>> WELCOME TO "CROSSROADS."

I'M ENZO DIMAYO.

TONIGHT WE BEGIN OUR 10th BROADCAST SEASON, A DECADE OF EXPLORING, REPORTING ON, AND IN THE PROCESS REDEFINING OUR CONCEPT OF THE VERMONT EXPERIENCE.

OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKS, WE'LL MEET AN INTERNATIONAL BOOMERANG CHAMPION, JOIN THE HUNT FOR NORTHERN TIMBER RATTLESNAKES, MEET A YOUNG TROUPE OF SOVIET FOLK DANCERS, AND LEARN THE SECRET OF GROWING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREE.

AND THAT'S JUST FOR STARTERS.

AS USUAL, THIS SEASON'S SHAPING UP TO BE ONE OF THE BEST YET.

WE HOPE YOU'LL MAKE US A REGULAR PART OF YOUR VERMONT EXPERIENCE.

IT'S THE STUFF OF ANCIENT MYTH.

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS IN SEACH OF A GOLDEN FLEECE.

THE SHEEP HOLD AS RESPECTED PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION.

THIS TIMID CREATURE HAS LONG BEEN REVERED FOR BOTH ITS SAVORY MEAT AND THE VERSATILITY OF THE FIBER IT PROVIDES, WOOL.

THOUGH IT WAS ONCE VERMONT'S PRIMARY INDUSTRY, THE WINDS OF CHANGE HAVE MADE THE COW VERMONT'S PREMIER STAR.

A SMALL ENCLAVE OF BELIEVERS HAVE RESISTED THE TREND.

SHEEP RAISERS AND WEAVERS, ALL OF THEM SEEKING THEIR OWN FULFIFULFILLMENT AND PROFIT FRM THAT CREATURE WITH THE INCREDIBLE FUR.

IN A FESTIVAL OF FOOD, DRINK, AND DANCE, MERRY MAKERS GATHER IN A CONVERTED BARN HIGH IN THE HILLS OF MARSHFIELD, VERMONT.

SURROUNDED BY LOOMS AND SPINNING WHEELS, THEY CELEBRATE A RITE OF SEASON WHICH BEGAN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.

A RITE THAT BEGAN WHEN MAN FIRST LEARNED TO TWIST AND WEAVE THAT STRAND OF FIBER KNOWN AS WOOL.

SHEEP.

A CREATURE AS FIRMLY ROOTED IN THE HISTORY OF MAN AS THE CLOTHES WE WEAR AND THE FOOD WE EAT.

BUT WHILE MEAT CAN COME FROM A VARIETY OF SPECIES, SHEEP ARE THE ONE AND ONLY SOURCE OF THE WONDERFULLY SOFT AND VERSATILE SUBSTANCE, WOOL.

IN TIMES PAST, WOOL WAS THE MAINSTAY OF VERMONT'S ECONOMY.

WOOLEN MILLS ABOUNDED IN THE RUSHING RIVER VALLEYS, WHILE ON THE GREEN HILLSIDES, SHEEP GREW FAT ON VERMONT GRASS.

FROM 1824-1840, THERE WERE SIX SHEEP TO EVERY ONE PERSON IN VERMONT.

THE FOUNDER OF VERMONT'S WOOL LEGACY WAS QUITE UNINTENTIONALLY NAPOLEON BONE PART.

THE CHAOS CREATED BY THE WARS IN SPAIN NECESSITATED THE LIQUIDATION OF MANY OF THE ESTATES BELONGING TO THE SPANISH NOBILITY.

SUCH DESPERATE MEN WERE WILLING TO PART WITH THEIR PRIZED MERINO SHEEP, KNOWN FOR THEIR LARGE YIELD OF HIGH-GRADE WOOL.

WILLIAM JARVIS EXPORTED 200 OF THEM TO AMERICA.

VERMONT'S WIDE-OPEN HILLS AND TEMPERATE CLIMATE PROVED TO BE IDEAL FOR THESE RUGGED FUR BEARERS, AND THE SHEEP POPULATION IN VERMONT QUICKLY QUADRUPLED.

