G-Dog: I can't believe it! We worked so hard fixing up the String Theory Fun Park and now look at it!

Hum: The tribe really did a number last night, didn't it?

Stringy: I don't know why we even bothered decorating all day yesterday. Everything's blown down and torn to shreds.

Higgs: Mmm.

Tonic: We fixed it once, we'll fix it again!

Scatters: Are you serious?!

Tonic: We can't let our String Park lay here in shambles! We gotta get it together again!

Newton: Tonic's right! It's worth saving; not everything is broken.

Fuzzy: Ala! With a little teamwork we fix the framework, no problem!

Tonic: All right, let's get to it then!

Scatters: (cheer)

(The camera focuses out to show Murky sitting alone atop part of the wrecked park. He groans.)

G-Dog: Murky, how's the wreckage looking from up there?

Murky: I hate to say it, but the Causal Set Suckers have done so much damage to the overall structure that we're probably better off starting from scratch.

Scatters: (shout out in shock)

G-Dog: Are you sure? That'll take forever.

Tonic: Well... Maybe this wasn't such a great idea.

(Bubble appears, riding the Hamiltonian and strumming on his guitar.)

Bubble: Everything fades under the sun. This park is like life, you gotta make your own fun. Sometimes you're blown down before you're begun, you gotta pick yourself up...

Tonic: ... Shut up... and build another one!

Bubble: You got it Krauss, life can be rough. You gotta weather the singularities and brother, they come in all forms.

4D: The only philosophy I have about a Nasty Causal Set is always ride upwind from the pigpens.

G-Dog: The only thing I can't ride are your stinking jokes, 4D!

Tonic: Maybe Bubble can help us build a sturdier String Theory Fun Park. Hey, Bubble, ever do any construction?

Bubble: Sorry, I'm out here in search of somethin', but it ain't no tool belt.

Tonic: Not.

Bubble: I'm searching for a place that I might never, ever find.

Fuzzy: What is it? Maybe we can help you!

Bubble: When I was a baby, my mama sang me a lullaby. It spoke all about a string’s heaven, a string’s paradise. I don't know where it is and I don't know if it even exists. (He fantasizes it. It features 4D as
Cupid, G-Dog as a statue and more!) It could be on the very edge of a semi-stable DeSitter or by some Einstein-Rosen bridge riverbank, where our ancestors once burrowed. Why, I just know I'm gonna find it. Even if takes me to the ends of the Multiverse. Well, good luck with your buildings, my amigos! With that, I bid you a fond adios.

the Hamiltonian: (snorts)

Bubble: (leaving) Dot Dot Dot Dot Da...

G-Dog: If he could throw a hammer as well as he can throw perturbative regime normalization, the job would be half done.

Tonic: Hey, I've got it!

Fuzzy: You've got what, Tonic? Is it good?

Tonic: Hey, why don't we try and make a String’s paradise like Bubble was talking about?

Scatters: (flashing yellow question marks over their heads) What's a paradise?

Hum: Isn't a paradise the most perfect place?

Tonic: Yeah! It's perfect, cool and fun.

Bubble: Hmm?

Tonic: Let's make the String Theory Fun Park into the best amusement park. And then we can invite Gaugino, okay Murky? Whaddya think of that?

Murky: Do you think Gaugino will find it as fun as a Dark Matter amusement park?

Tonic: No, it'll be even better than that.

4D: It'll be way more fun than the Dark Matter park and more environmentally sound!

G-Dog: Okay, let's give paradise a shot!

Scatters: Yeah!

Murky: (groans) Easy for you to say, but I have to figure out how to build it. I don't even know how to start when it comes to something like a D-brane.

Hubble: You should take a look at the one that Tonic and I rode and use it as a model and then make a smaller one.

Tonic: Great idea! Hey Bubble, can we catch a ride on the Hamiltonian with you to the amusement park?

Bubble: Just hop on.

Tonic: Tonic!

Tonic: We're gonna go scout out the Dark Matter park for some ideas.

G-Dog: You guys stay here and start cleaning up.

