Had a dream the night before last wherein I dreamed not of LIl' Abner but of Shmoon((plural of Shmoo). Lots of them running around happy as larks.
Me, I was busy collecting bronze coins and placing them in a tin box. Next to the tin box was another "box" overflowing with play things.
The Shmoo the creation of Al Capp first appeared in the comic strip Lil’Abner in August 1948.
The Shmoo believed that the only way to happiness was to bring happiness to others.
The Shmoo was a lovable animal. They existed to delight people.
Lil’ Abner discovered Shmoon when he ventured into the forbidden Valley of the Shmoon, against the frantic protestations of Ol' Man Mose.
Shmoos," he warned, "is the greatest menace to hoomanity th' world has evah known."
"Thass becuz they is so bad, huh?" asked Li'l Abner.
"No, stupid," answered Mose, hurling one of life's profoundest paradoxes at Lil' Abner. "It's because they're so good!"
Seen at first as a boon to humankind, they were ultimately hunted down and exterminated to preserve the status quo.
Thought extinct after the 1948 adventure, one Shmoo always seemed to escape to form a new colony.
As my dream it holds special meaning, hope the same is true for you Shmoon also.
Jim
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