*********************************************************************** Toon Navigator By Erik McDarby *********************************************************************** * Turn around, look at what you see. * * In her face, the mirror of your dreams. * * Make believe I'm everywhere. Living in your eyes. * * Writen on the pages, is the answer to the Neverending Story. * * Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh * * Neverending Story, Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh * * * * Reach the stars, fly a fantasy. * * Dream a dream, and what you see will be. * * Lives that keep their secret, will unfold behind the clouds. * * And there upon the rainbow, is the answer to our Neverending Story. * * Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh * * Neverending Story, Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh * * Story Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh * * Oh-Oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh * * * * Show no fear, for she may fade away, * * In your hands, the birth of a new day. * * Lives that keep their secret, will unfold behind the clouds. * * And there upon the rainbow, is the answer to our Neverending Story. * * Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh * * Neverending Story * *********************************************************************** ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ I sorry to hear about Tiny Toons being cut from Nick and KidsWB. Warner Brothers goes against the very standards and morals set forth by the Tooniverse. It seems that what was a display of the best of Warner Brothers, was only what Warner Brothers wanted to be in TTA and Looney Tunes. They allow themselves to be consumed by greed and power. Tiny Toons to me is not just some kids show, it is an ideal. Set in a beautiful land, Acme Acres is a place I dream of and wish I could be in. Who wouldn't want friends like Buster and Babs or even Plucky? Who wouldn't want a teacher like Bugs Bunny. It's a sad time in our world, and a shame that people can only dream these wonderful things and yet seldom live in the spirit of a toon. I hope that someday we all can do just that. And, I hope that someday I will see that more fans have created more web pages and give cartoon characters more love and respect they need. I believe that you will begin to give more love and respect to them after you read this furry story. Feel free to send me any comments and concerns. Thank you very much! The idea for the part that is in between the dotted lines originally came from John Urie's "Encounter with a Toon" furry story. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One day, I was reading posted messages in the alt.tv.tiny-toon newsgroup. I was about to turn in for the night when I have noticed the "envelope" icon in the bottom left corner with the "volume", "ICQ", and "connection" icons. (You'll know what I mean if you have Outlook Express for your news reader and e-mail program) I then realized that icon wasn't there when I logged on. Who could be e-mailing me now? I have not posted nor e-mailed anyone since last week. Thinking that it was obviously e-mail from $Infomercials$, (You know, spam, spam, spam, sheesh. Once they have your e-mail address, it's impossible to get it out of their mailing list, and you can only ignore them.) I almost went to shut down anyway, but just before I clicked the shut down icon in the start menu, (I use Windows 95), my curiosity got the better of me. Going back to the Outlook Express window, I went to the inbox to look for the new message. (Outlook Express automaticly downloads the messages when I receive new messages on my mail server.) When I found it, I saw that it was not an advertisement from $Infomercials$, or from anyone I knew. Someone named, Calamco@AcmeNetwork.com. Then I realized that wasn't an ISP I'd heard of, and I definetly didn't know anyone with the user name, Calamco. Then, I noticed that the subject header was the words: Recommended Meeting. That was weird. Why would someone I'd never heard of and never talked with want a meeting. I looked down to the text window, It read: Dear Mr. McDarby I have been looking at some of your articles on the alt.internet.domains newsgroup for some time now, and you are a natural born writter. In other words, you were born to write. I, myself, was very pleased to see how far you have come and what you achieved in such a short time. This is why I'm getting my friend, Calamity Coyote, to help me send you this e-mail. I stopped. Wait a minute, Calamity Coyote is a cartoon character. Maybe he's just mixed it up. Then, I read on: I'm writing