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Why, Mark Trail…How young you look! What’s your secret?

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So, what is Mark’s secret of youth? I gather it’s shaving.

I wonder how disappointed or even angry Cherry will be when she learns that she didn’t really have to shoot any animals, after all. Except maybe with a camera. Anyway, here we go with another round of disconnected dialogs. I also think Jules Rivera really needs to practice more with her narration boxes: “Hog-Hunting Hootenanny”!? Talk about an alliterative non-sequitur…. Rivera could at least have brought the phrase into the 1960s with “Hog-Hunting Hullaballoo!” Or, if she is looking at cute alliterative phrases that more sense, how about “It’s Hog-Hunting Harvest!”, “It’s Hog-Hunting Heaven!”, or even “It’s a Hog-Hunting Halidom!”

Being Saturday, we once again come to the issue of whether we get back to a week of Cherry and Holly Folly, or continue following Mark and the Three Fates. On the other hand, does it matter?

4 thoughts on “Why, Mark Trail…How young you look! What’s your secret?”

  1. Why would they go anywhere?
    The boar is just standing there, in easy range, ignoring them.
    If they chase him, he’ll either run away or charge them.

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    • Good point. There is the possibility that Tess is speaking loosely and “Let’s go!” really means “Let’s get ‘im, gals!”

      Or, she means for them to first move, as you suggest. But why? Maybe they are going to organizing themselves into some ritual arrangement (like a 3-way surround) before attacking the hog. In the meantime, it could run off by the time they’re ready!

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