In the visitors' lounge of (onaDailybasis)TheHoley&ToothySkunk lurk two shadowy figures , facing each other: Pastor Henry Frog and Sikment Loyne.
FROG: I didn't expect to see you, Loyne.
LOYNE: I am the owner of this rag, Pastor, after all.
FROG : (cautious) We didn't know whether you were dead or alive.
LOYNE: (smiling) You can never be too sure.
FROG: ?So is that a yes or a .. (pauses a bee buzzes close by Frog watches ) .. so that's a maybe?, then.
(bee buzzing still . . . Frog insistent now) Would that be a maybe?
LOYNE: Well spotted!, Frog. (indicating to the bee) I see you've retained a keen interest in our insect friends
then. That is indeed a may-bee, a unique hybrid of the mayfly and honey bee. There aren't many ...
FROG: (jumping in) . . One in the eye for god, eh? And more power to the elbow of Darwin. (chuckles)
LOYNE: Hmmm .. and how is your canoeist chum these days?
FROG: (distracted) ? Mmmm
LOYNE: Your pal. John Darwin. Canoe Man
FROG: I'd hardly call him a friend, Sikment.
LOYNE: Thats as maybe. (bee buzzing ... pauses) However I do sense you have something to tell me.
FROG: (hesitant) Look, whatever I'm about to say is in the strictest confidence, understand? (looking around the
space, anxious, and as if for buzzing bee) It must stay within these walls.
LOYNE: (brusquely) That goes without saying, Henry.
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