Magic Page #7

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Want me to do|something dazzling.

You do magic too?

Corky does magic.

I only do tricks.

Hey I got just the thing Peg.

Bring me a couple|a decks of cards

and I'll read your mind.

What do you mean?

I'll pull the same|card from your deck

that you pull from mine.

That's not a trick.

You can't do that.

Sure.

You just peek at the|bottom card after shuffling

and it's easy as apple pie.

Corky makes a|big deal production number|out of it sometimes.

Like when he's got some bimbo|stewardess he wants to screw.

He makes him think|their minds have touched.

Never fails.

You'll never know|how many people

want to believe in magic.

Oh sh*t.

Peg.

Peg please.

Please, please come...

Were you laughing|every second.

Please, please.

Was I funny you|bastard son of a b*tch?

Oh...

Let me explain.

Hey, hey.

Jesus.

Listen to me you schmuck.

You gotta please just|answer me one small question?

Why'd you think|I blew the whistle?

Ah, because I was leaving.

Because you were jealous.

Wrong schmucko.

I did it because I could.

See?

Why didn't you stop me?

Answer, you didn't|because you couldn't.

Look at him.

He still doesn't understand.

Better sit down kid

while I hit you|with an explanation.

Ever since we got together,

I laid low.

It was best for the act.

I let you share|the limelight.

If there's one|thing about me, I'm big.

But then earlier today,

when I begged ya,

pleaded not to be left behind

and you pissed|ice water all over me,

well, that tore it.

If I'm boring you,

please walk around.

I don't care.

Fats don't start in on me.

Please don't.

Listen, I took a failure.

With the charm of|Tricky Dickey Nixon.

I made us skyrocket.

It's not gonna be you and her,

it's gonna stay you and me.

Except from now on|even that's changed.

It's me and you.

You said I've|got a weak stomach.

You look tired.

I'm not.

Then what are|you yawning for?

I'm not yawning.

You gotta wake you up.

Crawl around.

That should help.

You think?

Hey yeah, it does help.

Say thank you Fats.

Thanks.

Thanks Fats.

With feeling, like I'm doing.

I'm filled with|greatest f***ing joy.

Gee you've got|talent after all.

Let's see what|else you can do.

Fats says smile.

Fats says frown.

Fats says touch the ceiling.

Fats says spin around.

Fats says get a knife.

What?

Get a knife.

Come on.

From my suitcase.

Yeah.

I know where it is.

I wonder what we|could do with it?

Hey, I could|whittle something.

I'm good at that,|and fast too, name it.

No.

I'm looking for something|with a little more pizzazz.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Don't do it.

You really love|old Peg don't ya?

Oh please, don't kill her.

Schmucko easy.

I wouldn't dream of

depriving you|of that pleasure.

No, I can't do it!

There's that old|bug-a-boo of yours again.

lack of confidence.

I won't and you can't make me!

Wow, I really stepped|on a corn that time.

If I can't make ya,|I can't make ya.

How's your head Cork?

Fine!

Thought you might|be getting' a migraine.

No!

Shows how wrong you can be.

Open those baby blues.

Looks to me like one|of those gut wrenchers.

It's getting bad fast.

Please!

Drilling right|into the brain is it?

Surprise.

Came fast.

It can go fast.

Yeah.

Oh yes.

Not so deep anymore?

No, not so deep.

It'll all be gone soon.

Uh... Thanks Fats.

Want it|a hundred times worse,

and a hundred days long?

No.

Then take the knife|on up the hill lover.

And kiss the girl goodbye.

Duke?

I left schmucko|down at the cabin.

Open up huh?

You and me gotta|have a quick palaver.

Corky there's nothin' to say.

I told ya,

he's at the cabin.

You and me are the only ones|can straighten this out.

Go away Cork.

Fats.

All right, go away Fats.

That's better.

At least we|know who we are now.

Hey, I've got a present|that'll make you smile.

Promise it will.

He made it for you Peg.

For you to remember him by.

See, he's leaving now

and he wants you to have this.

Have what?

A wooden heart.

He whittled it for you

before he sent me up.

He's quick with his hands.

Leave it outside the door.

Take his heart Peg.

So he'll know you don't|feel contempt for him.

Oh, I never felt that.

At least that's something.

I'll leave it by the door.

Bye.

Wait a minute,|you didn't leave.

Brains as well as b*obs.

Anytime you feel like

playing with my|levers you'll call?

Sure, sure.

Peggy Ann Snow,

Peggy Ann Snow,

please let me follow

wherever you go.

She liked my heart.

She smiled when|she picked it up.

She looked so|pleased and everything.

I made her happy.

Me?

No tricks or anything.

What's wrong.

I don't know|how to say this,

since I haven't got a stomach,

but my stomach hurts.

Bad?

Gettin' bad.

Gettin' real bad.

Yeah.

What's goin' on?

We're dying I think|is what it is?

Dyin'?

Yeah,

I put the knife deep in me.

Christ it's spreadin'.

Yeah.

Don't leave me here alone.

Don't worry.

Can you get over here.

I'll try.

Put me flat.

Here.

Why didn't you leave?

Go with her when|you had the chance?

She'd never of gone with me.

She'd have turned me down.

I couldn't even get her|to open the door by myself.

It was never me.

Always us.

Schmucko.

Us was you.

What?

It was you all the time.

I hope I don't|die first is all.

I think we'll go together.

Chances are.

Hey Cork?

Hey it's me.

I changed my mind.

Let's give it a whack okay?

See how it goes?

What do ya say.

I'm warning you Cork,

don't play|hard to get with me.

'Cause I'm a woman see,

and I can always|change my mind again.

You may not get this|oppor-f***in'-tunity tomorrow.

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