The Dalai Lama , Ha Jin , Myla Goldberg , and lots more for the Gemstar eBook. William Schulz, director of Amnesty International, will discuss his new book on Wednesday. Check the calendar for details. The lights go up for the big finale, the curtain opens. Oliver Klappenpuss skateboards off the giant half-pipe and the chorus line parts to accommodate his landing.
Cheers rise from the dark belly of the stadium.
The band turns it up a notch. Bear enters from the wing, in top hat and tails, tap dancing his way across the lip of the stage. The girls in the crowd are going wild. Eddie rears on his hind legs and whinnies like you haven't heard a horse whinny since Hee Haw . Finally, the throng of animals and booksellers parts, and Fup scampers through to the front of the stage.