to you, because I want to enlist your help in a project that I have planned with your new domain, JerryMouse.com, that you have. I think a friend of mine will like to help as well. Rather than to waste time, I would prefer to meet you in person. Then I thought, "why just set up a meet in a private chatroom". I read on: The only way to do this since you have a broken Deskjet printer is as follows: Attached to this e-mail is two GIF files. Open the first one, then save it for your photo album. Then, Open the second one, the last one. You should see a special "Skeleton Key" image. You should be getting that exact key any minute. When you get that key, use it to unlock your locked closet. Thinking to myself, "This is supposed to set up a meeting?". I read on: One last thing: This will only work if your closet door has a "Skeleton Key" hole. Looking forward to meeting you. Best Regards Erik Now, what the..? I thought to myself. It had to be a prank, they're using my name. I would open the attachments and find the dreaded 'Penpal' virus inside. The best thing to do would be to delete this message and forget about the whole thing. And, yet, taking a deep breath, I moved the cursor to the paper clip icon at the left of the subject and clicked on it. A list of both attachments fell down and I clicked on the first one. A GIF began to scroll down my monitor screen. It showed an image of a cartoon animal on a white background. It was a creature that looked like a mouse. It had a black nose and a mouth resembling a dog, and had a long tail. It had round-like ears with pink on the insides. It was light-brown all over except for his pink belly and under his lifted foot. The mouse in the picture had been drawn in what is called the Anthropomorphic style. I.E. Basically humanoid in shape (Walking on hind legs only). I saved the image onto the disk, then opened my imaging program. Clicking on the mysterious GIF, Which I now saw was entitled "Erik-mo1". Whoever had sent me this message, and GIF was obviously a fellow traveler in the alt.internet.domains group. Then I went back to the attachments and clicked on the second one. Another GIF began to scroll down my monitor screen. It showed an image of an old looking skeleton key. In the top oval, it had engraved letters that spelled "Toon". As I was looking at the key, I heard a loud crash outside in my backyard. I went outside to investigate with my flashlight. I have searched around the backyard and thought I might be hearing things. I was just about to go back inside to the computer, when I have noticed some steam rising. I went to where the steam was rising to investigate and saw a small creater, like those on the moon. As I looked into the creater, I saw a skeleton key that looked like the one I was looking at in the image with the word "Toon". So, I have decided to take the key in to investigate some more. I went in and went to my closet door and unlocked it with the key as instructed. I then stood back from the door and said, to no one in particular, "All right, now what?" Then the closet door opened and I heard a voice that said, "Well, now this actually.." I almost fell over my teddy bear's chair. "Hey, don't be scared, Mr. McDarby.", he said coming out of the closet. "I come in peace" I couldn't believe my ears or my eyes! "...and don't bother pinching yourself either" The mouse continued, "because, no, you're not dreaming." And with that, he jumped out of the closet and into my room! Landing lightly on all fours, he stood up, and stretched his back. I tried to say something, but the words wouldn't come. Meanwhile, the mouse did a quick survey of my room. Noticing my shelves and my bed covered with plush toys, he observed, "Hey! Cool collection of plush toys". "Er... thanks." I replied, trying to regain my composure. "Who are you?" I questioned. "Didn't you read my e-mail?" He asked in surprise, "I'm Erik Mouse". Just when I thought things couldn't possibly get any stranger, I said, "You mean: YOU sent me that...". "Well, not without help, but yes, that was me". "What are you?", I asked. I'm a cartoon character- obviously!" he replied, "...or just toon, for short. Beginning to relax a little, I started to take notice of my visitor. He was about three feet and three inches tall. I grew serious and asked, "How did you jump out of the closet like that?" "Oh, THAT." He replied with a throwaway gesture. "No big deal. Toons can do that. Haven't you ever watched one of those cartoons where the character goes through one door and comes out another door somewhere else? Think of the 'Little Red Ridding Rabbit', short from Looney Tunes, where Bugs Bunny goes through