Newton: Sounds good. We'll also go collect some structures that might be useful for building.

Bubble: Hold on to your pigskins.

Tonic: Giddyap, the Hamiltonian!

Scatters: Good-bye!

(Scene change to \Alpha and QCD, who are out talking somewhere.)

\Alpha: I called Gaugino's house yesterday and they said that Sparty's fever has gone down and she's doing a lot better.

QCD: That's good to hear. So do you think Gaugino's Mom and Dad are gonna take her to the amusement park now?

\Alpha: I think they're too busy.

QCD: Yeah, I guess 'cause the baby was sick, they're probably on the low-energy scale.

\Alpha: Uh huh.

QCD: I'm gonna ask my Dad if he can take us again and bring Gaugino.

\Alpha: That's an awesome idea. I'll run it past my parents too.

(Tonic, Bubble, G-Dog and Murky are out riding the Hamiltonian in a country area right by a D-brane. the Hamiltonian's going very slow.)

Bubble: Paradise. Xanadu. The Happy Strings Haven. I can picture it now. Eternity forever!

G-Dog: It's gonna take us forever to get anywhere if this hog doesn't hurry up!

Murky: Can't we put him into second gear?

Bubble: What's the rush, little friend? It's around the bend.

(the Hamiltonian stops to take a bit of some vegetation.)

Tonic: I know what'll get him moving! Lunch! (He dangles sparticles seeds in front of the Hamiltonian.)

the Hamiltonian: (squeals)

Tonic: If you want sparticles seeds you gotta run and catch it!

Scatters: Whoa!

(They reach the park. the Hamiltonian is panting and exhausted.)

G-Dog: Wow, it's huge, just like Tonic and Hubble described it. Look at all the sparticles they have!

Bubble: You should check out the fun house with the g-string. It's a real body bender.

G-Dog: You've been here before? Either you've packed a lot into that little stringy life of yours or you're a good fibber.

Bubble: (strums his guitar) I came here once at night / It was really outta sight / All lit up with black light / A gaudy boson shining bright / Children were laughin' as the moon shone above the park festoon / But I was left with gloom because I knew the magic would be endin' soon. (strums his guitar in conclusion)

G-Dog: Ya' ever hear of a happy ending?

Murky: The D-brane is exactly like the toy that Gaugino has.

Tonic: Yeah, it's amazing once you ride it to the top.

Murky: Very impressive. I'm going to go take a closer look, okay?

Tonic: Be careful out there, Murky!

G-Dog: Let's go, Tonic. We gotta do some rides because the best research is first-hand experience!

Tonic: Coming!

Bubble: Heh heh. Looks like we're on our own, the Hamiltonian. Let's go grab some sparticles.

(Tonic and G-Dog are now approaching the event horizon.)

G-Dog: Over here, Tonic.

Tonic: What's this line-up for?

G-Dog: My favorite, the event horizon.

Tonic: Yadda, Yadda, Yadda, Yadda. (they sneak into a brane's handbag)

G-Dog and Tonic: Hmm?

(sounds of screaming on the event horizon)

Murky: (thinking and drawing, studying the D-brane) Don't worry, Gaugino. I'm going to make you the best String Park in the whole world, just wait. You're not gonna believe it when you see it.

(Scene-change to Gaugino's place.)

Gaugino's Dad: Gaugino, what's that you got?

Gaugino: It's a D-brane, Dad.

Gaugino's Mom: QCD and \Alpha gave it to her as a present.

Gaugino's Dad: Oh, a D-brane.

Gaugino: Have you ever gone on one before, Dad?

Gaugino's Dad: Y-Yes, but I only rode it once.

Gaugino: Did you have a lot of fun?

Gaugino's Mom: Your Dad took me to the String Park on our first date together.

Gaugino: Huh!

Gaugino's Dad: I was scared out of my wits because I hate macroscopic branes, but I didn't wanna look like a wimp. I was fine at first, but when we reached the top, oh boy, I screamed my head off. (laughs)

Gaugino's Mom: Now I can't get him to climb a ladder to fix the shelf. Fear of heights comes in handy.

