In fair Azure City, or possibly the bureau or escritoire of a certain Dr. Caligari, where our scene lies forth. Enter the Kirbow, a champion of mice and men, played by a reb the Mr. Selig Efraim Yule.
"I have come for my brains," remarked the Kirbow.
"Oh, yes; sit down in that chair, please," replied the professor.
"You must excuse me for taking your head off, but I shall have to do it in order to put your brains in their proper place."
"That's all right," said the Kirbow. "Chop the sucker off, no sense in a guy trying to keep his head about him in this place anyway.
So the Wizard put out a quite painfully-looking CHOP! that he seemed to enjoy a little too much. Then he went out back for a while, coming by again later with a box of Lucky Charms and a great many pins and needles. Having very scientifically mixed it all into a bowl together, along with some nuts and bolts he found on the floor, he filled the top of the Kirbow's head with the amalgam and stuffed the remaining majority of the space with pages from a MAD Magazine, to hold it in place.
When he had fastened the Kirbow's head on his body again he said to him, "Hereafter you will be a great man, for I have given you a lot of bran-new brains."
The Kirbow was both pleased and proud at the fulfillment of his greatest wish, and thanked the man warmly. "Woohoo! I'm gonna go get a job in the civil service sector!" he said smartly.
To be continued...