Missed It By That Much!

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Max Smart, known to Control, the secret organization for good, as Agent 86, marched briskly up to the secret entrance to Control Headquarters, entered, then strode snappily down a long corridor. Huge iron doors opened before him as he approached, then clanged closed behind him. At the end of the corridor he reached a telephone booth. Stepping into it, Max closed the folding door, then started to dial. At that exact moment, the telephone rang.

Max peered at the telephone puzzledly. “You’re a dummy telephone,” he said to the instrument. “You’re not supposed to ring.”

The telephone jangled again.

Max shrugged, then picked up the receiver.

Max: Max Smart, Agent 86, here.

Voice (male): Let me speak to Hazel, please.

Max: You have the wrong number. There’s no Hazel here. And, besides that, this is a dummy telephone.

Voice: Then let me talk to the dummy.

Max: You don’t understand. This telephone doesn’t work. Actually, it isn’t a telephone at all. It’s a gadget that triggers a trap door. When I dial a certain number, the trap door opens and drops me into the basement.

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