BUT BY THE LATE 1840s, VERMONT'S WOOL INDUSTRY BEGAN COMPETING WITH THAT OF THE NEWLY EXPANDING AMERICAN STATES TO THE WEST.

THE TINY HILLS OF THE EASTERN STATES WERE NO COMPETITION FOR THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE WEST.

BETWEEN 1850-1860, VERMONT LOST A QUARTER OF ITS SHEEP.

THE WEALTH IN WOOL WAS GONE.

VERMONTERS MADE THE SHIFT TO DAIRY, AND HAVE STAYED THERE EVER SINCE.

WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, TAKE THE FOLKS AT RIVERVIEW FARM, 175 ACRES ALONG THE WEST BANK OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER IN PUT ANY.

FARMED SINCE THE REVOLUTION, IT'S THE LARGEST SHEEP OPERATION IN VERMONT, WITH OVER 2,000 SHEEP AND LAMBS.

AN UNMALL POPULATION THAT'S OFTEN DIFFICULT TO MOTIVATE.

A NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIVE FARM SHEPHERD BAE TOLMAN JOURNEYED TO SCOTLAND TO LEARN THE ART OF HERDING SHEEP.

THERE SHE PURCHASED HER DOGS, ROBBIE AND MERCK.

>> I COULDN'T DO MY JOB WITHOUT THE DOGS.

THINGS GET DONE TWICE AS FAST WHEN THE DOGS ARE WORKING WITH ME THAN IF I WAS DOING IT BY MYSELF.

THE SHEEP AREN'T AFRAID OF ME AS MUCH AS THEY ARE OF THE DOGS.

AND WHEN THE DOGS ARE WORKING WELL OR WHEN A DOG IS WELL TRAINED, HE CAN MOVE A SHEEP IN A FRACTION OF A SECOND.

WHERE IT MIGHT TAKE ME A LOT OF JUMP BE UP AND DOWN, RUNNING AROUND AND SCREAMING TO GET THE SAME SHEEP MOVED.

COME ON, DOGS!

COME ON NOW!

ROBBIE, THAT WILL DO.

GOOD DOGS.

>> COME ON, LET'S GO.

>> THIS WAS THE SHEEP CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES.

IT MOVED OUT WEST AND I THINK ANYBODY WHO HAS LOOKED AT THE HISTORY OF VERMONT AGRICULTURE REALIZES IT'S A WHOLE SERIES OF WHEAT, SHEEP, WOOL, THAT HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OTHER THINGS, NOW DAIRY IS CERTAINLY THE PREDOMINANT, WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE COMMODITY FOR AS FAR INTO THE FUTURE I CAN BEGIN TO SEE.

>> JOHN PURCHASED RIVERVIEW FARM IN 1987, WITH THE AID OF THE VERMONT LAND TRUST.

LIKE MANY VERMONT FARMERS, HE HAD IN HIS PAST MANAGED A DAIRY FARM.

ATTRACTED BY THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL IN SHEEP FOR MEAT AND WOOL, SO MUCH IN DEMAND IN THE LARGE CITIES TO VERMONT'S SOUTH, HE TRANSFORMED RIVERVIEW FARM FROM A DAIRY FARM INTO A SHEEP RANCH.

TO SUPPLY THIS DEMAND, HIS 2,000 SHEEP ARE KEPT BUSY BRINGING FORTH NEW LIFE, 500 LAMBS ALONE IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS.

ANOTHER LAMB IS SOON BORN IN QUICK SUCCESSION, AND THEN ANOTHER.

NOT SURPRISING, SINCE SHEEP OFTEN GIVE BIRTH TO TWO OR THREE LAMBS AT A TIME.

>> I'M NOT ABOUT TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT SHEEP ARE GOING TO MAKE MONEY FOR YOU.

I THINK WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND THAT OUT.

IT WORKS OUT ON PAPER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, BUT THE -- THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU CAN PROVE ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PROVE FROM YOUR PRODUCTION.

