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All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. / Phone: 212 541 4684, Fax: 212 397 4684 / www.MITShows.com J O H N E L L I O T T T H E A T R E MAY 1 and 8 @ 7:30pm MAY 2, 3, 9, 10 @ 2:00pm FA M IL Tickets $16 www.globeproductions.ca Box Office 905 877 3700 Y 2, 3, 9, 10 @ 2:00pm AM IL Y M U SI CA L COMMENT Most people rarely see me without my eye- glasses. There's a reason for that-- beyond 24 inches or so, I'm blind as a bat. Yup, the world is pretty much a blur for me when I remove my 'specs'. I've been wearing them for about 40 years, almost two thirds of my life. And I'm pretty careful with my glasses. I'd be lost without 'em. Earlier this week, I experienced the mak- ings of an ultimate panic situation. It was one of those rare mornings on the farm, when there was no real pressure to be somewhere. I decided to catch up on a few tasks that have been on the back burner for a few weeks. A few lambs and their moms needed to be relocated to a larger pen. It was only three ewes and their lambs-- not a big job. I opened the gates, and let them follow each other to the new location. It went without a hitch-- the dominant ewe (there's always a dominant one) decided it was safe to enter that pen (translation, they wouldn't all 'die' if they entered that pen), so she took the lead. In minutes, all the ewes and lambs had marched in an nice little orderly fashion, right into the new pen. Great, end of story, right? Nope. When little lambs are moved from a small lambing pen to a larger space-- and at the same time, are joined by a bunch of other lambs-- well, it's like a brand new playground. They run, they jump, they chase each other around the pen. Dammit, they're cute when they do that. I pulled out my smart phone to take a little video of them running and jumping. As I pressed the stop button, I felt a subtle 'boing' on my face, then realized the right lens (for my best eye) had popped out of the frame. It fell on the floor, into about six inches of hay, dust, all kinds of mean nasty stuff down there. If that wasn't enough, it was in the dark too. I froze-- somewhere down 'there' was my eyeglass lens. I didn't want to step on it. I eased off my eyeglass frames, and in- spected them. You know that teeny, tiny little screw that holds the lens in place? Yup it was gone too. I figured finding the screw would be im- possible, but I sure needed to find the lens. I squinted and slowly knelt down, strain- ing to see where the lens had landed. Noth- ing but darkness. Suddenly it occurred to me-- I have a flashlight on my smart phone. I pulled it out and turned on the little light. As I panned it over the area, a shiny re- flection caught my eye. I could see the lens half-buried in the loose hay. Gently as a safecracker, I eased the bits of hay back, until the lens was uncovered. As I got down on my knees to lift it out of the hay, and the light shone on it, I noticed something else. The tiny black screw was resting in the center of the concave lens! What were the chances of it landing there? I couldn't be- lieve it! I carefully took the lens and screw to the house, and put it back together, tightening the screw. It's said things happen in threes. The day before, I received a call from my accountant to tell me my income taxes were done and I had a healthy refund. Then I lost, (and recovered) my eyeglass lens and screw. Whew! I truly think it's time to buy a lot- tery ticket. A Ted Bit Blind as a bat in the barn By Ted Brown tedbit@hotmail.com