The Mad Hatter & Me !

                                                                So there he was the night before he left Odense (Denmark) , in his apartment surrounded by friends from all over the world . Of course there was the Irish contingent , the Danish of course , The Sudanese and never forgetting the Somalians . We had all gathered together for his going away party , and it was going to be a humdinger . The bar was set up in its usual place , you see going out in Odense was always a costly affair , so the obvious thing to do when having a party was to buy beer from the supermarket and sell it at cost price at the party . Clever ? No one was ever too skint to go to one of our parties , and then there WAS always the Somalians .
                                                              They had access to the weirdest stuff imaginable , and were always too kind with sharing . It was his going away party and it was gonna rock , He took up his customary position facing the red curtains , turntable in front of him and the best albums on the planet in front of him . Along the walls of the room were the mattresses from the beds in the other rooms , so if anyone wanted to crash out they didn't have far to go . It was one of those things , that just kinda made everyone comfortable and relaxed , never a cross word was ever said at these parties . Well the music started , and it wasn't long before the Somalians started sharing the congolese bush .Now this stuff was lethal , it kinda turned the room for everyone into an Alice in Wonderland , with music by the Mad Hatter , if you get my drift ?
                                                             Everything went well and the music was dynamite , but I noticed the Mad Hatter was acting a little strangely . I went over to him and inquired as to his well being . He responded by saying that he hadn't turned his head round in over 2 hours even to see what was going on . I asked as to the reason for his reluctance to face the audience , and he answered quite seriously " They are all staring at me , and if I turn round they'll all start laughing " .Now what you have to understand is that the Mad Hatter was getting a little paranoid , and dealing with said condition can be a little scary . So I sat with him for a good hour and kinda brought him round to my way of thinking . What he didn't realize was that most of the people in the room were on the verge of sleep anyway

. But throughout my coercing him , I knew it was always just a matter of time before he would be ok .
                                                            Later on that night when everyone was gone , we sat down at the table which just happened to have a huge panoramic view of the early dawn . We spoke about what happened earlier and laughed about it . Then I saw out of the corner of my eye this great flash of colour , which really startled me , and both of us went extremely quiet . He looked at me , I looked at him , we were both too scared to ask each other whether the other one of us had seen that flash .But sure to god we did see it simultaneously . We both went to bed kinda fast after that hallucination , and said no more .
                                                           Later on that morning one of the Somalians came in and asked " Did you two see the Aurora Borealis during the night ?". The Mad Hatter and I just looked at each other and smiled . Now that's how to enjoy your going away party , with the best flashing light show on the planet !