(Read Part 1.) Toot (in confessional): I finally caught up with Wooldoor at the beer counter. He was guzzling down cup after cup absolutely drunk out of his mind. (She looks at the camera angrily...see Xandir, silhouetted against the late afternoon sky, riding the flagpole as if he is atop a bucking bronco. He is screaming wildly and waving a cowboy hat all around. The scene fades. THE EN

FOUL BALLS The show opens on a long shot of the house. Spanky, Wooldoor, Hero, Toot, Ling-Ling, and Xandir are sitting in the living room watching TV. News anchor: (on TV) And after a 17 day search... That okay. Ling-Ling like Carla non-existent hips! Clara looks at Ling-Ling questioningly for a moment. She then chuckles and picks him up. As she hugs him, the scene fades. (Continue to Part 2.)

It’s a beautiful, sunny Saturday. Just now, I was on my balcony hanging out my laundry while a scrimmage or intersquad game was going on the ball diamond across the street. I was watching the action when...and stayed there. They must be stationed there to keep an eye out for stray balls. Sometimes I feel that in Japan, they have to have people to do everything . (#42 will be posted later today.)