"Once upon a Train"

.... S class Steamer. CTRL F, CTRL F, Fire, Fire... POOM POOM.... Bonus of 50,000, purchase cow catcher... left click, right click... PHEW! On to Level 2. CTRL T (select full throttle)... Onward to Dead Man's Curve... POOM POOM... "Oh no" screamed Jesse. "Cattle on the track". I'll have to select .........
 
... since his faithful four are now ground to small bits of one quarter pound each. He'd cooked a few hamburgers before, but never really thought to open a restaurant (much less a chain) until now. Fortunately for him, Ray Kroc was ...

(Ray Kroc is the real founder of McDonald's restaurants, if memory serves)
 
... to this swift utilization of the dearly departed Daisy, Maizy, Lazy and Prudence. But the hamburgers were just the cover story- Ray was actually the Professor's contact. The Professor seemed to be deep in conversation with Jesse, though... maybe Jesse was a spy for the enemy? Ray decided to...
 
... PTIONG.... PTIONG... Rick O'Shea suddenly appeared from the cab! PTIONG... PTIONG off the boiler, PTIONG, off the smoke stack, PTIONG, off the tender, PTIONG, off the firebox, PTIONG, off the.....
 
By the way, Bighammer, who is Austin Tashushlee? hehehehe
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TOOT!
 
... Professor's hefty thesis, PTOING off the pink suitcase above Jesse's head and then out a window. Everyone sat very still, not quite believing that they were all still alive. The pink suitcase, jarred by the bullet, popped open and a music-box dropped out, playing...

(Austin Tashushlee was a well-known performer of the day, of course. Everyone knew about him. He was famous for his showy, pretentious attitude and his penchant for carrying music boxes that either played 'Flight of the Bumblebee' or 'I Love a Parade'
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followed by that Old Favorite -- "I've been workin' on the Rail Road"......Then of course the spring wound down lingering in complete silence. All concerned looked in the suitcase to find - to their horror...........

[This message has been edited by N Gauger (edited 05-19-2001).]