some set of doors in grandma's house". I had seen that, I said. Erik Mouse went on, "I was just praying that you had a closet with a skeleton key hole, instead of no key hole. That key only works with skeleton key doors. I decided it was time to get to the heart of the matter. I said, "All right, so why are you here? In your E-mail you said something about; 'Help with a project with my new domain.'" He said, "Well, Mr. McDarby.." I said, "Call me Erik". "All right, Erik" he replied with a smile, "and my friends call me 'Erik' for short". "Um... would you mind if I sit down on your bed?", he asked. "Go ahead", I said. He went around behind me, cautiously picking his way around to my bed. "Sorry about the mess", I said uneasily. "If I'd known I was going to have company.." "Don't worry about it. "As he took the seat on my bed, I asked, "Was it really necessary for you to scare me like that just now? I was almost scared out of my wits when I saw the closet door open, and you address me from the closet the way you did." "Sorry about that." he answered with a shrug, "But it was the only way I could think of to get you to believe that I was real. If I'd simply written you an E- mail saying: 'Hi, I want your help, and by the way, I'm a cartoon character!' you'd have just made a fast draw for the delete function and forgotten all about it. Am I right?" "Well..." I answered slowly, "You do have a point, there." Heck, I'm still not sure that I believe that this is really happening." I looked at him and got to the point. "So, Erik, what is it that you want?" He replied, "I'm an actor, Erik. I've done some work, but I've never had that serious offer that we all dream about. Nonetheless, along the way, I've had quite a few interesting adventures, and I want to try posting some of my stories on the Human internet." He paused, looked me in the eye, and said, "...and I came here to ask you to help me". "What?" I answered, "You want me to post your stories on the net for you?" "Yes," he replied. "I can't do it myself. Then, I said, "Well, Erik, then you should know that I have the same first name as you". But that only seemed to encourage him. "Great!" he cried clapping his hands "Then we're kindred spirits you and me. How about it?" I said, "There's another problem, Erik Mouse..." He said, "Call me 'Erik.'" I said, "I don't know." Then I said, still dubious; "Why don't you get your friend Calamity, or whatever his name is to help you?" "Can't."He answered, shaking his head; " Calamity's a toon, like me." "What has that got to do with..." "Everything." he replied; "You may not be aware of this, Erik, but there are actually two internets; the one here in the Human world, and the one in my world; the Toon world. He continued: "The two nets operate as mirrors. For example, domains here in the Human world are registered by InterNIC.net - Network Solutions, Inc., and can be looked up in the WHOIS database, and it's mirror counterpart in the Toon world is TooNIC.net - Toonet Solutions, Inc., where domains can be looked up in the TOONIS database. But, it costs $70 more to register a domain in the Toon world. In fact everything here in the human world has it's mirror counterpart in the Toon world. The web is just one of them." I said getting a little technical, "two internets. That might explain why InterNIC has had problems with their servers crashing, and registration and modification applications that have just disappeared. You see, maybe when a domain is registered in your world; the Toon world by TooNIC.net, it sometimes causes problems with InterNIC.net, when the WHOIS datebase detects domains that weren't registered by InterNIC.net, and.." Then, he said, "The problem is, Communication between the two internets is somewhat tenuous at best. You can, for example, read messages on the Human usenet from the Toon usenet, but posting messages from one to the other is extremely difficult. Same thing with E-mail. It took Calamity Coyote almost a month to figure out how to get the message I sent you to upload to your server, and believe me, Calamity knows net-surfing like the back of his paw." "Are you serious?" I asked skeptically. "To quote the Raven: 'Nevermore'. Try to send a response on the Human net to Calamco@AcmeNetwork.com and the server will come back with; 'What, are you kidding?' That's why I need a human to help me." "Okay," I answered reluctantly; "I understand, but tell me. Why do you want to do this anyway?" He said, "If I could get some of my stories out on the web; maybe make people more familiar me, I might have a better shot at getting my break." "Sounds logical.", I nodded. Okay, next question, "Why me?", I