🙋‍♀️ TREE 388: The conversation where Thag and Grok invent misogyny

One.

LOCATION: EXTERIOR, DAY, A PILE OF LARGE STONES IN A MEADOW WHERE EARLY HUMANS LIKE TO RELAX.

THAG: Grok, I’ve been thinking

GROK: What have you been thinking about, Thag?

THAG: Why does my mandangle rise when Shrkla walks by?

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ALERT: This post is pretty much nonstop mandangles. If that’s not your thing, skip ahead to section Two.

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GROK: Everybody’s mandangle rises when Shrkla walks by.

THAG: Not Keith’s.

GROK: No, not Keith’s.

THAG: Keith’s mandangle rises when you walk by.

GROK: I know! Yesterday, I walked by Keith and there was his mandangle standing up tall like one of those mushrooms Thrrk ate before he died. I said, “Nice mandangle, Keith.” and he turned pink and giggled.

THAG: That’s what I’m thinking about Grok. Normally Keith has great banter.

GROK: Very witty.

THAG: But when his mandangle goes up, his mouth can’t do words. I’m the same – definitely not as smart when my mandangle is up. The day before two nights ago Shrkla walked by, up it popped, and I started following her. I don’t know why. I followed Shrkla from the time the invisible person with wings carrying the hot sky ball was right above me until they put the hot sky ball away for the night.

GROK: Did you talk to her?

THAG: No, my chest was thumping and all my mouth water went away. And then, because the cold sky ball didn’t turn up, I couldn’t find my way home and had to sleep in a tree. I never felt so stupid.

GROK: It’s not your fault.

THAG: Isn’t it?

GROK: Did you decide to raise your mandangle? Did you decide to follow Shrkla?

THAG: No, it just happened.

GROK: See? You didn’t do it. Shrkla did it to you.

THAG: How? She never got near me.

GROK: Invisible power.

THAG: Oh! I bet that’s why she walked all the way to where the invisible person with wings goes at night. I bet that’s where she gets the invisible power.

GROK: And then she uses it to make us dumb.

THAG: I only want to be dumb when it’s up to me, not when it’s up to her. You know what I’m thinking now, Grok?

GROK: I think I do. The deep hole – we should put Shrkla in it and only pull her out when we want to be dumb.

THAG: Yes! And shall we put you in the other deep hole so Keith can do his witty banter?

GROK: No, because I’m not like Shrkla. I’m responsible with my power.

Two.

Hold up on that reaction. Get the whole story first.

Three.

Here’s another great song from Steven Lee Tracy’s BOYGIRLBOY.

If you spend a little extra time gathering information in the I don’t know zone, you’ll get better answers to your whys than Thag and Grok.

Grow slowly
Jeff