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Within minutes, he had located a young woman he assumed to be Astra. She was also looking disoriented and wearing a single garment.

"Fred?" she asked. He nodded. "I think we've been had," she continued.

"How come?"

"Think about it. This was supposed to be a Wild West World."

"And?"

"Well, why do they call it the Wild West?"

Fred pondered. Then he thought about it. "Because," he ventured, "it is wild. And in the west."

"Precisely."

"What do I win?"

"Shut up. But if the whole world is like that, it's not just "the west". It doesn't make sense. It's like, I don't know, saying you've got a headache all over your body."

Fred was about to reply when he was interrupted by a soft growl. "Hungry already?" Astra asked.

"That was not my stomach," Fred pointed out and looked down at himself. "That was... Well I'll be darned."

"Only if you're a sock," Astra pointed out. "What's the matter?"

Instead of answering, Fred just pointed to the clothing that covered his upper body. It was a vest, and it was growling at him.

Astra started giggling uncontrollably. "God made a typo!" she gasped. This is not a Wild West World. It's a Wild Vest World!!"

1. Just then, Fred's vest bit him.
2. Just then, Astra's vest (yes she was wearing one too) started, um, fondling her.
3. They tried to tame the vests.
4. One or both of the vests did something else, or nothing.
5. Something unrelated to the vests happened.
6. The Story Cops arrest Astra for making fun of God.
7. The Story Cops arrest Fred for not feeding his vest.
8. Sir Toby tells the Story Cops to take five.
9. Fred tells Sir Toby to take a hike.
10. Fred's grandma darns Fred. Like a sock.

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