The Troutown Gazette

Well folks, it's more bad news, unfortunately. The town fountain broke down sometime between the hours of 1 and 3 o'clock this morning. It appears some pranksters thought it would be funny to throw a dead titmouse in the fountain drain and cause it to overflow. Thankfully Ned's been sleepwalking again, and was awakened by his wet feet as he was roaming past the fountain. Good ol' Ned fished out the blockage, which saved some of the water, but the fountain doesn't look like it will be operational anytime soon.

Hopefully the Troutown Penta-Annual Bookmobile Bake Sale will raise the much needed funds to repair our town's pride. Sure, the school children will have to go without books for a little while, but without that fountain, heck, we're no better than Great Haven! And when you're mentioned in the same breath as those bumpkins, you quickly become the laughing stock of the entire tri-country area.

# posted by Jiminy Grizzle @ 9:13 AM