j b and salome were sick of the ugly gossip and vicious rumors being spread about them by ignorant persons.
they decided to go to the city.
when they went down to the highway they found a large crowd blocking their way.
security guards were checking the i d’s of people trying to get on on to the highway to get to town.
j b and salome got in line and waited their turn.
from scraps of conversation that floated past their ears they surmised that many of the people in line had been waiting for a long time.
but what counted as a long time?
j b and salome started to get thirsty.
an individual named moses jones was selling bottles of water.
many of the persons in line heaped abuse on moses jones for the quality of the water and the exorbitant price of the water.
j b and salome had very little money and decided not to sample moses jones’s wares.
after a while j b and salome reached the head of the line.
j b was interrogated by a security gusrd whose name tag read delilah mckinley.
delilah had been born on a mountaintop in deepest tibet and come to the big city to preach forgiveness and spread confusion to the gentiles.
j b was slow to produce the required i d and delilah scowled upon perusing it.
this i d is out of date, delilah informed j b with an ill grace.
what is wrong with it? j b pleaded abjectly.
the photo does not match your face in my humble opinion, but far more importantly it uses the old digital dating system, which was replaced by the more up to date analog system, countless aeons ago.
j b did not know what the words digital and analog meant, or what an aeon was.
it is the best i can do, j b replied with a deep sigh
do better, delilah barked. next!
crestfallen, j b went back outside, feeling lost and alone and downhearted.
oh, will i ever get to the big city to pursue my dreams, j b cried to the overcast heavens.
all is not lost, said a confident voice beside j b.
do not be so sure, another, louder and more confident voice, asserted from behind j b.
a veritable avalanche of voices ensued as a dark clouded passed menacingly overhead.
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