Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Shark On a Bus

Sweezus and Arthur are talking to the kiosk guy.

Yeah, we've got a spade somewhere, says the kiosk guy. You guys bogged?

Beached shark, says Sweezus. A spade might speed things up a bit.

Yeah, says the kiosk guy. Dig a channel and slide him back in. Watch out though, he might turn vicious.

He goes out the back to look for the spade.

Kant appears in the doorway.

A quick word, says Kant.

What's up? asks Arthur.

The shark wants a new photo, says Kant. 

As if that'll help, says Sweezus.

It won't, says Kant. Not if the message is 'Sharks are Friendly'. 

That's what he asked for, says Arthur. 

Yeah, but we never got round to actually getting it on the back of a bus, says Sweezus. 

Great White Teacher doesn't know that, says Arthur.

I though he'd seen proof, says Kant.

Speedy saw it, says Sweezus, but it was a photoshopped photo.

A good one, says Arthur.

What is photoshopped? asks Kant.

One photo pasted onto another, says Sweezus.  Shark photo and back of bus photo. Bingo! Looks like the shark photo is on an actual bus.

So you fooled him, says Kant.

You could say that, says Sweezus.

What does he want in the new photo? asks Arthur.

I came to warn you, says Kant. A photo of him about to bite someone's leg.

Won't be my leg, says Sweezus. 

Or mine, says Arthur.

The kiosk guy comes back with a spade.

Thanks, says Sweezus.

Suggestion, says the kiosk guy. Put a sack on his head till he's back in the water.

Won't that detract from the photo? asks Kant. Or render it pointless?

It'd embarrass him, says Sweezus. 

Not really, says Arthur. No one would know who he was.

But the idea of embarrassing Great White Teacher is a good one. 

So they won't need a sack.


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