Part 14

And here’s typhoid!

RABBIT

Er--ah!

DOG

Typhoid, too!

FLY

I’m the best little carrier of typhoid the world has ever seen.

DOG

(Grimly.)

Go on! Go on!

FLY

(Holds up second right foot.)

Here I keep scarlet fever. (Holds up second left foot.) And here’s small-pox! (Holds up third right foot.) And here’s the white plague.

MONKEY

(Falls back, frightened.)

Ee--ee--ee!

FLY

Now, ladies and gentlemen, here I am, germed to the feet! How shall that Doctor die?

DOG

(Significantly.)

So, Mr. Fly, you carry ALL the diseases?

FLY

(Proudly.)

I carry them all! All! Even infantile paralysis! (Laughs.) And let me tell you a little joke! They’ll never get rid of disease as long as I’M alive. Buzz-z-z-z-z-z-z! Buzz-z-z-z-z-z! Buzz-z-z!

DOG

Friends, we’ve been blaming the wrong person!

ALL

What? You mean--? Tell us!