Never Ending Story

"Okay buddy...whatever you want!" And the truck popped away, leaving a cloud of sweet smoke, of which Stone took a deep puff and, thunderstruck, burst into laughter...

...felt instantly enlightened and henceforth all he ever said was :" YES!"

(to be continued by somebody else or not at all)

This, of course, was cause of quite a few problems in poor Stones daily life (not that he cared any more). Soon he was in great debt, deprived of not only his ability to say the not-so-unimportant no or at least the kind of phrase that says yes, but let's you know he means no, but also of most of his material belongings, and instead owned a variety of insurances, vacuum cleaners and boy and girl scout cookies of all shapes, sizes and ages...

"what a nightmare", he sighed, and...

...decided to give it all up and to hitch-hike his way down to costa rica, where living as a beachcomber was still cheap and easy, when suddenly...

...something weird appeard in front of him as he went trough some huge banana plants at midnight. He didn't exactly knew what is was but it really looked as awful as anything he had ever seen before. That creepy figure put down it's old black hood and whispered...

..."may the force be with you", and...

...popped out a two-meter-tongue to slurp Stones face. terrified, he woke up and saw dog holiday with a big neandertal-bone in his snout. "hey dog, what a nice surprise", he exclaimed flabbergasted, "where have you been all the time?"

"Woof" said the dog wisely and...

...dropped that big neandertal-bone right on Stone´s bare feet...

where a bruise, that announced it's appearence with a big red spot on the foot, would remain for the next few days. "Holy crap"...

..."so much for hitch-hiking...who will lift a huge dog and a limping bum with stinky feet?", when suddenly...

...a faint whisper reached his ears, which said :

"To be or not to be, that is the question."

"Well, than better not be", said a dark voice from behind a tree.

Behind the tree was an old man. He's name was Professor Moriarty. Better known as James Moriarty.

It was his practice to take...

...advantage of his similarity to William Shakespeare. And so, of course, Freddy Stone fell down on his knees, thinking that finally Big Will himself gave him - to no one else but him! - the answer to the one-million-dollar-question.
But dog Holiday...

... was very much puzzled by that strange voice from behind that tree. So, unfortunately, he completely forgot to...

...blew his nose. That's why Big Dog Holiday and Fred Stone felt very much disgusted.
"Hey Professor!" they shouted. "James Moriarty! What the hell are you doing behind that tree?"
"Well", the professor answered, "nothing special, actually. Why do you ask?"