I TRULY ENJOY FARMING.

I ENJOY SPREADING MANURE, I ENJOY MOWING, I ENJOY CHOPPING CORN.

I ENJOY SEEING THINGS GROW.

I LIKE TO SEE LAMBS BORN.

I LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY IT PRESENTS FOR MY FAMILY TO BE IN A PLACE LIKE THIS FOR MY DAUGHTER TO GROW UP IN A PLACE LIKE THIS.

I RESENT AT TIMES, AND I RESENT GREATLY THE WORRY THAT IS INVOLVED IN IT, THE FINANCIAL WORRY.

THERE'S SO MUCH MONEY TIED UP INTO IT, AND THERE ARE SO THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN AND OFTEN DO HAPPEN, THAT THREATEN YOU ECONOMICALLY.

I RESENT A LITTLE BIT, ALTHOUGH I'M LEARNING TO LIVE WITH IT A LITTLE BETTER, THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES AWAY FROM MY FAMILY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS WITH THEM.

I THINK THEY'RE BECOMING, MY WIFE ESPECIALLY IS BECOMING RESIGNED TO THE FACT WE DON'T GO ANYWHERE AND WE DON'T DO ALL THAT MUCH, BUT MAYBE THAT'S NOT SO BAD BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHERE THERE IS TO GO -- THERE AREN'T THAT MANY PLACES I WANT TO GO ANYMORE.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORLD RIGHT HERE TO LOOK AT.

THERE WAS A MONK, HE TALKED TO SOME LENGTH ABOUT KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE WORLD BY SEEING LESS OF IT.

AND I GUESS THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S 175 ACRES HERE AND I DON'T THINK I KNOW ALL OF THEM YET, AND THERE'S -- BEFORE I GET PLANTED I HOPE I CAN GET -- KNOW QUITE A BIT MORE JUST ABOUT THIS FARM AND THIS AREA WHERE I'M WORKING.

>> FRIDAY, APRIL 28th, SHEERING DAY AT THE HOME OF FRED AND CAROL COLLINS IN MOORETOWN, VERMONT.

THEY'RE MORE TYPICAL OF VERMONT'S SHEEP RAISERS THAN THE KNOPPERS.

INSTEAD OF 2,000 SHEEP AND LAMBS, THEY HAVE ONLY EIGHT.

A SHEEP IS FIRST SHORN WHEN ONE YEAR OLD AND IS GENERALLY SHORN ONCE A YEAR THEREAFTER, PREFERABLY IN THE SPRING WHEN IT WILL NO LONGER NEED ITS HEAVY COAT.

THE SHEERER CAREFULLY WORKS WITH A PAIR OF ELECTRIC CLIPPERS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE ENTIRE FLEECE IN ONE UNBROKEN PIECE.

ONCE CARROLL'S SHEEP ARE SHORN, SHE WASHES THEIR FLEECES AND PREPARES THE WOOL FOR SPINNING.

>> AFTER THE WOOL IS WASHED, COMES PICKING AND CARDING, AND THEN THE PRODUCTION OF THE ROVING.

AND IN ORDER TO PICK THE WOOL, WE CAN EITHER USE OUR HANDS OR A SMALL HAND-HELD TOOL, OR WE CAN USE A PICKER.

THE IDEA OF PICKING THE WOOL IS TO OPEN UP THE FIBERS SO THE HAY AND THE DUST FALLS DOWN, SO THE WOOL IS CLEAN AND PUFFY.

THE NEXT STEP IS CARDING.

CARDING IS TO LINE UP THE FIBERS SO THEY'RE MORE EASILY SPUN.

WE CAN EITHER CARD THE WOOL WITH HAND CARDS, OR WE CAN USE A DRUM CARDER OR A HUGE CARDING MACHINE.

IT ALL DOES THE SAME THING.

IT LINES UP THE WOOL, IT ALSO CLEANS IT, BECAUSE MORE DUST COMES DOWN.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS THE ROVING.