asked. "Another one of my friends, Jerry Mouse, read me a post you put up on the alt.internet.domains group some while ago called, 'Where the non-porm cartoon infomation will be at'. I liked it. After that I started keeping an eye out for some of your other articles. Like I said in the E-mail, I like your writing and so here I am.", he said. He looked up at me and said, "...and so the question remains: How about it?" "Well....I...don't know." I answered slowly; "I-I'd like to help, but..." "I can pay you." Erik put in quickly, looking humbly at the floor, "Not much, but I can make it worth your while to write up my stories and put them on your Jerry Mouse domain for me. When you registered the Jerry Mouse domain here in the Human world, you made a double name. "What is a double name?", I asked. "A double name is when the same domain is registered in both the Human world and Toon world. In fact, they're are many double names and now JerryMouse.com is one of them. It is very difficult to post from one JerryMouse.com to the other JerryMouse.com, and you own the domain. That is why I need you to write some of my stories and put them on your domain for me. Don't ask me why, but seeing Erik Mouse looking like that made me feel more than a little uncomfortable and sad. I said, "You don't have to pay me. If you're really an unemployed actor, you need all the help you can get." Erik Mouse brightened and said, "Then you'll..." "I didn't say that." I responded quickly; "But if--and I mean IF--I were to agree to do this, it wouldn't be for money." Erik looked thoughtful. Then he said, "All right, then how about this. Let me tell you some of the stories I want to put on your Jerry Mouse domain here in the Human world and see what you think. If you don't like them. If you don't think they're funny. I'll get back in the closet and go home, no hard feelings." Then I said, "And if I do like them?" He said, "Then it's up to you. " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But, before I tell you a story, there is a problem and we need your help. We need you to come to the Toon world, we're in great danger." "What do you mean, great danger?", I said. "Bugs Bunny himself has become deathly ill. There seems to be a mysterious link between his illness and the emptiness, hes dying", he said. "What is the emptiness?", I asked. "It is what makes the web sites in the Human world become empty and no longer found", he said. "How can I go to the Toon world to help him?", I said. "Oh, a friend of mine, Calamity Coyote, the one who helped me send you an e-mail has an 'Inter-dimensional Vessel' that can travel between worlds. That is how I got here, but I needed your help to get here. That is what the key was for, he said. As Erik Mouse got up, he said, "But, I'll need to go back to the Toon world to get some friends of mine. Maybe we can spend the night here." Then, he went over to the closet door. He opened the door and said, "When I go in and close the door, put the key in the keyhole and lock it and I will be back in the Toon world. Then, wait about ten minutes and then unlock the door." Then, he went into the closet and I closed and locked the door. Then I unlocked and opened the door and when I looked in, he was gone. I closed and locked the door again. I went back to the computer and played a little solitare by opening the solitare game on the computer. When ten minutes have passed, I got up, went back to the closet, and unlocked the door. Then, the closet door opened and I heard a voice that said, "Erik, I'm back with some friends. They are Jeffrey Mouse, Edmond Bunny, Ryan Coyote, and Ivan Bunny." Don't ask me why one of Erik Mouse's friends has the same name as another AT3 user. He came out of the closet with his four friends. When I saw them, I realised that they're all three feet high. The first cartoon animal was a mouse that looked kind of like Erik Mouse, but he was light grey and had darker pink inner ears. He also had a long tail and he was wearing a red shirt. And, he also had a black nose. The second cartoon character was a bunny that was white. He also had pink inner ears and a pink nose. And, he was wearing a yellow-orange cape. The third cartoon character looked was a coyote that was a grayish-brown. His inner ear and his tummy was brown. He also had a black nose. The fourth and final cartoon character was a bunny like the second one. Except that he was light brown and had a dark brown nose, and had a white cotton tail. He was also wearing blue and white striped overalls. And, he was eating a carrot. Erik Mouse said, "Let me interduce you to my friends. The light grey mouse is Jeffrey Mouse, the