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Narrator: 0023 The Walrus and the Carpenter

Narrator: 0024 did soar - well, more like slunk -

Narrator: 0025 and wept like anything to see

Narrator: 0026 Such a ring of space junk:

Narrator: 0027 "If only they could clean this up,"

Narrator: 0030 and cure us of this funk!"

We now see the Walrus and the Carpenter riding a tandem bicycle with rocket boosters attached to the back. The bicycle is white with blue wheel rims. The carpenter is gangly, purple-skinned, with tufts of red hair, wearing tan overalls and brown cowboy boots. The walrus is wearing a lime green waistcoat with a pale greenish-white ruffled shirt, as well as steampunk goggles. Both are only wearing bubble-style space helmets for protection, and the walrus's tusks stick out of his helmet. The carpenter is pointing frantically to the large ring of particles that surrounds the generic-looking Class M planet below.

Narrator: 0031 "If seven Von Neumann machines

Narrator: 0032 were seeded throughout here,

Narrator: 0033 Do you suppose," the Walrus said,

Narrator: 0034 "That they could get it clear?"

Narrator: 0035 "I doubt it," said the Carpenter,

Narrator: 0036 And shed a bitter tear.