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"Sh-h!"said his wife

"There!" The crowd roared

Out of the sun came the Martian rockets

"Everybody ready?" The lanced nervously about

"Yes, sir," said Miss California 1965

"Yes," said Miss A up at the last minute as a substitute for Miss America 1966, as ill at home

"Yes siree," said Mr Biggest Grapefruit in San Fernando Valley 1956, eagerly

"Ready, band?"

The band poised its brass like so uns

"Ready!"

The rockets landed "Go!"

The band played "California, Her

e I Come" ten times Fro his hands in the direction of the silent, apprehensive rockets

At one-fifteen the seals of the rockets opened

The band played "Oh, You Golden State" three times