white bunny wearing a cape is Edmond Bunny, the grayish- brown coyote is Ryan Coyote, and the light brown bunny is Ivan Bunny." "Glad to meet you", I said. Then Ivan Bunny said, "We're be spending the night here before we go back to the Toon world." I said, "It's already getting late. We better get ready to go to bed." I went back over to the computer and closed it down. Then, I came back over to Erik Mouse. I said, "Now, lets all go to sleep". And we went to bed. The next morning I got up and said to myself, "I dreamed it all last night, I guess I'll have a good story to write. Now, I better go get some breakfast." As I got up, I saw Erik Mouse and his friends sleeping next to me. And, I thought, "I guess I wasn't dreaming. Looks like they had a long day". I went downstairs and got myself some breakfast. I guess, uh, you don't want to know what I had for breakfast. After I finished breakfast, I went back upstairs to my room. Just as I entered, Erik Mouse and his friends were waking up. "Good Morning", I said, smiling. Erik Mouse said, "Lets get ready to go to the Toon world." He and his friends went over to the closet and opened the door. "Okay, everyone, lets get into the closet." We all got into the closet and closed the door. Then, I locked the door with the key that had the letters that spelled toon. At the back of the closet, I saw a four foot "Mouse Hole" open up. We all stepped into it and then we came aboard a small vessel. The small vessel was like the "Millennium Falcom" in Star Wars. Erik Mouse said, "want to go see the captain, Erik?" "Sure.", I said. Then, we all started for the so called "front" of the vessel. As we entered the captain's room, I could not believe my eyes. The guy, or should I say toon, that was piloting the vessel is the Tiny Toon star, Calamity Coyote. He was at least two and a half feet tell. I reconized him because he was the young gray coyote pup, and he was piloting the vessel. As soon as Calamity Coyote saw us, he lifted up a sign. It said, "Okay, everyone, all we ready to leave for the Toon world?" We all took some seats. Erik Mouse replied, "Yes, Calamity." Then, Calamity Coyote turned and we started to move. "I guess that is what they call sign language here", I thought. I looked out the window and saw that we were going up towards the clouds in the Human world. As we kept on going up, I noticed that we were above the clouds. Now, we were picking up speed. Suddenly, the sky disappeared and it looked like we were between two layers of storm clouds, one above us and one below us, with bolts of lightning striking to the left and right of us. (Think about the scene when Max is going back in time near the end in "The Navigator") Then, suddenly I noticed that we were in the cartoon sky, decending down to a landing sight. As we approached the landing sight, Calamity Coyote lifted up another sign. It said, "Next stop, Acme Acres, Toon world. Watch your step!" And, we came to a complete stop. We got up and started to get off the vessel. As soon as I got off the vessel, I realized that I was walking on cartoon ground. Erik Mouse said, "This way Erik, we have to cut through Acme Forest to get to where Bugs Bunny is. As we were heading through Acme Forest, I noticed two familiar blue and pink figures. They were Babs and Buster Bunny (no relation), the stars of Tiny Toon Adventures. I reconized them because Babs Bunny was the pink bunny with purple bows on her ears and wearing her yellow shirt and lavender skirt. She had a white cotton tail. And, Buster Bunny was the blue bunny wearing his red shirt. They were at least two and a half feet tall. They came up to us and stopped. "Hey!", gasped Buster Bunny, "Are you Erik McDarby, the writer and webmaster, Erik Mouse told us about. "Yes, that's me", I replied, blushing. "Then, you have come to see our teacher, Bugs Bunny, who is very ill. He is resting in his bed down in his burrow.", Babs Bunny said. Buster Bunny then said, "Follow us to Bugs Bunny's Burrow." We followed Buster Bunny and Babs Bunny. We came to Bugs Bunny's burrow and we all went down into the burrow to see Bugs Bunny. As we came to his bed, Bugs Bunny said slowly, "Whats....up,...doc!" "Bugs Bunny", I said. I reconized Bugs Bunny because he was the gray bunny. He was at least three and a half feet tall. "We brought Erik McDarby to see you", Buster Bunny cried. He was looking sad seeing his favorite teacher ill." Erik McDarby, you are the only human moved by our plight. "Tell me, what is wrong?", I said. "The same force that is making the stories and web sites in your world become empty has made me very ill", Bugs Bunny said. "Tell me, what is this force?, I