WE'VE PRODUCED THE ROVING, AND IT'S THE ROVING THAT WE MADE TO SPIN NOW.

IT'S THE TWIST THAT MAKES WOOL INTO YARN.

WITHOUT THE TWIST, THE WOOL IS JUST A BUNCH OF FLUFF.

IT'S NOT GOT A LOT OF STRENGTH BY ITSELF.

IF WE'RE SPINNING ON A SPINNING WHEEL, OUR FOOT TURNS THE TREADLE, WHICH TURNS THE WHEEL.

AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE TURNING AND THE PULLING IN OF THE YARN THAT MAKES THE TWIST.

>> IT'S NOT THE GENTLE PATTER OF A SPINNING WHEEL, BUT THE BUSTLE OF ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A SPINNING MILL THAT IS SO INTERTWINED IN THE HISTORY OF VERMONT AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.

FEW OF THE MILLS WHICH WERE ONCE SO PREVALENT IN THE STATE ARE IN OPERATION TODAY.

THE GREEN MOUNTAIN SPINNERY, LOCATED IN A IRMA TOKER GAS STATION IN PUT ANYBESIDE ROUTE 93, IS AN EXCEPTION.

>> THERE ARE SHEEP BREEDERS WHO COME TO US NOT JUST TO SELL THEIR WOOL, BUT TO HAVE US PROCESS IT AND GIVE IT BACK TO THEM AS FINISHED YARN.

IF THEY CAN DO THAT AND IF THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR MARKETS IN A GOOD WAY, THEY CAN GET A DECENT PROFIT FROM MARKETING THEIR OWN WOOL.

AND I THINK THEY'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS THAT IT'S VERY -- IT'S A VERY TANTALIZING THING FOR THE BUYER TO COME TO THE FARM AND SEE THAT THEY CAN SOMEONE CAN BUY THAT YARN RIGHT AFTER THE FARM AND SEE THE SHEEP RIGHT THERE TOO.

>> THOSE SELF-DESCRIBED AS THE NATION'S SMALLEST SPINNERY, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN SPINNERY, DWARFS A HOME-SCALE OPERATION IN SIZE AND SPEED.

TAKE THE PICKER, FOR EXAMPLE.

>> THE CARDING MACHINE CREATES A THICK ROVING, MUCH LIKE CAROL COLLINS, BUT WITH A DIFFERENCE.

THE ROVING PRODUCED BY THESE RUNNING ROLLERS AND GRINDING GEARS IS FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO THIN SPAGHETTILIKE STRIPS, WHICH WHEN TWISTED, BECOME YARN.

>> GENERALLY THE BIG PROCESSING MILLS HAVE TO HAVE TWO 500,000-POUNDS OF RAW MATERIAL BEFORE THEY'LL EVEN CONSIDER RETURNING THE SAME WOOL THEY GOT TO THAT PERSON.

AND WE START WITH 100 POUNDS.

SO 15 SHEEP IS ENOUGH SHEEP TO GET YOUR OWN YARN BACK, GENERALLY.

>> INSTEAD OF THE TWIST OF A DROP SPINDLE, THE CRANK OF A HANDSETS TO MOTION THE HUGE SPINNING MACHINE.

HERE THE THAN PENCIL ROVINGS ARE SET TO A SPINSING DANCE AND SPUN INTO YARN.

>> WE COULD SEE THERE WERE FLOCKS OF SHEEP ON THE INCREASE IN THIS AREA AND PARTICLAR IN VERMONT.

WHAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US TO USE WAS MOSTLY ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS, YARNS THAT CAME FROM OVERSEAS.

WHY COULDN'T WE MAKE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FROM AN ANIMAL THAT WAS SO CLOSE BY?

SO THAT'S WHAT REALLY WAS BEHIND MOST OF OUR GETTING STARTED IN THIS.

>> SCOTTISH NAMES GRACE THE HEADSTONES OF A HILLTOP CEMETERY.

THE STONES BEAR WITNESS TO 20,000 SCOTTS WHO EMIGRATED TO COLONIAL AMERICA DURING THE ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY DIFFICULT LATE 1700s.

