Remembering Jim Henson

Thank you,Collgoof! If you read chapter 3 again close to the end of the short chapter there is a Cashablance reference and I kind of did a reference on chapter 4 from the Jim Henson tribute this year where the fraggles thought that silly creatures kidnapped Cantus the Minstrel. Interesting! If you read closely and seen the Fraggle Rock series, let me know if you recognize any referneces. Thanks! That includes you too, bandit and Dominschoo1.

Well that's really good but what they said in the Jim Henson music show about Jim Henson and Cantus.
I really think they should have a rule that they are not allow to have picture from behind the scenes in front of the muppets or the fraggles' faces.

That does make sense! By the way, I created Trish Johnson as a character in this story even though she is not a muppet. She's a muppet woman! Confused? I meant she is a fan and a friend of the Muppets.

Wow that's great!

I don't have time to post more updates right now. I have to get ready to go get gifts for Sara plus pack up to go to her house to sleepover and stay for the graduation party. Maybe I will update next week, Collgoff. Sorry I confused you about the Cantus character, but the fraggles are not certain where he went so it's probably a secret from them.

Don't be sorry I wasn't confuse at all.
I was giving out a thought on it and besides they shouldn't show that picture in front of the fraggle because they could beconfuse theirselves.

That's understandable, but I will promise you that I will have more updates soon. Maybe not today, but I guess tomorrow would be great.

Well, I finally watched the first season and second season , even though I saw some of the episodes twice. Now I believe I can get the characters to stay true I guess. I took way too long, because I had work to do that was putting behind on this story. No more spoliers, okay? Well, I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 5

While everyone else was asleep, Jerry quietly rummaged through his bag and took out his postcard that had an airplane on the front and gave it to Gobo. We could imagine that he would be left-handed since he is still writing his postcard to his Uncle Matt.


Dear Uncle Traveling Matt,
I left Fraggle Rock and ventured into Outer Space. As my friends and I traveled further, we were outer and outer. We boarded a shiny creature and followed the silly creatures including our good friends, Karen, Kathy, Jerry, Steve, and Trish. The silly creatures the shiny creature an “airplane.” I tried to warn them, but I was stuck Hope all I swell back at Fraggle Rock.

Love,
Your Nephew Gobo


Gobo next quietly took the written postcard back to Jerry explaining to him to mail it to Arizona where Doc lives and he agreed before going to sleep as well. He knew that he was scared sometimes, but Jim was always a “fearless leader.” With nothing else to do, Gobo then took his gourd out of his small pack and strum his strings remembering what he used to sing when Doc was about to move to the desert.


Ain't it just the way it goes?
We pull the petals off the rose.
We never say hello to stay.
We always say good-bye.
We always say good-bye.

And ain't it just the way it seems?
We pull the petals off our dreams.
Our hearts can say we're here to stay,
But we always say good-bye.
We always say good-bye.

Weep for the day when a new friend comes your way.
Weep while you play for your friend will make you cry.
Weep for the night when he journeys out of sight.
Friends always tell you good-bye.
Friends always tell you good-bye.


“Why did he have to go?” he thought. “Well, I guess a little snooze wouldn’t hurt.”

Finally, Gobo felt tired and fell asleep thinking about the good memories he had with Jim. He wasn’t going to come back home with his family. He was probably up in a glorious place with Cantus, Waldolf, Kermit, Rowlf, and Dr. Teeth, plus many other Muppets he was with.

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The Fraggles then woke up feeling a little bit better after a long dangerous journey that they begun. Their cabin-mates respected their privacy since they were going to Jim Henson’s funeral. After the plane landed safely without any chaos, the puppeteers and Trish escorted their Fraggle friends to the airport right after she helped them with the luggage. Although Gobo realized he was still in Outer Space he tried very hard not to think about his Uncle Matt, the Doozers, Gorgs, and the Trash Heap. He already learned that you cannot leave the magic from Marjory, but the problem was that his friends had to go to Outer Space and be at their friend’s funeral.

“Where and who is our escort?” asked Trish.

“Well, there he is now,” said Karen with excitement.

“Karen, you don’t mean Richard Hunt, do you?”

“Trish, I did mean him.”

“Oh!”

The elder man with a nice grin had some gray hair with a green jacket over his white shirt plus old jeans with brown shoes.

“Hey, everyone! It’s great to see you again and you brought the Fwaggles.. I mean the Fraggles along. My speech is sometimes a little bit of slurry. My name is Richard Hunt by the way.”

“You’re a Gorg?” asked Red.

“Not exactly Red, because well I was never dressed as one and I only did the voice of the bumbling fool. So, I am very glad to escort all of my friends. I can also carry your luggage, Trish if you don’t mind.”

“Not at all, Richard. My arms get really tired of hulling all of my stuff.”

The Fraggles and their silly creature friends exchanged looks before following Jerry and Gobo since they decided to be leaders.

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“Where am I?”

The man’s eyes opened wide and then he worried about his daughter Trish.

“Mr. Johnson, it’s me Beth,” said the girl.

