Sloopy

“You hear about Sloopy?” Randy says to Sean.

Sean doesn’t but plays like he does. “Sure. Charlie Brown’s dog?”

“No. Not Snoopy. Sloopy,” Randy stresses.

Sean fiddles with his saxophone, “Of course. I must’ve misheard you. Sloopy. Right. W-what about Sloopy?”

“Sloopy’s having problems. Everybody’s bringing Sloopy down. You know what Sloopy’s daddy do?”

Sean shrugs, “I don’t care.”

“Neither do I,” Randy sighs. “I told Sloopy to hang on.”

“That’s good advice.”

“I told her, ‘Hang on, Sloopy. Sloopy, hang on.’”

Sean chokes on his reed. “Sloopy’s a girl?!”

Randy gives a puzzled look, “Uh, yeah. Why wouldn’t she be?”