`    When Minnie woke up, it was approximately 6:13a.m CST, and Minnie was 
ecstatic to see that she had slept for about 6 hours without being 
bothered by Pennypossum.  "What a wonderful day," Minnie proclaimed,  "I 
can do anything today!"  Then, Minnie realized that she couldn't, and 
she respected that conclusion.  By about 6:45a.m, Minnie was sick of 
being on that typhoid-infested bus, so she asked the bus driver to stop. 
The bus driver took action to that request, and said that as soon as 
they reach St. Louis, she could get out.  "I respect that,"  Minnie 
said, "Good, " said the bus driver, "Because if you didn't, I would have 
shot you."  Minnie thought that was a fair deal, and with that she 
returned to her seat.  After all, it was only a few more minutes until 
St. Louis.

    Four minutes later, the bus pulled into a roadside diner on the 
outskirts of St. Louis accordingly named, "St. Thomas Eatery and Gas 
Bar"  Since Minnie was so fond of food, she decided to go inside and 
order a large plate of homefries.  Since Minnie had noone to sit with in 
the diner, Minnie decided to sit with the bus driver, because he, too 
had noone to converse with.  The bus driver was delighted to have the 
company of Minnie, that he forgot all about his plan to bomb the 
restaurant.  Minnie talked with the bus driver for a while, and by the 
time they were waited on, Minnie discovered that the bus driver was an 
alien.  He later told her that he was sent to earth by his leader, "King 
Raul," to destroy the ever-growing Snerts from the face of the planet. 
"Blasphemous,"  Minnie muttered, as she picked up her plate of 
home-fries, and moved to another table.  Then, for no apparent reason, 
she sang the whole musical score to the Broadway production, "Cats"

     At approximately 7:21a.m, Minnie left the diner with a hackey-sack, 
a Planet Hollywood sweater, and 4000 dollars in cash.  She didn't know 
why she had all of the items above, they just magically appeared into 
her hands.  Then, as Minnie went into the ladies room, she fell asleep. 
If you want to know what she dreamed about, read Chapter 4...