Witch Shrouds

Witch Shrouds is a Goatwriter story. In this story, someone has stolen Goatwriter's writing brush. The brush is very valuable because it is the same brush used by Sei Shonogon to write her famous Pillow Book in the year 1002. Goatwriter and his friends (Mrs. Comb and Pithecanthropus) follow the white line of the road until it veers off into the desert. They find a big hole in the earth. Suddenly, a large pterodactyl leaps from the hole and they are so startled that they fall in. Deep underground they meet a video projection of a witch named Queen Shrouds. The witch made a deal with the rat. If he would lure the gang into her hole she would upload him to the internet. She offers to upload Goatwriter to the internet as well where he can write for the future. Paper is dead she says. When he refuses, she threatens to upload him against his will but Goatwriter invokes the Riddle clause of Evil Queen Law whereby he can gain his freedom by solving a riddle. The queen give this riddle: What is the most mathematical animal in the universe? Goatwriter figures out that it is the flea because the flea subtracts from happiness, divides attention, adds to miseries, and multiplies alarmingly. The witch tries to renege on the deal but Pithecanthropus notices a large plug in the back of the room and he saves them all by unplugging the witch. They find Ghostwriter's brush and they return home together.