"Mama! Papa! Open your eyes!" You are shaking your parents desperately. They only stir lightly. Drunk by panic you aren't thinking straight. You run to the kitchen and bring back a bucket full of sloshing water. You're still running towards them. A thought crosses your mind as you start falling forward, "This probably wasn't the best idea." The water flies forward like a web of bending glass, successfully splashing the middle aged couple with a loud clap. Your papa jolts upright as if he was shocked with electricity. But, what is this? Your mama is still lying motionless in the same position as earlier. The only thing that has changed is that she is now snoring.
Your dad looks at you with fiery eyes. You hope desperately that it is a fire of concentration and not one of anger. He is probably already grasping the gravity in the air. He asks you in a surprisingly calm voice, "Did you set fire to the chicken coop again?" You stare blankly at him, blinking a few times as you wait for the words to sink in. When the words do register you find yourself feeling a tidal wave of irritation. You almost scream, "No, I didn't set fire to that place! Are you still holding onto that? I thought you forgave me. Ugh, Papa, you have such a small heart sometimes." Your father interrupts you, looking somewhat embarrassed.
"So why did you wake me up?"
Your reply is automatic, "We're under attack!"
Your dad immediately exclaims, "Those darned bob cats!" Then he looks to you and asks, "How much livestock have they killed?"
You find yourself screaming this time, "No! No! No! No! It's the Scorps attacking us! You know, our enemies?" Your dad stares up at you from his bed in disbelief. There is silence filling the room.
Suddenly, a rancorous croaking sound rips apart the quiet. You both look towards the sound. It's your mama. She is still in that same position with her log of an arm over her eyes showing only her pudgy cheeks.
"How is she doing that?" you exclaim rather than inquire. Your papa sighs wiping the water off his face for the first time and says, "Your mom's a mammoth of a woman. We'll wake her up before we depart." Finishing his sentence your dad jumps out of bed and starts packing.
Momentarily forgetting the seriousness of the situation, you ask your papa, "Did you marry her because she was a heavenly cook?"
Papa replies without even turning around, "If she is the only mammoth that survived the Ice Age with that body, she is worth something right?" You detect a tone in his voice that tells you he is joking. With a lightened heart you start packing next to him.
-Lewis T. Castle
You ask your dad what you should do.
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You realize you didn't even wake your sibling up yet, so you go ahead and do it..
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Your dad looks at you with fiery eyes. You hope desperately that it is a fire of concentration and not one of anger. He is probably already grasping the gravity in the air. He asks you in a surprisingly calm voice, "Did you set fire to the chicken coop again?" You stare blankly at him, blinking a few times as you wait for the words to sink in. When the words do register you find yourself feeling a tidal wave of irritation. You almost scream, "No, I didn't set fire to that place! Are you still holding onto that? I thought you forgave me. Ugh, Papa, you have such a small heart sometimes." Your father interrupts you, looking somewhat embarrassed.
"So why did you wake me up?"
Your reply is automatic, "We're under attack!"
Your dad immediately exclaims, "Those darned bob cats!" Then he looks to you and asks, "How much livestock have they killed?"
You find yourself screaming this time, "No! No! No! No! It's the Scorps attacking us! You know, our enemies?" Your dad stares up at you from his bed in disbelief. There is silence filling the room.
Suddenly, a rancorous croaking sound rips apart the quiet. You both look towards the sound. It's your mama. She is still in that same position with her log of an arm over her eyes showing only her pudgy cheeks.
"How is she doing that?" you exclaim rather than inquire. Your papa sighs wiping the water off his face for the first time and says, "Your mom's a mammoth of a woman. We'll wake her up before we depart." Finishing his sentence your dad jumps out of bed and starts packing.
Momentarily forgetting the seriousness of the situation, you ask your papa, "Did you marry her because she was a heavenly cook?"
Papa replies without even turning around, "If she is the only mammoth that survived the Ice Age with that body, she is worth something right?" You detect a tone in his voice that tells you he is joking. With a lightened heart you start packing next to him.
-Lewis T. Castle
You ask your dad what you should do.
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You realize you didn't even wake your sibling up yet, so you go ahead and do it..
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