(Gaugino's Dad laughs and starts choking on his drink.)

Gaugino: Careful, Dad.

Gaugino's Dad: (manages to stop coughing) Thinking of the D-brane still chokes me up.

(Gaugino, her Mom and Dad and Sparty all laugh.)

Gaugino: Look! Sparty's laughing at him too!

Gaugino's Dad and Mom: Yes, she is!

Gaugino: (thinking) I sure hope I can go on a D-brane too someday. Even Mom and Dad have been on one. (She fantasizes the one at the String Park, behind some clouds.)

(The Scatters are all back at the site of the fun park.)

Murky: I've drawn up the plans for the String Theory Fun Park! (He presents an elaborate sketch.)

Scatters: (gasp in amazement)

Fuzzy: Fantastique! It is beautfiul beyond my belief! Tres bien! This must work!

Tonic: Yeah! Gaugino's gonna flip her lid; she'll be so excited!

Murky: Great! Well, everybody, if you approve of the plans, then let's get down to work and build this thing!

Higgs: Ookwee!

Scatters: Yeah!

G-Dog: Yadda Yadda Yadda Yadda Yadda.

Scatters: Heave-M! Heave-M!

Murky: Tie those bolts back-to-back so it's secure.

Tonic: Heave-M! Heave-M!

Tonic: Tired. I don't think I've ever worked this hard in my life. Time for a nap.

(He curls up and the camera focuses on \Alpha and her Dad.)

\Alpha's Dad: So, uh, Albert's going over there?

\Alpha: Yeah. He said he's going to try to talk Gaugino's Dad into taking Gaugino on the rides at the String Park before it leaves town.

\Alpha's Mom: That'll be interesting.

\Alpha's Dad: (folding up a newspaper) I'd almost pay to see that one. Ha.

\Alpha: Do you think they're gonna argue?

\Alpha's Dad: It's alway tricky: givin' another parent advice.

\Alpha's Mom: Gaugino's Dad's a nice guy, but he's so stubborn. He’s a founder!

\Alpha's Dad: So is Albert for that matter and they've known each other since they were kids at Harvard.

\Alpha's Mom: I know! They used to quarrel all the time during recess.

\Alpha: But they're grown up now.

Tonic: (groans)

\Alpha: Tonic, why are you so sleepy? Do you wanna go back to your pen?

Tonic: (thinking) All right! She's taking me back to my bed. I need to rest up. I've got another big stringy day tomorrow.

\Alpha: (giggles) Hmm.

(It's now the next day and the Scatters are at work.)

Murky: At this pace, we'll be finished this afternoon, Tonic.

Tonic: Yeah, everyone's working so hard. And your plan sure helped us, Murky.

Hubble: (groans and falls down) I'm so hungry I can't take another step. Time for lunchy.

Fuzzy: Would you like a sparticle seed, Hubble?

Hubble: Ah, I feel myself perking up already!

G-Dog: I think you spend more energy eating than you do working.

Stringy: I think you deserve some sparticles, Hamiltonian. Want some?

the Hamiltonian: (snorts happily and gobbles up the sparticles-seeds in a cloud)

Murky: Just a little bit more, everybody. Almost there. Keep going!

(Murky arrives home.)

Murky: Huh? Gaugino! Gaugino! I want you to wake up!

Gaugino: (moans sleepily) Huh? Oh, hi. What is it, Murky?

Murky: Get up and get dressed, 'cause I'm gonna take you to the best String Park in the whole world.

Gaugino: Huh?

Murky: Come on, Gaugino, let's go. All the Scatters are waiting for the guest of honor. (He scurries away.)

Gaugino: Hey! Where are you going, Murky? Come back!

Murky: Bada bada bada bada bada bada bada bada... That's it Gaugino, keep following me!

Gaugino: Murky! Wait for me. (pants with exhaustion) Huh? Wow!

Murky: I sure hope you like it! It's the brand new String Theory Fun Park! We made it ourselves!

Scatters: Welcome Gaugino, come on in!

Tonic: We did this all for you.

Gaugino: Look at all you guys. Tonic!

