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op o' the mornin' to ye!All right, so 'taint mornin'. But they'll soon be seein' mornin' in Ireland, now won't they?
Me mam named me Lyle Moriarty - but ye might remember me as Michael O'Jackson! I had the time of me life in America with Kids Incorporated. Oh, the other leprechauns were so jealous when I told them all about me new rock and roll career! They were positively green with envy! Ha ha! That's a little person's joke.
It all started when I was playin' a prank on some unsuspectin' lad down in Dublin. Had one of them television sets, y'know. My, but I've never heard such music! That's true magic - and a leprechaun be knowin' true magic when he sees it.
Me ol' man nearly swallowed his pipe when I told him I wanted to be a rock and roll star. "I'll have none of that mortal banshee ruckus in my house!" he says. "Why don't you take up the fiddle?" But rock and roll is all I want to do!
Bein' a leprechaun means ye don' have to worry about money - all the gold ye'd ever need is right here! But I don't care about gold. It don' bring me a lick of happiness, so I gave it to some other chap. He was so happy, he said I could take anythin' of his that I wanted - so I took his records!
Had to hide 'em from me old man, but it was worth it! Bein' a rock star must be the greatest thing in the world. Everyone screaming your name and trying to catch you for your autograph. Not that I don' have me share of lads and lasses trying to catch me, but all they want is gold.
I must be the only leprechaun in Ireland with a Kids Incorporated record. They don't know how lucky they are there. Me friends don't think I have it in me to be a rock star. "Let's have it then!" they say. "Sing me a little ditty!" But I'm scared. I'm a yellow green man! Ye don' know what its like with everyone starin' at you.
I'd be interested in knowin' how them kids do it! Maybe they'll give me a few pointers. I'm a kid, too! Well, sure, I'm 200 years old - but that's not much for a leprechaun!
Nothing doing with the old folks. "Saints preserve us, Brigid, now he wants to go to America!" says me dad. "I'll not be havin' it! You'll guard the family gold and you'll like it just the same!"
Time for a wee bit of ingenuity...
You'll never catch me ridin' in an old trunk again! Owww...I'm supposed to be green, not
black n' blue! Shoulda put a "Fragile" sticker on the side!
I can hear music! I'm here! Hmm, better not let anyone see me just yet.
Well, would ye look at these two! It's the little ones. Wonder if they believe in
leprechauns? Maybe they need a bit o' convincin'.
Huh. I didn't know I could invisiblize other people as well! What d'ye know? Uh oh, looks
like these two are knowin' a thing or two about mischief! Oh, I'm going to love it here!
Now what good is me being here if ye won't pay any attention to me? D'ye not realize I've
risked me life and limb to get here? Oh, ye think ye know somethin' about mischief, do ye
now? Just you look here! There's not been a man alive who could ignore Lyle Moriarty and
get away with it!
That's more like it, then.
I think I am gettin' the hand of this breakdancin' thing. Oh, if me best mates could see
me now! This is easy!
Look at these two imps tryin' to get away from me. Can't ye do a favor for your fellow
man-er, elf? I mean to get over my stage fright if it's the last thing I do - and a
Moriarty never goes back on 'is word!
Finally, I get me wish. I'm going to sing with Kids Incorporated! Oh, but I'm nervous! I
hope they like me.
Well, you remember what happened then.
Blimey, what a rush! They loved me! I can' get over the cheerin'. It's the greatest
treasure in the world. Look out, Ireland, here I come!
Okay, so it didn't quite work out like that. But I'm a big hit w'the kiddies! They've
never seen a rock n'roll leprechaun before.
So I'm only doin' birthday parties now. Do ye know how many birthdays a leprechaun has?
I'll be famous in no time - and that's no blarney.
The End
