"Hey Man, what's wrong?" Steve asked looking at Donny. Donny was sitting in the shop office looking as if it was the end of the world.
"Yeah," Wooley added, "Why so blue?"
"It's that crazy brother of mine," Donny answered. "Doesn't it bother you that all of us could have gotten killed yesterday and he lead us straight into it?"
"Well, a little," Steve said, "but everything came out all right."
"Yeah," Wooley said, "That's why we stick together. Besides, those idiots in the white coats won't be back, they're all history."
"History," Steve nodded his head.
"But that's just it," Donny moaned. "All my life my big brother has been getting into all kinds of crazy shit. When I was still in diapers it was Jack T Mule, a real mule Billy managed to teach how to read and talk."
"A talking mule?" Steve asked, "Billy never told me about that."
"I met Jack just a few weeks before he died," Wooley said. "My brother, Songbear took me to meet him."
"The two of them got into so much trouble Grandpa had to sell Jack to keep Billy out of trouble," Donny continued. "Then Jack broke out of his stall and came and found us at our house. He ate all Momma's flowers before he finally ran away. Then Jack and Billy found each other again after Billy grew up."
"So," Wooley said, "Billy makes some unusual friends. He's an unusual guy. That's what everyone loves about him. Well, everyone except the people he pisses off."
"But he's driving our family crazy," Donny cried. "Who knows what he'll do next? When he turned 18 he joined the Wild Salsa Gang. When he first came home wearing his colors we all thought it was a joke. What kind of outlaw motorcycle gang would call themselves the Wild Salsa Gang? Then he brought the whole gang home for dinner and the wrecked the entire house!"
"Yeah," Steve said, "So he needed some time to grow up."
"So he tells Mom and Dad he's going to become a long haul trucker and starts following some crazy green dude around the world attacking fields full of vegetables? Is that growing up?" Donny asked. "Now we're all in our 50s and he's as crazy as he ever was."
"Okay," Wooley agreed, "you got us on that one. That's weird no matter how you look at it."
"Yeah," Steve agreed, "but at least they were genetically modified and not healthy organic vegetables."
"Imagine the damage they could have done to the world's food supplies if they'd really been hungry," Wooley laughed. Donny and Steve started laughing with him.
"Look," Steve said, "We know Billy's a little crazy but Billy's just Billy, he can't help it. Yesterday was dangerous but we did good things for the world, ruined some bad guy's lives and if we're lucky, started down a road that might finally make the four of us some money."
"Don't forget we rescued some abused animals," Wooley added.
"And if we don't make any money?" Donny asked, "What then?"
"You, Billy, Wooley and I will do the best we can." Steve answered.
"We better go check on Billy," Donny said, "before he burns the shop down."
"Or worse," Wooley said as the three of them burst into laughter.
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