“Well, you want it or not?”

“Sure—I'm tickled to death. But how'd he come to me?”

Bender's eyes twinkled.

“Search me,” he said.

“All aboard,” shouted the driver.

“So, long,” Bender said.

Rusty Minton's mouth popped open as the truth broke over him like a rainbow. He would have gone after the bus but it was out of sight.

“Ugh!”, he said to himself. “Wottaguy!”