said. "Only you can name it.", Bugs Bunny said. "Name it?", I said. "We are the creatures of human fantasy, we need your dreams and stories to exist. But, the people in your world no longer believe in us. They have no time to give us names and storys, Bugs Bunny said. "Tell me, what is it that I have to do to find a cure for you.", I said. "The only thing that can help me now is the 'Drops of Love'". "The 'Drops of Love', where can I find them?", I asked. "We were hoping you knew where to find them. But, you must remember. If you find it, only you can save us. Only you can heal both of our worlds. Erik McDarby, your my last hope", Bugs Bunny said, fading back into his rest. Looking at my favorite Looney Tunes character like that, I felt sad. And, I said, "What are we waiting for? Lets go find the 'Drops of Love'". Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, Erik Mouse, Edmond Bunny, Jeffrey Mouse, Ryan Coyote, Ivan Bunny, and I climbed out of Bugs Bunny's Burrow. "Lets go see a friend of mine, Plucky Duck. He's playing in the duck pond", said Buster Bunny. We followed Buster Bunny to the duck pond and I noticed a familiar green figure. It was Plucky Duck, and I reconized him because he was the green duck with a yellow beak and yellow webbed feet wearing a white shirt. He came up out of the pond and greeted us. He was at least two and a half feet high. "YOU brought Erik McDarby to help us, Erik Mouse! My mentor, Daffy Duck, would like to talk to you. He is in the Acme Looniversity teacher's lounge. I'll go get him, you wait here. He left the pond and went to get Daffy Duck. A few minutes later, he came back with Daffy Dack. As they came down the trail, I noticed a familiar black figure with Plucky Duck. It was Daffy Duck, and I reconized him because his was the black duck with an orange beak and orange webbed feet. He was at least three and a half feet high. Daffy Duck and Plucky Duck came back up to us. He was looking sad, he said, "Erik McDarby, you have come to help us and already must know that Bugs Bunny is ill. The reason I care about him is that now I don't have anyone to do the 'Duck Season, Rabbit Season, Duck Season' trick with. "The only way to cure Bugs Bunny is with the 'Drops of Love'. Do you know what that is?, I asked. "Never heard of it. Today, we were having a meeting in the teachers' lounge with the other Looney Tune stars, such as Lola Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Yoshmite Sam, Marvin the Martian, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales-THAT pesky rodent, Wilde Coyote, The Roadrunner, Foghorn Legcorn, Henry Hawk, The Tasmanian Devil, Pepe Le Pew, along with others, when some of the stars started coming down with something. We don't know what it is, but it also seems to cause the web sites in your world to become empty, Daffy Duck said. "I have to go back to the nurse's office to see how the others are doing. And, I'm hoping that you'll find the 'Drops of Love' before the youngsters catch the epidemic", he continued. Just as Daffy Duck was leaving up one trail, a familiar peach figure was coming up another trail. It was Lola Bunny, and I reconized her because she was the peach bunny. She had blond hair with a purple band around the base of her ears, and she was wearing a yellow shirt and purple shorts. She also had a white cotton tail and was at least a three and a half feet tall. "How is Bugs Bunny doing?", she asked. "Not too good", I replied. "I must go see him, can you take me to his burrow", she said. "Sure!", I said. Then Erik Mouse, Edmond Bunny, Jeffrey Mouse, Ivan Bunny, Ryan Coyote, Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, Plucky Duck, and I led Lola Bunny to Bugs Bunny's burrow. We went down into his burrow and Lola Bunny looked at Bugs Bunny sadly. She said, "Bugs, how are you doing?" "Not too good", he coughed. Lola Bunny turned back to me and said, "I'll stay here and take care of him while you go to the southern oracle to ask where the 'Drops of Love' are" "How do I get there", I asked. It is somewhere in the south in the Human world. Then, Erik Mouse, Edmond Bunny, Jeffrey Mouse, Ivan Bunny, Ryan Coyote, Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, and Plucky Duck left Bugs Bunny's burrow. And, we headed towards Calamity Coyote's vessel. As we were walking towards the vessel, I saw familiar grey-blue cat, pink pig, and white loon. They were Furrball the Cat, Hamton Pig, and Shirley Mcloon. I reconized them because Furrball was a grey-blue cat with a bite tooking out of his right ear and a white bandage on his tail. Hamton Pig was the pink pig with blue overalls. And Shirley Mcloon was the