Once Upon a Time Page #5

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isn't she?

Isn't she?

Gee.

All the things that are happening.

Curly was on the radio.

Did you hear it?

- Jeannie, what are you doin'

- Wait a minute!

- You can't take Pinky away!

- Take it easy, Flynn.

- You're gonna get into trouble.

- Come back here!

She can swear out a warrant

for your arrest. Don't start anything.

Jeannie, what are you doin'

Looks like a gremlin

got in the fairy tale.

Maybe I ought to

talk business to her.

I've got that caterpillar

under personal contract.

You wanna talk business?

Talk to me!

A hundred thousand's

a fantastic price.

Fantasy is Mr. Disney's business.

I can't answer that, but if Disney's

interested I'll be back.

Well, there goes our Curly,

message and all.

What are you worried about? Go home.

Get yourself a good night's sleep.

Oh, I couldn't sleep.

I'm sensitive that way.

I'll go and play some more cards.

Good night,Jerry.

Moke, we've known each other

for years, haven't we?

You've seen me handle

these situations before.

But not like this.

But you're forgetting about

tomorrow morning's newspapers.

When she reads those headlines, she'll

be pleading to bring that boy back.

Pleading! All I have to do

is sit back and wait.

Wait.

I don't say he dances

and I don't say he don't.

But this is something

I gotta see with my own eyes.

Maybe' it's reincarnation

or something.

Yeah.

Maybe a thousand years ago,

it was Salome.

A dancing caterpillar?

Pooh!

Well, why not? He can't be any worse

than some of the worms...

that's dragged me around

a dance floor.

And in time with the music!

My kid says no caterpillar for her.

She'll string along

with Frank Sinatra.

Just have him sign this.

" Curly quilts make bed

the place you want to go. "

I'm sorry. You'll have to wait

with the rest of them.

I have a contract,

and all I wanna make is Curly cookies.

They'll melt in your mouth.

- What color eyes has he got?

- Mr. Flynn?

How much longer do I have to worry

while you wait...

for a girl to read the newspapers...

whose phone number is

Bryant-7-4143?

She sleeps late.

I'd like to get a bet down

on the first race.

Let her ring.

Let her ring.

Now?

Now.

Tell her I'm busy.

Tell her I'm taking a sun bath.

Tell her I'll call her back

in a few minutes.

Hello?

Oh, yes, he's here.

Well, he's taking a sun bath

right now, Mr. Dunhill.

You'll have to call-

Hello.

Good morning, Mr. Dunhill.

Yes, yes.

They're wonderful, aren't they?

Why, certainly everything's

straightened out with the boy's sister.

The moment she read

the morning headlines.

Well, of course you can go ahead

and contact Disney.

But let me hear from you soon.

I've got an office filled with people...

all waiting to see Curly.

Thank you.

What do we do now,

go back to waiting?

What is that little girl

trying to do, ruin my life?

- Take the bread and-

- Bread and butter out of my mouth?

Here I've got a chance to sell

that worm and save my theater.

Hello?

Just a minute, please.

- Miss Thompson.

- About time she called.

Hello, Miss Thompson.

Good morning. This is Jerry Flynn.

Have you read the morning newspapers?

Yes, sensational, aren't they?

Now, Miss Thompson-

Miss Thompson?

Miss Thompson?

She hung up on you.

Now she's done it!

No chorus girl is gonna

shoveJerry Flynn around.

Find out where she works.

Get the name of that foul ball theater.

I'll have her fired. When she

snatched that kid away from me...

she was asking for trouble,

and that's what she's gonna get.

- Find out what Big Mike is doing.

- I know what he's doing.

- Twenty years.

- Then I'll do the job alone.

I'll get the boy and the caterpillar.

She gives me any trouble...

I'll stick her in a barrel of lime,

throw her in the East River!

That'll give her something

to go to the police about.

Fine. I'll tell Big Mike

you're joining him.

Next time you see me,

that boy'll be with me.

Meantime, I'll dig up

some ideas of me own.

Arthur, for the last time,

will you please get up?

How can I get up if I'm sick?

I got a fever, I have.

You have no fever. The thermometer

says you're perfectly normal.

Does the thermometer know

I got a pain right here?

A minute ago,

the pain was in your back.

Can I help it if it moves around?

Arthur, stop pretending.

Now, get out of that bed, please.

If I can't go to see Mr. Flynn,

I'm gonna stay in bed forever...

till I die.

Lunch will be ready in a few minutes,

and it's not being served in bed.

Curly, are you up?

Good.

Now, you listen very carefully, Curly.

We're gonna run away to Mr. Flynn...

'cause that's where we belong.

And the whole world

is gonna know about you...

just like Mr. Flynn said.

You wait and see.

Here, catch Curly.

- Say, do you think Curly's all right?

- Sure. He's okay, Mr. Flynn.

Come here. Hey, you know,

we make a good team.

You came around just when

I was gonna run away to you.

Running away's no good. Your sister

will only have the cops after me again.

She'll be looking for me any minute.

We'd better duck in the clubhouse.

Right this way, Mr. Flynn.

Come on. Hurry.

- Well, here it is.

- What?

The clubhouse.

Come on. Come on in.

I've come to the conclusion that sister

of yours is a difficult personality.

Yeah.

She's a character.

But don't worry, Mr. Flynn.

We're geniuses.

Let's think of somethin'

Look, bring me up to date.

What's happened so far this morning?

Well, she wouldn't let me out.

I tried all my old tricks.

I cried and I wouldn't eat.

I said I had a fever.

She had the thermometer.

Mr. Flynn, she just wouldn't give in.

Well, how's that gonna do you any good?

If you had a fever...

she wouldn't let you

out of the house, would she?

That's right.

I don't think fast.

- I'm no good without you.

- Use your head.

This is no time for kid tricks, Pinky.

This calls for desperate measures.

You mean like Superman?

- Pinky, come here.

- Yeah?

- Which is your window?

- The one with the skylight.

I think I know a way

to make your sister give in.

- You do? Good.

- Come on back in here.

Arthur, lunch is ready.

You'd better come out,

because I'm coming in to get you.

Oh, Mr. Snapps.

Have you made my new key?

With this house tipsy-topsy, a janitor

hasn't got time for social calls.

Remember, when I say...

" All fairy tales

don't have a happy ending-"

- Then I say, " I wish I was dead. "

- That's it.

And you know what to do

when I say " Superman. "

- Yeah, I know- desperate measures.

- We're set. Come on.

Oh, there you are!

And there you are!

Please, Miss Thompson,

no violence!

I expected something like this.

That's why I came around here.

You don't think I'd - Arthur,

you come in here right this minute.

I'm gonna stay with him.

Now, now, Pinky.

Good little boys obey their sisters.

I won't go in without you.

All right, Mr. Flynn.

You come in too.

We might as well settle this

once and for all.

Mr. Flynn, you may be an important

producer, but I'm not allowing you...

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