i'd put him there, in my home planetarium, as a gag.
and as i gave shows, it seemed to work - kids loved him.. he was dressed as a clown sure, but not a spooky, murderous one. i'd grown up laughing at clowns, so his friendly smile was reassuring. we all laughed at him together
but then gradually . things began going wrong.
at first it was nothing .. shows continued, i was pleasing my attendees, but my mind began to go blank. i'd lose my place... get sidetracked.. couldnt focus. at first this went unnoticed, but finally 2 nights before Halloween at my show, people seemed restless after a particularly long pause while i tried to refocus.
then came equipment problems... special effects began failing, laughed off at first, but then embarrassingly .. the patrons of my planetarium again noticed and began to seem disappointed when my eclipse projector failed to turn on - i even heard a few mutterings ...
the night before halloween was the final straw .. as i went out an hour early to warm up my main star projector, its light began blinking .. alarmingly ... i checked the connections .. everything seemed perfect .. it was LED .. it couldnt burn out ...
what happpened next is burned in my memory, but at the same time seems like a dream ..
my main led began blinking.. all of my effects did ... like strobe lights ..
and then i swear .. i think... i'll never know for sure
the dummy in the 3rd row's head turned ... a frown crept over its clown face.. and as if from a far away place i thought i heard it say
you'd better be good to me
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