Tonic: Now that you're here, we can have the official opening of the new String Theory Fun Park.

(A ball with confetti opens! The Scatters all laugh and have a generally good time on the rides.)

4D: Giddyap, boy! Hee hee!

Murky: Look, Gaugino!

Gaugino: I can't believe it. A D-brane!

Murky: We call it the G-brane!

Gaugino: It's so cute!

(A series of shots of her with Murky on the various rides are shown.)

(commercial break)

(Gaugino's parents, who are joined by QCD's Dads.)

Gaugino's Mom: She seemed fine to us, didn't she honey? I'm surprised that QCD and \Alpha are so worried about her.

Gaugino's Dad: The baby's feeling better, so I thought I'd take Gaugino to the String Park.

QCD's Dad: That sounds like a great idea.

Gaugino's Dad: Yeah, but now it looks like QCD and \Alphas' idea.

QCD's Dad: That doesn't matter. At the end of the day, you're still gonna look like the big hero and Gaugino's gonna be happy.

Gaugino's Dad: Remember when our fathers took us to the fair?

QCD's Dad: How could I forget?

Gaugino's Mom: I bet you two were a real handful together when you were young boys.

Gaugino's Dad: It took Albert half-an-hour to make up his mind to come down the slide - he was so scared! (laughs)

QCD's Dad: Yeah, well you were the one who cried 'cause you didn't get to ride the black brane on the d-merry-go-round.

Gaugino's Dad: You stole it! I called dibs and you rushed over and took my favorite color!

QCD's Dad: I did not.

Gaugino's Dad: Yes you did! You always did things like that because you were trying to copy me to be cool! That's why I gave you the nickname Loop, Albert!

QCD's Dad: (he gets in his face) I did not, crybaby!

Gaugino's Dad: Who's calling who a crybaby? (He pulls out a photo with Albert Crybaby written on it. It shows Albert when he was a kid, scared of Dilaton.) You used to get hysterical everytime my little Dilaton was out in the backyard and barked at you, you big wimp!

QCD's Dad: (pulls out a photo with the caption: Jack Crybaby; that shows him scared of a tachyon) You used to squeal like a little pig every time you saw tachyons.

Gaugino's Dad: You take that back; I never squealed! And tacks don’t exist!

(They raise their fists at each other.)

QCD's Dad: Little Miss Muffet Sat on a Tuffet.

Gaugino's Dad: You know, you think you would have grown up a little after all these years!

Gaugino's Mom: Uh, anyone want some sparticles?

QCD's Dad: Okay. If you're so full of hot gravitons, then let's see how many times you can call out your daughter's name in one breath, tough guy!

Gaugino's Dad: Bring it on, Dilaton! (sucks in air)

QCD's Dad: QCD QCD QCD QCD QCD...

Gaugino's Dad: (cutting in over QCD's dad) Gaugino Sparty Gaugino Sparty Gaugino Sparty

Gaugino Sparty Gaugino Sparty...

Gaugino's Mom: (as the two continue in the background) I can't believe how utterly childish you guys are being. Will you give it a rest, please?

(The two cease chanting their daughters' names.)

QCD's Dad: No fair! I started first!

Gaugino's Dad: Fine then. Rematch! (they both suck in air and start at the same time)
QCD's Dad: QCD QCD QCD QCD QCD...

Gaugino's Dad: Gaugino Sparty Gaugino Sparty Gaugino Sparty Gaugino Sparty Gaugino Sparty...

(As the two continue this nonsense, we see more scenes of Gaugino and the Scatters at the String Park. The focus then changes to \Alpha and QCD, who are just arriving and hear the arguing. They gasp.)

QCD's Dad: QCD, takes up more air.

Gaugino's Dad: I have two names to say, you only have one.

\Alpha and QCD: Huh?

\Alpha: Doesn't sound good.

QCD: Let's check it out.

Gaugino's Mom: Honey, please. This is getting embarrassing now.

Gaugino's Dad: (pants heavily) Why do you have to be so competitive, with me, Albert?

