The                       Painter of the                       Night


                      Someone called in a                                             report                       that she had
seen                       a man painting in the dark over by the
pond. A police car                                             was dispatched to go                       investigate.
The two officers                       with their                       big
                                            flashlights                       walked all around the                       pond, but
found nothing                       suspicious.                                             hatcher was the
                      younger                       of the                       two, and he said to Johnson,
                                            "What do you                       think he was                       painting?" Johnson
looked bemused                       and said, "The dark,                                             stupid.
What else                       could he have been painting?"                       Hatcher,
a little hurt, said, "Frogs                                             in the Dark,                       Lily
                      pads in the Dark,                       Pond                       in the Dark. Just as many things exist in the dark as
they do in the                       light." Johnson paused,                                             exasperated. Then
Hatcher added, "I'd like to                       see them.                       Hell,
I might even                       buy one.                       Maybe there's more out
                      there                       than we know. We are the police, after all.                       We need to know."