Christmas Cancelled

[Brag]

Kptlt. Johan Sebastian Balz writes:

23 December 1940

Thanks to BDU you will be deprived the pleasure of my wonderful company this Christmas as I am leaving on patrol now.

Of course, I will take advantage of this patrol to increase my great tonnage. I will also be working on my fabulous opera Romeo & Juliet.

Here is Act I:

The curtain raises to the strains of March of the Easter Bunnies.
Juliet stands on balcony watching a parade of drumming bunnies who are collecting bribes for the local mafia. Beyond the parade, in the harbour, Romeo is getting into his U-Boat.

After bunnies exit, Juliet sings soulful aria: I Miss Your Periscope, Romeo.
Carrying a skull, Shakespeare enters from stage left and declaims a soliloloqui, To Be or Not To Be.
The act ends with Romeo closing the hatch and sings an aria inside the submarine (We Don't give the name of the aria as no one Can hear it. This is a new Balz technique).

Pitying everyone for being deprived of my company, I wish all a Happy Christmas.
You can all enjoy the holiday knowing that the great Balz is out there keeping the Vaterland safe.

Kptlt. Johan Sebastian Balz.
Grand hero of the Kriegsmarine