SEARCHING FOR A LAND SIMILAR TO THEIR FORMER HOME, MANY SETTLED IN THE HIGHLANDS OF VERMONT.

TODAY, A MARSHFIELD SCOTSMAN CARRIES ON TRADITIONS OF HIS ANCESTORS AT THE MARSHFIELD SCHOOL OF WEAVING.

HIS NAME IS NORMAN KENNEDY.

>> PEOPLE FROM NORWAY, FRANCE, HAWAII IS THE FARTHEST ANYONE HAS COME, AND ALL OVER THE STATES AND CANADA.

I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER PLACE TEACHING THIS TYPE OF WEAVING THAT'S INDIGENOUS TO NEW ENGLAND, USING INDIGENOUS LOOMS OF THE SETTLERS, OF THE SETTLEMENT TIMES.

>> THE WEAVING OF ALL CLODS INVOLVES THE INTERLACING OF FIBERS KNOWN IN WEAVING CIRCLES AS THE WARP AND THE WEFT.

TO BEGIN WEAVING, THE WEAVER PLACES THE WARP UPON THE WARPING BOARD, LENGTHWISE ON THE LOOM.

HE THEN TAKES A SPOOL OF YARN IN HAND.

THE WEFT, WHICH HE PLACES IN A WOODEN BOBIN, THE BOBIN SLIDES BETWEEN THE FIBERS OF THE WEFT, WHICH ARE OPENED AT THE JUMP OF TREADLES OPERATED BY KENNEDY'S FEET.

SLOWLY IT WEAVES AWAY FROM THE WEAVER, WHILE THE FOOT TREADLES DETERMINE THE PATTERN OF THE CLOTH, THE CONSISTENCY VARIES WITH THE PACE OF THE PERSON AT THE LOOM.

A REGULAR, EVEN CLOTH, IS THE SIGNATURE OF A SKILLED WEAVER WHO CAN KEEP A STEADY BEAT.

>> THIS MACHINE INTERESTED ME FIRST.

I NOTICED THAT WHEN I'M TEACHING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.

MEN ARE ATTRACTED TO THE MACHINE, AND OPERATING THE MACHINE, AND THE PRODUCT IN THE MACHINE COMES LAST.

WOMEN, IT'S THE PRODUCT, THE CLOTH, AND THEY GET INTERESTED IN WHAT MAKES THE CLOTH.

IT'S TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES, AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS WHEN I WAS YOUNG, WATCHING THEM OLD GUYS WEAVING AT THEIR LOOMS.

I WEAVE OFTEN BECAUSE I SEE REALLY NICE THE STUFF THAT I COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY.

BUT I KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT.

SO IT'S ONE WAY I GET SOME NICE ARTICLES, RUGS OR BLANKET, BED COVERS, STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW?

AND -- BUT IT'S -- MOST OF THE SATISFACTION OF USING A SKILL THAT YOU'VE GOT, AND ANYBODY WHO'S GOT A SKILL WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW.

IT'S SATISFACTION.

>> AND SO THE THREAD OF FIBER SPINS US BACK TO WHERE WE BEGAN, TO SPINNERS, WEAVERS, AND ADMIRERS OF SUCH GATHERED BENEATH THE HIGH CEILINGS OF A MARSHFIELD BARN.

AS IN THE TRADITION OF A BARN RAISING OR QUILTING BEE, NEIGHBORS COME TOGETHER ON THIS SPRING NIGHT TO SHARE THE TASK OF WALKING THEIR WOOL.

WOOL WALKING IS THE TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH MEANS OF SHRINKING AND TIGHTENING CLOTH AS IT COMES FROM THE LOOM BEFORE IT'S MADE INTO CLOTHING.

WITH EACH BEAT, THE FIBERS INTERMESH MORE TIGHTLY, MAKING THE FINISHED PRODUCT WARMER AND MORE WATER AND WIND PROOF.

♪ >> THAT'S SONG FROM THE 1600s.

