Everybody was pretty happy and celebrating about the baby. “I’m so surprised I am a father!” Joe’s clone was so surprised, but Joe was getting bored. He was still pretty tired and, he thought, if he didn’t get surprised again pretty soon, he would go to bed. But then the mean man walked over to Joe.
The mean man did not look very mean when he gave Joe a cigar. “Congratulations, Joe. You will be a very good uncle.” Joe was not surprised. Even mean men can be nice for a special occasion, Joe thought. “To apologize for all the mean things I have done,” the mean man continued, “I brought a present for the baby.”
Brittany was standing next to a great doctor. “The mean man got me a great doctor! He is going to check the baby for disease.” This is surprising, Joe thought, but I don’t feel surprised. I should go to bed, he thought. Brittany and the great doctor were filling out insurance paperwork.
“Now if you could hand me the baby,” the great doctor said suspiciously.
Brittany handed the baby to the great doctor, and the doctor ran away with the baby as fast as he could. For some reason, Joe was not surprised. It must be time for bed, he thought. Joe wondered really hard why such a great doctor would act so suspiciously. He was getting too tired to wonder much more, when the mean man interrupted with an evil laugh. “Looks like the baby is ours now.” The mean man was up to no good. “The cigar you are smoking is laced with Formula X.”
Joe was not surprised. Mostly, because Formula X is a secret formula that stops people from feeling surprised. Now that Joe couldn’t be surprised anymore, he felt ready for bed. There was nothing he could do to stop the mean man and the suspicious doctor.
“Joe! You’re the only one who can get my baby back.” Brittany looked at Joe. Joe wasn’t surprised. He knew that people depended on him in these situations. Brittany and Joe's clone looked so sad about losing their baby.
Joe thought if he could just tell everyone his plan before he went to bed, he could stop the mean man. But Joe was getting really grumpy. He wasn't sure why the mean man would steal a baby, but he was sure he needed to act fast. He looked at Brad.
“I have a plan,” Joe said to Brad. Joe was getting grumpy and no one was surprised. “I need a diet soda and a Giraffetasaur cage.”
“A Giraffetasaur cage?!” Brad and Brittany were shocked. Everyone in the casino felt really surprised and they were all looking on, waiting to find out what would happen next.
Joe looked into the eyes of Brad and Brittany and everyone else in the casino all at pretty much the same time. He forced a grumpy smile. “Don’t look so surprised.”
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