"Throngs of the cowboy projections are heading west. They get on horses and chase cattle. The horses buck them off, they climb right back on. Half the horses in the country are so crazed they'll be useless forever. Villain projections are hiding all over the nation. The cowboy hero projections are fighting the villains in a million bar-rooms. Fortunately they can't use real guns, but customers aren't convinced."
"Who cares about a bunch of drunks?" said Archy. Everybody scowled.
"The Pixie Owens projections I needn't dwell on. They've caused thousands of auto wrecks just by appearing along highways.
"The clowns and jugglers have put the circuses out of business by invading at show time. The jugglers get into ping-pong tournaments, juggle the balls. Nobody can keep them out.
"The armadillo cartoons have bankrupt Teeny-Crunch Peanut Butter—nobody will buy it.
"The projections are claiming U.S. citizenship and the right to vote. The Archy projections are organizing them. They've horned into every village, town, city, state, and national governmental conclave.
"Projections hunt audiences. They have disrupted every stage show in the country. They put on shows in people's living rooms, in parks, in the middle of the street. A few got jobs with stock companies, in movies, and so on, but they can only play one part—the one they were doing for Full-Projection."
"I'm entitled to a percentage of their earnings," said Archy.
"They've all been fired," said Otto. "If the secretary is through—the report is beginning to border on the nature of the projections—perhaps I can make my report now."