We of Save the Frompers! have been happily recording
a population boom in our favorite Little Folk. Due to the efforts of imaginative
people like you, more Noises in the Night are being reported than ever before.
Many obstacles have been overcome. At first, the
acronym of our organizational name led to an unfortunate confusion with
science fiction, leading many people to dismiss our pleas on behalf of the
Fromper as mere stories, for entertainment only.
Not only have we overcome that obstacle, we now
find that independent groups are springing up all over the nation, activated
by people we have had no direct contact with. Isn't this exciting?
We have also had to deal with the usual competition
for the resource of Imagination: those who want to use Imagination for war
games (aka Flame Wars), erotica, business takeovers, poetry, political promises,
science fiction, and everything else besides Seeing Frompers.
Since Imagination is a resource that expands by
use, we have not found this a great obstacle. Our only real limits are time,
space, and human endurance -- but we're working on that.
But now we are meeting with one of the problems
of success itself -- a backlash Anti-Fromper movement. Yes, as long as they
were a tiny, weak and dying species, Frompers could safely be ignored. But
when they began to thrive, the Reactionaries appeared! And the Predators!
We have learned of a booming business in Baby Fromper
Pelts. Only months ago, there were almost no Baby Frompers being born. Now
they must be hidden in ceiling cracks by their frantic parents, as Predators
stalk them!
Fromper Jokes have begun. A new derogatory term
is circulating -- "Fromp you!" In the atmosphere of Political Correctness,
Frompers have been determined to be The Last Safe Target.
We need your help more than ever. "Evil succeeds
when good men do nothing." When you hear an Anti-Fromper joke or reference,
speak up -- firmly, but kindly, speak up for decency.