To Boldly Go Where No Mascot Has Gone Before

I was strolling down Milliken Street in Old Orchard Beach while enjoying a coffee, which, thankfully, was in a cup, when I saw something that greatly surprised me. It was none other than Libby Library’s illustrious mascot, Libby Lobster, jogging briskly in the opposite direction.

“Libby, I never pictured you as being a fitness buff.”

“I’m training to be an astronaut.” Libby replied.

“An astronaut?!”

“Didn’t you see that Snoopy is orbiting the Moon in Artemis 1? It’s a historic day for mascots everywhere!”

“Libby, he’s a gravity indicator, which means his main job is to not fall on his keister. Anyway, at least one of your uncles has been to the Moon and back already.”

“Not intentionally.”

“But Libby, you’ve even gone back in time!”

“Oh, yeah! That was when I tried making license plate bisque in the microwave.”

“That statue the Mayans carved of you and the microwave had those ancient alien guys on the History Channel going for weeks. That was great, Libby!”

“After that, I went back in time with an old pair of dentures I found at the bottom of Casco Bay, and hid them in a pyramid. Erich von Däniken got three books out of them!!” Libby said.

“Good one, Libby! Hey, why don’t you shower up, then we can check out the new fiction section at the library?” 

“Great idea! They’re going to be closed Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25 for the Thanksgiving Holiday, so we can check out some books and DVDs now and enjoy them over the holiday break. I’m hoping they have that documentary Tin Pan Tomalley: Great Lobster Songwriters!”

“Libby, while we’re there, we can find out more about the Table Top Game Open Houses. They’re being held tomorrow, November 18 from 12:30 to 2:30pm for homeschoolers only, and Saturday, November 19 from 10:30am to 2:30pm for anyone who wants to play. There’ll be plenty of new and classic board games, and puzzles, too!”

“Maybe I can bring my lobster version of Candy Land!!”

“I don’t think so. Those street names, Barnacle Boulevard, Old Tire Toffee Street, and Chum Yum Way, had people heading straight for the Molasses Swamp last time. Is there a lobster version of the game of Life?”

“I tried to get Milton Bradley interested, but they wouldn’t go for a game where the winner lives 106 years on a diet of garbage au gratin and has 36,000 kids and 150,000 grandchildren, who never call. They turned me down flat! Do you believe it?!”

“Sorry to hear that, Libby. Let’s go and check out some board games. Then, let the good times roll!”

“Hrumph!”

“Sorry! Poor choice of words to use around a lobster. Let’s enjoy ourselves at the library, and we’ll let our readers know about the exciting events and programs coming up in December soon.”