white loon with an orange beak and orange webbed feet. She had blond hair with a purple bow on it and she was wearing a pink shirt. They were all at least two and a half feet high. "We would like to go with you!", Hamton Pig said. "Sure, Hamton!", Buster Bunny said. Then, this familar looking girl came charging up the trail. It was Elmyra Duff, I reconized her because she had orange hair and a blue bow in it. The bow had a skull on it. She was wearing a blue shirt with a white skirt. And, she also was wearing black shoes and white socks. She was at least two and a half feet tall. "Come back here my cuddly-wuddlies, Come back!", Elmyra Duff yelled. "Run, Thats not a little girl, thats godzilla with fangs!", yelled Buster Bunny. I looked up at the nearest tree and saw a cage that can be triggered with a rope near by. Under the cage was a white 'X'. "I think someone should lock her in a cage", I said. As I waited for the right movement, I saw that she was heading under the cage. So, I pulled the rope and the cage came falling right down on top of her. Then, we started to run to loose Elmyra Duff before she got loose. Erik Mouse, Edmond Bunny, Jeffrey Mouse, Ryan Coyote, Ivan Bunny, Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, Plucky Duck, Hamton Pig, Furrball the cat, Shirley Mcloon, and I got pretty far away from her and hid behind a row of bushes to be on the safe side. I looked up and saw that she was not coming. "She must have giving up", I thought. "Let me tell you, Erik McDarby, that Elmyra Duff is always a pain. We don't have time to play with her, we need to save Bugs Bunny. We got out from behind the bushes and headed for Calamity Coyote's vessel. As we were walking toward the vessel, I saw a familiar cat & mouse. They were a gray cat and a brown mouse. They were Tom & Jerry. I reconized them because Tom Cat was the grey cat and Jerry Mouse was the brown mouse. Tom Cat was at least three feet tall and Jerry Mouse was at least eight inches tall. "Hey, is that Erik McDarby who registered a web site for me in the Human world?, asked Jerry Mouse. "Yes, it was me. I registered it because you are my favorite mouse", I said. "And, I'm going to adding you all to it because I like you all", I continued. "You like us, you really like us!", exclaimed Babs Bunny. Then, we and Tom & Jerry came to the vessel and got aboard. Calamity Coyote lfted up a sign that said, "Where to?" "Back to the Human world, we were told that the only way to cure Bugs Bunny is the 'Drops of Love' and the southern oracle may know where to find it. We were also told that the southern oracle is in the Human world Calamity Coyote lifted up another sign. It said, "I know right were it is, it is in Egypt in Africa. Everyone, please take a seat". We all took a seat and we took off into the sky. We went above the clouds and started picking up speed. Suddenly, the sky disappeared and we were once again between two layers of storm clouds, one above us and one below us, with bolts of lightning striking to the left and right of us. (Think about the scene when Max is going back in time near the end in "The Navigator"). And, suddenly we were in the sky, above the clouds of the Human world. We went down and we were moving fast over water. (The Atlantic Ocean). Suddenly we were moving swiftly over land, then over the mountains, across the great plains, and we went over the rocky mountains. (The United States) Suddenly, we were over water again. (The Pacific Ocean). As we were moving over water, it was getting dark. We went over land again (India) and then we were over water again. (Indian Ocean). It was getting light out again. We were slowing down and landed in Egypt (Africa). When we came to a stop, Calamity Coyote lifted up a sign. It said, "Next stop, Egypt, Human world. Watch your step!". We, and Calamity Coyote, got off the vessel, and I realized I was walking on real ground again. Then, Calamity Coyote showed us the way to the southern oracle. We traveled to we came to a pyramid. Calamity Coyote lifted up a sight, "It said, "The southern oracle is in here". We found the entrance and went inside. We started to walk slowly inside and heard a voice. It said, "Do not be afraid, we will not harm you. We have been waiting for you a long time, Erik McDarby." "Are you the southern oracle?", I asked. "Yes, we are", the voice said. "Then, you must know where to find the 'Drops of Love', I exclaimed. "Yes, we do", the voice said. "Well, where is it, I have to know", I said. "The 'Drops of Love' can be found within you. Like most humans", the voice said. We left the pyramid and I said, "What does it mean that the 'Drops of Love' can be found