Ernie is at the typewriter, pecking away. Suddenly-- Ernie: It's done! It's done! Hey Bert--it's done! Bert: What? What's done? Ernie: My story--greatest short story in the whole wide world, it's done. Greatest story in the world, wait'll you hear it. Bert: (groan) Go ahead. Ernie: A........B, C.......D...... Bert: Ernie..... Ernie: E, F,.....G.... Bert: Ernie, that's the alphabet! Ernie: Now comes the sad part. (begins to cry) H...I, J, K..... Bert: Ernie...... Ernie: .......L, M, N, O...................P Bert: Oh, Ernie! (shaking his head) Ernie: Now comes the action part! (reads excitedly) Q! R, S! T! U, V! Bert just groans Ernie: Here comes the wind-up--W, X, Y-- Suddenly Ernie begins to roll up the paper. Berts turns to him. Bert: Well? Ernie: Well what? Bert: Well go on, finish it. You went, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and then you stopped. Go on, finish the story. Ernie: And tell you how it ends? Then you'll never want to read it for yourself! (Laughs and goes off) Bert: Sighhhhhhhhhhhh......