From
Reynaldo's Diary, October 31st 1933
New
York 4pm.
This place seems so strange. I have on at least 5 occasions
come across small creatures asking for candy, and when I have
none, they kick me in the shin. Even stranger, when I asked
a small hobgoblin if he knew where the clitoris was, the creature
replied immediately. "It's in the big museum on third and
ninth. You can't miss it!"
6pm.
I am lost in this godforsaken place. Three times I have been
approached by beautiful women who asked if I wanted to have
a good time. I replied that I'd have a good time once I'd found
the clitoris. At that point they acted as if they couldn't believe
their luck, and offered to show me where it was. Unfortunately
that was when they asked for money. The poor fools did not understand
that my research grant requires that all possible employees
apply in writing first. Thus I was left to continue my search
alone.
4am.
I finally found the enormous museum. Unfortunately it was closed,
so I had no resort but to break in through a second story toilet
window. Let me tell you, I have encountered some difficult excursions
across the subcontinent, but this was without doubt the most
painful experience yet. I made it through the window with only
minor lacerations, and I suspect that urinal water is no deadlier
than the swamp effluent of the Congo.
Once
inside, I was faced with several floors of scientific artefacts,
all glinting in the moonlight. I encountered many interesting
things in that dark place, including something that strangely
resembled the Ark of the Covenant, but I could find no trace
of the legendary clitoris.
Then,
almost exhausted, I walked straight into a large display cabinet.
Despite my best efforts, I couldn't get my face print off the
glass. Suddenly, I looked at what lay inside - the bones of
a giant reptile, one that may have reached fifteen feet when
standing tall. I spotted the display card and nearly fell backwards.
It read:
"A
creature of the late Jurassic, the Clitsaurus was second in
size only to the Tyrannosaurus. A herbivore, possibly pink in
colour, and excellent at camouflage, palaeontologists have speculated
that it was the most good-looking of all the dinosaurs. Some
have suggested that this was the very reason for it's own extinction,
as the other reptiles may have become somewhat jealous."
I
sighed. Once again, my search had failed. The time had come
to look elsewhere, possibly in Britain.
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