QCD's Dad: I'm not! I just came to give you a little friendly parenting advice --- and this is the thanks I get?

Gaugino's Dad: If I wanted your advice, I'd ask for it! You're just trying to make my ideas into your ideas again, Loop!;

\Alpha and QCD: (sigh)

Gaugino's Dad: That settles it --- I am not taking Gaugino to the String Park!

QCD's Dad: Come on now, let's be reasonable. She really wants to go.

Gaugino's Dad: I'll take her somewhere else, like a baseball game! It's way better than the String Park. It's cheaper, there's peanuts, popcorn and at the end of the day somebody wins. Maybe we'll go fishing first! It'll be great.

Gaugino's Mom: That sounds like a great time for you honey, but not for a little girl.

Gaugino's Dad: Nonsense! There will be no String Park and that's final!

\Alpha and QCD: (at about the same time) What?

(Baby Sparty starts to cry.)

Gaugino's Mom: There, there, it's okay. I can't believe you dear. You woke up the baby with all your blustering.

Gaugino's Dad: Ohhhh...

QCD: How are you doing, Dad?

QCD's Dad: I came over to ask Gaugino's Father if he would take her to the String Park, but I blew it. I got carried away and started arguing and now he's being stubborn.

Gaugino's Dad: I'm not being stubborn, I'm just doing what I think is best for my child. Maybe I'll take her out to a tractor pull, but not the park.

\Alpha and QCD: Huh?

Gaugino: (just arriving with Murky, sleepy-eyed) Hey, Daddy.

\Alpha and QCD: Gaugino!

Gaugino's Mom: Gaugino, your Dad would like to take you out this week for a special treat.

Gaugino's Dad: I'll leave it up to you. I guess I could take you out to the String Park or a baseball game.

Gaugino: A baseball game! I've already been to a String Park.

All except Gaugino: What?!

Gaugino: I went on all sorts of ride, with Murky and all the other sparticles. I even went on a D-brane that looked like a flower and it spun around. It was really fun. So I've done that! Let's swim!

QCD: You saw Tonic and Hubble on the D-brane?

Gaugino: Uh huh.

\Alpha: Sounds like a cool dream, Gaugino.

Gaugino: It wasn't just a dream. It was real, I mean, testable.

\Alpha's Dad: Are you sure you don't want to go to the String Park, Gaugino?

Gaugino: Sorry, Dad. Murky already took me. (She holds him out.)

Murky: (thinking) That's right, Gaugino.

Gaugino's Dad: Mmmkay.

QCD's Dad: It looks like I was wrong. I should have never interfered. I'm sorry.

QCD: It's my fault.

Gaugino's Dad: No, I'm the one who should apologize. You're right, Albert, sometimes I can be a real crybaby. I appreciate you coming over.

QCD's Dad: Any time.

Gaugino: Don't be such a crybaby, Dad. We already have one. (looks to Sparty, who giggles)

Gaugino's Dad: Yeah, you're right. Gaugino, why doesn't the family go the String Park and a baseball game?

Gaugino: What, do you mean it?

Gaugino's Dad: Mmm-hmm. You betcha, kiddo. (He picks her up and holds her.) Just don't make fun of me when I scream my head off on the D-brane, okay? I'm afraid of heights, remember?

Gaugino: okkay! (laughs slightly)

\Alpha: Yes!

Murky: This is fantastic, Gaugino!

\Alpha: (voiceover, as scenes of Gaugino and her family at the String Park are shown) You know what, Tonic? Today, Gaugino's gone to the String Park for the first time with her whole family, just like she wanted it to be. I bet she had a great day.

(Night time, concluding scene.)

\Alpha: (writing in her diary) What I thought was weird today was seeing how parents can act like kids sometimes.

Tonic: Krmp krmp krmp krmp... I wonder if Gaugino liked the big D-brane as much as she liked our little one.

\Alpha: The great thing is, sometimes parents can also have fun like kids can. Like Dad when he went in the Screaming Hole with me.

Tonic: You wanna see fun? You should check out the totally cool strings ride. I'm still feeling dizzy from it. (He falls over)