Three-year-old Clara Wembley watched TV at Jake Newland's house this morning. Jake is the retired undertaker in Mamphjus, the seat of Periwinkle County. He and Clara have the same taste in TV. They watch "What Not to Wear" and "The Penguins of Madagascar" together.
"What was the Penguins show about this morning?" Kate Bates, Clara's nana, asked her.
"Power corrupts," replied Clara.
"Uh... anything else..." asked Kate.
"Absolute power corrupts aboslutely," replied Clara. "Even Mort. He is the littlest of the lemurs in the zoo, but he got into a potion accidentally, and it made him real big, and he became a bully and beat up on everybody, even the elephants and gorillas."
"Well, that's a good lesson, isn't it?" said Kate.
"Yes," said Clara, eyeing Shingles, the dog, who still has not received just punishment, at least according to Clara, for stealing her blankie on Christmas eve. "I think I know how to make that potion..."
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