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Agent. — I wonder if he’s got any snake blood in him ? You know there are some snakes who dance.
Fatso. — No kiddin’ ?
Agent. — Here, let me take your harmonica a minute. Curley may be related to one of them Asiatic snakes or something. Lemme play it a minute.
Sound. — Plays “Hootchie Kootchie” { Danse de Ventre ).
Agent. — {Stopping) Nope. Won’t budge. I guess it’s an American caterpillar, all right.
Stinky. — Oh, sure.
Agent. — {All business) Look, fellers, I’ll make you a proposition. How would you like to sell Curley ?
Fatso. — {Commercial minded) How much ?
Stinky. — {Sustaining minded) Wait a minute. I own Curley, and I don’t wanna sell him.
Agent. — Why not, Stinky?
Stinky. — {Ashamed to confess that he loves the bug) Well, because I — well — just because.
Fatso. — {Interpreting) Know why he don’t wanna sell ?
Agent. — Why ?
Fatso. — On account of he’s stuck on him.
Stinky. — Aw, shut up, Fatso.
Agent. — You mean you like Curley so much you don’t want to part with him ?
Stinky. — I just don’t want to sell him, that’s all. Not even for a dollar. {Afterthought) Not even for two dollars!
Agent. — Well, of course I don’t think anybody ’d ever offer you that much money.
Stinky. — I don’t care. He’s my pet, and I want to keep him. I trained him from a pup.
Agent. — Now look, kiddo. I think you’re a very bright and sensitive boy, and because of that, I’m going to make you an immediate cash payment of five dollars for Curley !
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