

HE SAYS HIS NAME IS

LARRY HOUDINI.

DOES ANYBODY KNOW

WHO HE REALLY IS?

[ Crowd Laughing ]

Intercom:

FRANCIS McCAUSLAND.

TO THE OFFICE PLEASE.

FRANCIS McCAUSLAND.

TO THE OFFICE.

[ Laughing Continues ]

I SEE YOUR MIDDLE NAME IS BACON.

THAT IS BACON WITH

A "B", CORRECT?

IS THERE A BACON WITHOUT A "B"?

FRANCIS, IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED

THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING

ABOUT THE UNUSUAL EVENTS

THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING

THE PAST FEW DAYS.

WE HAVE REASON TO

BELIEVE THERE WAS A PLAN

AMONG A LARGE:

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

TO SET CLOCKS TO

THE WRONG TIME:

AS A SORT OF MASS PRANK.

YOU HAD THAT LIS OF STUDENTS YOU

WERE CHECKING WITH

TO MAKE SURE:

THEY SET THEIR:

CLOCKS FORWARD.

WHAT?

BACK. YOU SET THEM BACK

TO MAKE THE ALARMS GO

OFF EARLIER.

YOU SET THEM FORWARD.

IT'S LIKE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

FALL BACK.

SPRING FORWARD.

NO. FALL FORWARDS.

SPRING BACK.

CAN WE FORGE ABOUT THE CLOCKS...

FOR A MOMENT?

SPRING FORWARD.

FRANCIS, DO YOU

HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE

ABOUT MR. KEPLER'S CAR

BEING VANDALIZED?

NO!

OR ABOUT THE GRAFFITI

ON THE LOCKERS?

NO!!

DON'T FORGET THE GELATIN

IN THE SWIMMING POOL.

NO!!!

HOW DO YOU:

FEEL, FRANCIS,

ABOUT ALL:

THESE THINGS?

DO YOU HAVE:

ANY INSIGHTS?

YES. YES, ACTUALLY I DO.

THERE'S THIS BOY...

AND HE'S BEEN

FOLLOWING ME AROUND.

WELL, HE'S REALLY WEIRD.

HE SAID HIS NAME

WAS LARRY HOUDINI.

WELL, HE SAID A LO OF SILLY THINGS.

DID HE SAY HE KNEW WHO

WAS BEHIND THE PRANKS?

WELL, ACTUALLY--

WELL, THERE HE IS!

HE'S RIGHT THERE!

HEY!

COME HERE, YOU!

FRANCIS.

FRANCIS!

OHH! OHH! OHH!

YA! YA! YA! YA! YA!

HEY! YOU! COME HERE!

HOUDINI KID, COME HERE!

HEY! WHAT'S

WITH HER?

COME BACK HERE!

QUICK! IN HERE!

GET IN THE BASS DRUM.

AS A HIDING PLACE,

YOU CAN'T BEAT IT!

I'M NOT TRYING TO

HIDE. I'M CHASING YOU.

FRAN, FRAN, FRAN.

YOU'RE MAKING A

BIG MISTAKE, FRAN.

AND I WAS REALLY SEN HERE TO HELP YOU.

YEAH, WHO SENT YOU?

DO YOU EVER HEAR A LITTLE

VOICE INSIDE YOU HEAD,

TELLING YOU YOU:

SHOULD DO SOMETHING?

ACTUALLY, NO.

WELL, I DID. AND HE TOLD ME

TO COME TO BEAUTIFUL

DOWNTOWN MIDDLEBURG.

WHAT YOU HEARD WAS

JUST DISASSOCIATION

BETWEEN THE TWO:

SIDES OF YOUR...

ALLEGED BRAIN.

NO, NO, NO. IT'S

THE SAME GUY:

THAT SINGS THOSE STUPID SONGS

YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD.

NO. THAT'S

BARRY MANILOW.

FRANCIS!

IN HERE!

HE'S IN HERE!

SEE YOU GET OUT OF

THIS ONE, HOUDINI.

FRAN, FRAN, FRAN.

THERE HE IS. LARRY HOUDINI.

I THINK THIS JOKE

HAS GONE ON LONG

ENOUGH, FRANCIS.

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

HE'S RIGHT HERE. HE'S

PLAYING A SAXOPHONE.

HE'S MOON-WALKING.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO

CALL YOUR PARENTS.

WHY ARE YOU DOING

THIS TO ME?

WHY ARE YOU PRETENDING

THAT YOU CAN'T--

SEE HIM?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO

LIE DOWN, FRANCIS?

[ Blows Whistle ]

FRANCIS?

FRANCIS! OH!

WOULD YOU SAY THAT FRANCIS

IS UNUSUALLY REBELLIOUS?

OH, NO. NOT AT ALL.

FRANCIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN

VERY MATURE FOR HER AGE.

VERY, VERY

WELL ADJUSTED.

VERY GROWN UP.

STARTING HIGH SCHOOL

CAN BE TRAUMATIC.

ESPECIALLY IF SHE

SKIPPED A GRADE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT HER YOUNGER

BROTHER HAD LEUKEMIA.

AND IT SAYS HERE

THAT HE WAS GIVEN

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS

FROM HIS SIBLING.

WELL, YES. THAT'S TRUE.

AH, BUT DARWIN IS IN REMISSION.

THE DOCTORS SAY THERE'S EVERY

HOPE FOR A COMPLETE CURE.

OH.

I'VE BEEN DEVELOPING

A THEORY:

THAT FRANCIS IS ACTING OUT,

OH, REPRESSED ANGER AT HAVING

TO DONATE HER BONE MARROW

TO SAVE HER BROTHER.

WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING.

HOWEVER IT WAS OUR ELDER SON,

BERT, ALBERT,

WHO WAS THE DONOR.

SO...?

WELL, IT WAS

JUST A THEORY.

I SEE.

[ Growls ]

OH.

CAN FRANNY COME OUT TO PLAY?

[ School Bell Rings ]

AAAHHHH!

FRANCIS!

HOW DO YOU:

FEEL, FRANCIS?

OK.

I GUESS.

OH, I AM SURE THAT THERE

IS A LOGICAL EXPLANATION

FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S

BEEN GOING ON.

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE

FAR TOO MATURE:

TO BE PLAYING CHILDISH

PRANKS ON PEOPLE.

AND YOU STILL THINK I WAS THIS BOY, LARRY,

WHO PUT THE GELATIN IN

THE SWIMMING POOL,

AND THREW THE EGGS

ON MR. KEPLER'S CAR?

EGGS?

I'M SURE IT IS ALL SIMPLY A

MISUNDERSTANDING, HONEY,

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