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1During the beginning of our lives, we are all selfish. How many times do you
remember saying “that‟s mine!” or “don‟t touch my toy!”? As we age, we ultimately
learn to think of others almost as much as ourselves. Some learn this in rather interestingways.Cars were parked outside the household of a middle-aged Duncan and AudreyThatcher because it was a joyous occasion. Hazel, their youngest daughter, was about to
get married (I‟m sure I forgot to tell you that Duncan and Audrey were blessed twice
more after the third book took place. Well, now you know) to a handsome astronomer.The house was packed with friends and family that were enjoying the snacks and each
other‟s company.
 Upstairs, Hazel was gazing at herself in the full-body mirror while Audrey wascombing her hair. Like the milestones in previous years, she was exited that this day hadfinally come.
“I can‟t believe my littlest baby girl is tying the knot,” said Audrey with her British accent, “It almost makes it worth having that awfu
l case of post-partum
depression after you were born.”
 
“That‟s a little too much information, Mom,” said Hazel, who looked just like her 
mother sans the British accent.Adlai and Saul the bassala were in the small living room that was tucked into thecorner of the main floor. Adlai played the song Classical Gas with his acoustic guitar,though his fingers hurt a bit from not using a pick. His little brother, Declan, was writingpoems on the other side of the couch using his interesting vocabulary and youngimagination. Histadpole person,Tobiii, was at thefoot of the couchstaring at his
human partner‟s
emerginggreatness.
“W
hat
song is that?”asked Declan, “Ilike it.”
Adlai
wasn‟t
what you
 
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would call a “nice boy”
most of the time. He would often pick on those who weresmaller and, in his mind, more annoying.
“Classical Gas,” replied Adlai, “And here‟s some of 
my
gas.” Adlai then lifted
his right leg and emitted a noisy evacuation toward Declan. Declan left the room
disgusted at Adlai‟s bullish behavior. “Tofu hasn‟t let me down yet.” He kept playing
the song thinking that nobody else was going to bother him, but
he couldn‟t help but
notice that his foolish monster was sitting beside him trying to read a book. Saul?Reading a book? This he had to question.
“What are you reading?” he asked. Saul the
bassala stuck his nose further into the readingmaterial.
“I‟m looking for Waldo,” he said, “He‟s bound to be here somewhere…”
 
“Saul, that‟s a
PB Teen
catalogue and
you‟re reading it upside
 
down.”
 
“That‟s the thing, Adlai. Waldo could be
anywhere
 – 
Hawaii, the Middle Ages, the moon
 – 
 
he could even be with us as we speak.” Saul
shifted his eyes around the room, making sure that no man wearing red stripes was withineyesight.
“Alright, but
 
make sure you don‟t act like an idiot during the wedding.”
 
Hazel‟s fiancé, Avon, wanted to get away from the crowded household to be byhimself. He wasn‟t in his fancy groom outfit; since men don‟t take as long as women to
get ready, he was still in his slightly wrinkled good shirt. He found a nice place outside
where the grass wasn‟t trimmed and the bushes were
thick. He cleared his voice and took a deep breath. Outcame a slightly cracked musical note of which he
would‟ve been ashamed if he hadn‟t
been alone. Hereluctantly cleared his voice again, thinking that wouldimprove his singing ability. He attempted to belt out aG note, but ended up sounding like a giraffe withpneumonia. Delilah was outside enjoying the autumnair when she heard the unattractive noise.
“Hello, Avon.” Avon was embarrassed to see
that there were ears outside to hear his poor voice.
“Delilah, I want to let you in on a little secret,”
said Avon. He nervously stretched out the collar on hisshirt before revealing the r
est. “After the wedding
tonight, I want to sing a romantic song to your aunt.
The problem is that I don‟t know how to sing.”
 
“Oh, yes,” said Sasha the nixie,
 
“Some human
males sing to a female in an attempt to woo her
. I think it‟s called… „sera
-noo-di
ng.‟”
 
“As you‟re future niece, it is my obligation to teach you how to sing.” Without
even trying, Avon found a teacher, albeit a young one.
“The first thing you should know
is that you have two voices: your head voice and your chest voice. Here is my head
 
3voice
.” She then sang a beautiful, operatic
high C. Avon clapped and was amazed that a
voice like that could come from a mere child.
Here is my chest voice
.”
She then sang abeautiful C that was lower on the scale, as if she was using her talking voice to sing thenote.Adlai became bored with playing his guitar, so he engaged in small talk with hismonster, who still had his nose in the magazine.
“You‟re usually stupid, Saul,” said Adlai (a weird way to start a conversation),“But you kicked that other monster‟s butt this afternoon.” Saul the bassala started
reminiscing about the late morning, when hewas involved in a big battle
 Kids of all ages were standing in a circle and observing the monster fight thattook place at the local park. Saul the bassala was battling an antenni (an intergalacticlizard monster with an antenna on its head) that was partnered with Riley, a girl from
Adlai‟s schoo
l. The antenni came very close to winning; she only needed to attack Saul afew more times.
“Static
attack 
!” she announced. With her 
lizard powers, tiny sparks raced outfrom her antenna, resulting in miniscule shocks that one would get from touching a cardoor.
It was Saul‟s turn next, but he needed an advantage. Any advantage would do. In
his near unconsciousness, he remembered that he had with him a purple power-up ring
that he found on Duncan and Audrey‟s kitchen table. He took it out of the po
cketbeneath his fur and put it to use. When he focused his energy on the ring, it started
glowing. Eventually, the glowing stopped and the ring disappeared. The ring‟s power raised Saul‟s attack power for the next
move.
“You want some of this?” he asked sharply, “Well, do you?!” He showed his
vicious fangs, grabbed the antenni close to him, and took a huge bite out of her neck. Bydoing this, Saul absorbed her remaining health points, healing him slightly and makingher drop to the ground like a fallen brick. The crowd knew that there was no hope left forthe antenni, so they counted backwards.
“Five… four… three… two… one…” they shouted. After 
number one, theycheered for Saul, for he had won the match. Riley rushed over to her monster to cradleher and keep her from being further harmed. Adlai gave his monster a congratulatoryhead rub for his efforts. The antenni opened her eyes a bit and looked at her partner.
“You owe me big for this,” she said.
 
“How about a vanilla milkshake?” asked Riley in a soothing tone.
 
“Yeah, that sounds
 
good.”
 
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