Bishop brothers， Tux and the twins， Blue and Bram，<br >were wantin to get themselves married and have a<br >slew of babies.<br > "What they hadn t figured on was that findin a<br >wife would be hard， considerin women had been<br >flocking after em like ducks to bread crumbs for<br >years.<br > "Tux and Nancy， as you remember， after a lot of<br >fussin and fumin ， up and got married. Oh， heavenly<br >days， they are doin fine， just so happy they seem to<br >glow.<br > "Jana-John and Abe， the Bishop boys mama and<br >papa， are pleased as all get-out bout Tux and Nancy.<br > "Now， fore I go any further here with spinnin <br >my tale bout what happened to Blue， I need to be<br >tellin， you some bout Amy lVi ~dison. She s one of<br >those reporter people for that ~g， important news-<br >paper folks read with their m~min coffee. You<br >know， the Houston Holler paper.<br > "Well， Amy s got her mind firmly fixed on bein <br >one of the best reporters in the state of Texas. That s<br >the only thing that matters a hoot to her， that job of<br >hers...now and in the future to come. She doesn t<br >take time for another thing， it seems.<br > "No time at all..."<br >"I don t have time for this，" Amy Madison said，<br >smacking the steering wheel of her ancient compact<br >car. "You...will...start，" she said， narrowing her<br >eyes.<br > Turning the key in the ignition again， she cringed<br >at the ominous grinding noise， then sighed with relief<br >when the engine caught， chugging in an erratic<br >rhythm.<br > Pressing slowly on the gas pedal， Amy gripped the<br >steering wheel tightly as the car lurched away from<br >the curb. A quick glance in the rearview mirror re-<br >vealed black smoke billowing from the tailpipe.<br > "This car，" she muttered， "is not environmentally<br >correct."<br ><br >