ONCE IT DRIES IT WILL BE NICE AND FLUFFY.

>> WE CLOSE THE FIRST SHOW OF THE SEASON WITH A TYPICAL VISIT FROM THE GUY WHO PUTS IT ALL INTO PERSPECTIVE.

FOR THOSE OF US WHO THOUGHT WE ALREADY HAD.

THIS TIME OUR LIFE FOLLY EDITOR TAKES A LOOK AT ONE OF OUR DEEPEST SEEDED EMOTIONS -- GUILT.

>> GUILT.

IT'S A TERRIBLE THING, ISN'T IT?

I SEE IT ALL AROUND IN MYSELF, AND OTHERS.

I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE OF MY UPBRINGING, MY EDUCATION.

I WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.

THIS IS BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, WHEN ALL OF THE NUNS ON THE MOVIE SCREEN LOOKED LIKE INGRID BERGMAN, BUT THE ONES IN THE CLASSROOM LOOKED LIKE PETER LAURIE.

ANYBODY WHO SURVIVED THAT EXPERIENCE GOES THROUGH THE REST OF THEIR LIFE SAYING, I'M SORRY, I'M REALLY, REALLY SORRY I FEEL SO GUILTY!

EVEN IN MY ADULT LIFE THIS GUILT IS MANIFESTED ITSELF.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I WATCH THOSE CRIME STOPPERS, THOSE LITTLE SEGMENTS ABOUT LOCAL CRIMES, I START GETTING JUMPY.

AND IF THEY DESCRIBE THE GUY AS BEING OVER SIX FEET TALL AND HAVING BROWN HAIR, I START LOOKING AROUND FOR AN ALIBI.

I MEAN, I KNOW I DIDN'T DO IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER.% EVERY THREE-TIME LOSER IN THE SLAMMER IS SCREAMING ABOUT HIS INNOCENCE.

EVEN WORSE, ARE THOSE SHOWS LIKE "AMERICA'S MOST WANTED" AND "UNSOLVED MYSTERIES."

THOSE RECREATE A WHOLE CRIME, AND IF YOU KNOW THE GUY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CALL UP ROBERT STACK.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY JUST DON'T ARREST THE GUY WHEN HE COMES IN TO RECREATE THE CRIME, BUT I GUESS THAT'S TOO SIMPLE.

ANYWAY, I WAS AT THIS GAS STATION PUMPING GAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND I LOOK ACROSS AT THE GUY WHO'S PUMPING SUPER UNLEADED ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND THE GUY IS THE SAME GUY WHO PUT HIS WIFE THROUGH A WOOD CHIPPER UP IN MICHIGAN ON LAST WEEK'S SHOW.

ORIGINALLY I HAD PLANNED JUST TO FILLER UP, BUT I STOP AT 37 CENTS AND I GET OUT OF THERE!

THE GUY WHO OWNS THE STATION TRACKS ME DOWN, CALLS ME UP, AND I FEEL GUILTY!

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN IT!

SO I GO BACK IN, I'M PAYING THE 37 CENTS, AND THE WIFE CHIPPER IS STANDING BEHIND ME IN LINE.

HE SAYS TO ME, "HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING?"

I GIVE HIM ALL MY MONEY, I TELL HIM I'LL NEVER SQUEAL, I SWEAR."

I THINK VERMONT IS CRAWLING WITH THESE PERPETRATORS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A LITTLE OLD LADY ON MY ROAD, TURNS OUT SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE THE LADY WHO RUNS HER MIAMI SCAM RACKET AND IS A HORSE RUSTLER.

AND THERE'S THIS COLLIE, I SWEAR HE'S THE DINGO THAT ATE MERYL STREEP'S BABY IN THAT MOVIE DOWN IN AUSTRALIA.

DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M NOT OVERREACTING.

I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY IS GUILTY.

I'VE CHECKED OUT MY PLUMBER, AND MY DENTIST, AND THE GUY WHO PRODUCES THIS SHOW.

THEY'RE ALL INNOCENT.

AS IS MY MOM.

I THINK.

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