within me?", I said. "I do not know, maybe it could be wrong", said Buster Bunny. (Little did I know that it wasn't wrong). We headed back to the vessel and when we got back to the vessel, we all got aboard. We all took seats and Calamity Coyote took the captain's seat and lifted up a sign. It said, "Everyone ready to go to the Toon world" "Yes, Calamity Coyote", Buster Bunny said. Then, we took off into the sky and went above the clouds. Suddenly, the sky disappeared and we were once again between two layers of storm clouds, one above us and one below us, with bolts of lightning striking to the left and right of us. (Think about the scene when Max is going back in time near the end in "The Navigator"). And, suddenly we were in the sky, above the clouds of the Toon world. We came down to the landing sight. As the vessel came to a stop, Calamity Coyote lifted up a sign that said, "Next stop, Acme Acres, Toon world. Watch your step". We got off the vessel and realized I was walking on cartoon ground again. We were greeted by Lola Bunny. She said, "Please come quickly, Bugs Bunny is fading away. He's dying." We rushed to Bugs Bunny's burrow and went down into it. I started to feel sad. As we came to Bugs Bunny's bed, he said coughing, "Erik McDarby, why do you look so sad?" "I failed you Bugs Bunny". Suddenly, Bugs Bunny started to slip away. I rushed over to his bed and leaned over him and started to hug him. I said, crying, "Bugs Bunny, please don't die. You got to try, you got to care, for me. You'll my friend and we need you, we love you". As I was crying, one of my tears landed on Bugs Bunny. Bugs Bunny suddenly sat up and knocked me over. "So, that is what the legend meant by 'Drops of Love'. The 'Drops of Love' are tears from humans showing love for the loosing of loved ones. Meaning, love conquers all. Lola Bunny caught some of my tears in a cup to take back to the other sick toons and she lefted for the Nurse's office. Bugs Bunny continued, "The emptiness on the Human internet cannot be destroyed, It has to be filled with your love for us cartoon characters. Courage comes from the heart, not from symbols. If you found courage to stand up for what you believe in, you can go and heal both of our worlds. And if more people start to love us better, we will live on and we will no longer be forgotten", said Bugs Bunny smiling. We climbed up out of Bugs Bunny's burrow and went back to the vessel. When we got back to the vessel, we got aboard. Calamity Coyote lifted up a sign. It said, "Now, going back to the Human world, is everyone ready". We all took seats again. We took off and went above the clouds. Suddenly, the sky disappeared and we were again between two layers of storm clouds, one above us and one below us, with bolts of lightning striking to the left and right of us. (Think about the scene when Max is going back in time near the end in "The Navigator"). And, suddenly we were in the sky, above the clouds of the Human world. Then, we headed towards the ground and came to a stop. We got up and headed towards the back of the vessel. We came to where a four foot "mouse hole" opened up. We all stepped through it and we were back in my closet. Then, I unlocked the door and was back in my room. Now, I was home with not only Erik Mouse, Edmond Bunny, Jeffrey Mouse, Ivan Bunny, and Ryan Coyote, but with also Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, Plucky Duck, Hamton Pig, Shirley Mcloon, Furrball the Cat, Tom Cat, and Jerry Mouse. "Looks like this is goodbye", I said. "Should you need us, for any reason, any reason at all?", said Erik Mouse. "Every now and then, for no reason at all, we need you, all of you", I said "Why didn't you say so?", said Erik Mouse. Then, we threw a party and Erik Mouse said, "Erik, I would like to tell you some stories I would like to put on your Jerry Mouse domain. I said, "And if I do like them?" He said, "Then it's up to you. He told many stories, but thats another story. The End Credits: Erik Mouse, Edmond Bunny, Ryan Coyote, Jeffrey Mouse, and Ivan Bunny: Village of Miracles - 1999 Looney Tunes, Tiny Toon Adventures, Acme Acres, Acme Looniversity, and character names: Warner Brothers Tom & Jerry, Tom Cat, and Jerry Mouse: Hanna - Barbera Lyrics for "The beginning": John Urie's "Encounter with a Toon Lyrics for "Traveling between to layers of storm clouds in between worlds": The Navigator Lyrics for "The oracle", "the first and last talk with Bugs Bunny", and "The melody and words table": The Neverending Story Lyrics for "The ending": The Labyrinth Questions, Comments, and Concerns: Please feel free to let me know what you think. E-mail me, Erik McDarby