Stories From The Head

The Borresutt-Virus Rållekraft had always suffered from a strange disease called Borresutt. This caused him to, at regular intervals, stand up, preferably in a crowded place, and shout “HOMMASKOMPA HOMASKOMPA”, whilst trying on a new pair of bathing-trunks. This was, at least for Rållekraft, a perfectly normal thing to do when you were infected by the Borresutt-virus. For people who, by their own choice, were NOT infected by the virus, the regular fits of Rållekraft seemed forced and unnecessary. This made Rållekraft’s family feel slightly embarrassed, and they soon adopted a new child...also affected by Borresutt. So they adopted another one. He seemed fine, so his parents, Joxa and Bøssetyder, grew to live him. Until one day when he stood up in a particularly tense crowd and shouted “HOMMASKOMPA HOMASKOMPA” wearing some outrageous bathing-trunks. So they threw him away. (His name was, incidentally, ØRRET, but that’s another, extremely complicated story). Joxa and Bøssetyder soon started to look for another child (A HEALTHY ONE), and they found a perfect little boy in a trashcan four blocks down from the carnival where Bøssetyder made his living as a carousel. It was guaranteed Borresutt-free, and Joxa immediately grew to love it. They lived happily for several years, when suddenly, something rather odd happened. They dealt with it, but just a few days later another odd thing happened: Ugreteppe, as the child was called, was getting married to a “woman” called Hildit. More than a thousand guests were invited (7 came), and Bøssetyder was just getting ready to give his speech. He got up, urinated in his glass, and opened his mouth. Out came nothing but the words “HOMMASKOMPA HOMASKOMPA”. Both Joxa and Ugreteppe were shocked. Even Hildit found it all a bit much. A good thing Rållekraft was lurking in a nearby forest. If he hadn’t been there, who knows what might have happened. Who knows indeed...

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