Mr. Twister

Once upon a time, in a land where nearly everyone smiles at you and says, "Hello", a clown named Mr. Twister lived.

Now, like all clowns, Mr. Twister loved to make children smile. Mr. Twister's favorite clown-work was making balloon animals for children. His beautiful balloon cats, dogs, lions and fish made all the children smile. The children's parents would give Mr. Twister quarters for his fine balloon creations.

Now this funny clown liked to make grown ups smile too. So one day he decided to use some of the quarters he had earned to help people whose parking meters were expired. He would walk down the street and put quarters into the parking meters that were about to turn expired so the grownups didn't have to pay for parking tickets.

Now, you would think that everyone would smile about these good deeds that this funny clown was doing. But you would be wrong! Some people were very unhappy that the grownups weren't getting tickets. "This means the city won't make as much money" they cried. These grumpy grownups decided to give Mr. Twister a ticket! He would have to pay the city money!!!

Mr. Twister was very sad. Mr. Twister had very little money to pay the city and no money to pay a lawyer to be on his side. "Where can I find a Pro Bozo lawyer" he wondered. Right about then he remembered a lawyer he had met at the Farmer's Market- Ben Rice.

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Sure enough, Ben said he would be Mr. Twister's Pro Bozo Lawyer. First, Ben said "lets have a line up-six clowns in a line to see if the grumpy grown up that gave you the ticket can identify you Mr. Twister!" Then Ben said "We will insist on a jury of your peers - we want 12 clowns to be your jury!" Soon Mr. Twister began to smile again. Within a short time Mr. Twister had an army of clowns who wanted to help him with his case. He had letters from children all over the United States and from around the world. He had bumper stickers and tee shirts that said, "Free Mr. Twister". He was on television and on radio programs from around the world. He finally won his case. He didn't have to pay the ticket and the old bad law that said it was illegal to put money in someone else's parking meter was abandoned by the wise lawmakers of the town. When the wise lawmakers voted to abandon the law they all put red clown noses on and honked them to show they were voting to support Mr. Twister and abandon the old grumpy law. Mr. Twister lives happily on and continues to bring smiles to children and grownup faces. The End.