“What’s wrong with you,” he yelled. Where am I? Where are Trish and her mother?”

“Mr. Johnson please,” pleaded Beth. “I am trying to give you attention from me. My friend Trish and my sister Amy went to New York for Jim Henson’s funeral.”

“Was I in a car accident,” asked Mr. Johnson.

“Yes, but I’m glad you’re alright, but not for long. I had a bad dream last night and Death took you away, but I don’t want you to die, Mr. Johnson. It’s not fair!”

He remembered now that he woke up from his hospital bed. Maybe his wife was fine, but he was still very nervous about seeing Beth.

“I am feeling too cold, Beth,” explained Mr. Johnson. “I am worried ABOUT MY TRISH.”

“Mr. Johnson, don’t scream or-

“You don’t get it, do you,” interrupted Mr. Johnson. “Well, I am going to find my Trish right now.”

Hr unhooked himself carefully and walked slowly, but pacing back and forth and remembered why he worried about his daughter.

“I used to watch Frackle or Fraggle Rock with my daughter. Apparently, maybe I should not go after her. Maybe I have been protecting her too much. I have been an explorer like Traveling Matt or Gobo.”

“Mr. Johnson, will you please get back into bed. If you don’t, you’ll hurt yourself and Trish will never forgive you.”

He agreed with her and went back to his hospital bed before hooking himself back on if he remembered what he was doing. Then, she took out her medium-sized and was practicing a few chords.

“The world has gone crazy since Jim left us. I was his fan, Beth. I don’t understand why people are now cheering just because someone is dead. It’s supposed to be somber, not happy. Maybe a song will cheer me up.”

Before he was about to fall asleep, Beth strummed her guitar with a song she sort of remembered in her head.

Bring back the season.
Bring back the time.
Bring back the wonder that used to be mine.
Laughing and splashing, we lived in a glow.
Bring back the wonder we knew long ago.
Bring back the wonder we knew long ago.

Wind on our faces, and race on the lawn,
Life was so new it would last on and on.
I was in love with the soft river flow.
Bring back the wonder we knew long ago.
Bring back the wonder we knew long ago.


“Goodbye, Mr. Johnson,” whispered Beth. “I will see you tomorrow.”


Song Credits

Pedals of a Rose – from the last Fraggle Rock episode “Change of Address”

Bring Back the Wonder – From the Fraggle Rock episode, “Red’s Sea Monster”

Notes:
I made another tough request and I wanted Beth to sing “Bring Back the Wonder” to Mr. Johnson, Trish’s Father. She sings this song, because she knew in the past that people teased her and thought she was something else. The song does remind her of thinking about her childhood days when she was having fun with Amy and later her best friend Trish.

That was pretty good!
Got any more?

Yes, I got more Colleen and now moving on to what comes next. Let me know if you enjoy it or not.


Chapter 6

Two ghostly figures then appeared at an empty spot of New York City.

“Jim, are you sure it is safe that no one’s here,” asked Joe Raposo.

Yes and no for now,” answered Jim Henson. “I remembered what Uncle Deadly’s advice was if I were dead. The first thing was to have no contact to any living creatures including Fraggles. Second was one false move and I will no longer be with the Muppets in heaven. Third, I can’t have lasagna on the third Wednesday or week of March.”

“Then, what can you do?” asked Joe.

“I may to have to go into one of the Fraggle’s dreams,” chided Jim.

“Jim, I don’t get you, sometimes,” shrugged Joe. “Are you sure the phantom Muppet convinced you that you can only appear in their dreams.”

“Yes, Joe! Besides, what could happen if I was in their dreams? It could be Boober’s dream instead.

“Jim, are you saying that you want to be in a Fraggle’s dream. Hahahaha! Oh Jim, it is not being easy green or being you.”

“True, but I don’t want to break the rules or Death will be my worse case I ever encounter.

“Well, you’re the fearless leader Jim. You were afraid of death before you died on Earth.”

“I sometimes was, but I was a hardworker. I promise you that I will be in a Fraggle’s dream.”

“What if a different Fraggle shows up?”

“Well, then I will handle that crazy Fraggle or Sidebottom. Oh, I don’t want to say that name again, Joe. That was Jocelyn Stevenson’s idea.

“You mean the writer’s idea?”

“Yeah, but I hope Death doesn’t show up. Besides, Uncle Deadly works with Death.”

“How am I ever going to keep you out of trouble? Well, it wouldn’t hurt, but be careful.”

I’m fearless, Joe. Always careful and never hurt a fly.”

“You’re silly, Jim! After the dream, make sure you come back to heaven. Someone else might join you very soon.”

“Okay, Joe! You win! Who are you going to hang out with right now?”

“Don Sahlin! We’re discussing about the good times on the set of Sesame Street.”

“Those were good times. I was the playful Ernie after all.”

Then, Jim let out an Ernie laugh.

“I’ll see you when I see you, Jim.”

Then, Joe went back to heaven to find Don Sahlin, the man who made the Muppets of Sesame Street.

