YOU WE ARE STILLHAVING NUMEROUS REPORTS

OF MISSING TEETHFROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS OFMISSING TOOTH FAIRY MONEY.

WE BELIEVE THAT THERECAN BE ONLY ONE LOGICALREASON FOR ALL OF THIS.

A GIANT HALF-CHICKEN,HALF-SQUIRREL

THAT STEALS EITHER TEETHOR MONEY FROM CHILDRENAS THEY SLEEP

IN ORDER TO BUILD SOME KIND OF A GIANT NEST

FOR ITS GENETICALLY SUPERIOR ANDPOTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OFFSPRING.

WE BELIEVE ALSO,

THAT THIS CREATURE WOULD HAVEAT LEAST A MILD UNDERSTANDING

OF ALGEBRA.

UH, EXCUSE ME, I THINKI HAVE A MORE LOGICAL THEORY.

WELL, BY ALL MEANS,MR. FOLEY, ENLIGHTEN US.

I THINK WHAT WE'VE GOT HEREIS A BLACK MARKET TOOTH RACKET.

SOMETHING WHERE ONE GROUPIS STEALING THE MONEY AND TEETH

FROM ANOTHER GROUPFOR A PROFIT.

HA HA !HA HA !HA HA !

HA HA !HA HA !HA HA !

OH, MR. FOLEY, YOU REALIZEHOW RIDICULOUS THAT SOUNDS.

IT'S NOT RIDICULOUS,IT'S VERY POSSIBLE !

I'VE SEEN ITHAPPEN BEFORE.

WHERE ?

IN MONTREAL.

HA HA !HA HA !HA HA !

HA HA !HA HA !HA HA !

AND WHERE, PRAY,IS THIS MON-TREE-AL ?

LOOK, I KNOWHOW TO HANDLE THIS.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO ISBRING DOWN THE KINGPIN

AND THE REST WILL FALL.

YOU'LL SEE, I'LL HAVE IT TAKENCARE OF IN A MATTER OF WEEKS.

VERY WELL, MR. FOLEY, YOU GOON YOUR WILD GOOSE CHASE !

AND MEANWHILE, WE'LL DEAL WITHTHE RE PROBLEMS AT HAND.

I WILL !

( scoffing )ANYWAY, THE HALF-CHICKENHALF-SQUIRREL

WOULD MOST LIKELY BE3 TO ÁFEET TALL

HIS LARGE BEAKIS PROBABLY DETACHABLE

AND WORKS ASA FLOTATION DEVICE.