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Back at California, Beth left the hospital with her packed guitar case in hand and went outside to wait for her mother to pick her up.

“What am I doing?” she thought. “I am like Boober or whoever the Fraggle is. I do wash clothes and cook. I should have been to New York with Amy. Wait a second! I’m germaphobic! Arghhh! What’s happening with me? I’m worried about Trish’s father and I hope he’s okay. I wish Amy were here. I used to be the fun girl I was.

She shook her thoughts out her head and felt like talking to herself.

“I am not fun at all anymore,” she said to herself. “I want to be a funny nice girl. Not act like a paranoid Fraggle. Yeah! That’s what I do and maybe start traveling, but Jim Henson was the traveler. I am not what I used to be.”

With nothing else to say, she quickly took out her guitar out of the case and started remembering a tune that Gob experienced when he decided not to be an explorer anymore.


Once I knew,
Just what to do
Once I knew my name.

Far and near,
The road was clear.
Living was a game.

But now I seem to walk in dreams,
And nothing stays the way it seems.

How I long for then.
Easy once again
Once upon a time I knew my name.

Maybe yes,
Maybe no.
Questions on my mind

Do I know which way to go?
The answer's hard to find.

I know that no one's made of steel.
I sometimes think that nothing's real.

And then I wake at night.
I can't tell wrong from right.

Once upon a time I knew my name.
Once upon a time I knew my name.


Beth now wondered where she was. “Why did my sister leave me here,” she asked herself. “I’m jealous, because she wants to see Gobo, Red, Mokey, Wembley, and…. Boober. I-I wanted to go to New York. She said no and I stayed home.”

Then, she let out a deep sigh while she was putting her guitar away into her guitar case. Since her mother did not pick her up. She made a dangerous decision to walk home. It took her fifteen to twenty-five minutes walking safely and cautiously all the way back to her house while carrying along her guitar suitcase with her. She was wearing an old white t-shirt and the same old bright blue jeans that she wore yesterday. She tried to open the door, but she realized that she did not take her keys. Felling so out of luck and miserable, she now feels like the world has now changed too much. Not only that made her sad, but also she didn’t like being a human or a “silly creature” as Fraggles described them.

“Jim,” she started before wiping a tear out of her eye. “I miss you, because well… I want the world peaceful. It’s not! I do not understand! Why was I born to be a human instead of being a Fraggle or a Muppet? Nobody understand me except Amy knows me what I really am. I dance my cares away. There are worried\s for another day. Let the music play. Down at Fraggle Rock!

“I didn’t see it on cable network. What’s the big idea? Fraggles? Silly Creatures? I have no clue. Oh, the world IS full of TROUBLES disease, and doom."

Then, she broke out into song singing,

Look at the world.
What can you do?

'Cause it makes you ache,
And it leaves you blue.

And I guess my heart could break apart,
With a long good-bye,
'Cause it makes you cry.

But I had a dream,
It was time to begin,
And every creature. . . (she sobs and then…)

(Beth imagines the Fraggles including Red, Gobo, Wembley, Mokey and Boober singing in the Great Hall right after hearing of Jim’s passing from postcards and letters from their fans plus the World's Oldest Fraggle) (Reference from fan-fic “He Will Never Be Dead In My Heart)

We were sister and brother.
We were part of each other,
And it made us one.
And it made us win.

“I am alone and it’s not fair,” she said to herself between sobs. “My mom and dad are not here. I wish you were here, Mr. Henson. Maybe they went to New York too and forgot all about me. What am I GOING to do? I can’t just sit here and have nothing else in mind.”

Feeling worse than miserable, she decided to cry herself to sleep on the porch swing with nothing else to do. She believed that tomorrow might be a better day so she can do something around her town while her friends are away.


Song Credits
One Upon A Time (I Knew My Name) – From the Fraggle Rock episode, “Gobo’s Discovery”
“It Makes You Cry” – From the Fraggle Rock episode, “The River of Life”

Well that was really good but the ghost part at the beginging was creeping me out.

OOOH! OOOH! you used "It Makes you Cry" which is one of my all time favorites! That made my day!

Okay, Colleen, you win. No more ghost parts.

Since "It Makes You Cry" is your all-time favorite Fraggle Rock song. What other Fraggle Rock songs are your all-time favorites.
BTW: Thank you for liking my song that I chose. I did watch "The River of Life" again and I found out that choosing Boober's "It Makes You Cry" was a good way to fit in Chapter 6.

Favorite songs! Gosh I have so many. I also really like "Sister and Brother" "Sunlight and Shadow" and many more.

The lyric "sister and brother" is from "It Makes You Cry". I also did use Sunlight and Shadow too in Chapter 1 which means it is at the very beginning of the story. So, working on Chapter 7 and I might have it done soon. Thanks!

Okay Muppetfan I'll do that!
But why dose the 24/7 part is driving you bonkers.?

Because I have no clue why I put 24/7 in the first place. Being called crazyRed would make my day.

CrazyRed?
Why can't you change you username?

Well, Colleen I don't know how to change my username?