"But Eddy!"
"What is it now?"
"You can't do that!"
"Why
not?"
Double-D puts a hand to his forehead, sighing. "Eddy,
the whole point of selling balloon animals is to fold the
balloons! You can't just make a false excuse!"
Jimmy whimpers and turns to Sarah at his side. "I don't like worms, Sarah!" He whines, dropping the long balloon onto the ground. Sarah clenches her fists and steps toward Eddy, growling like a wildcat. Eddy gulps, backing up slowly. "Sarah..? Uhm…"
With perfect timing, Ed runs onto the scene, tripping over his own feet, falling onto his face, and improbably digging up a huge slab of pavement. Lifting his head, now flat, he grins goofishly, standing up. "HI GUYS!" He yells, waving. "Hello baby sister." He says sweetly, only to have his face brought back to normal with a sharp whack on the back of the head.
Eddy steps past Sarah and jumps onto Ed's chest, pulling his collar with both hands. "ED! The scam's been going for an hour, no thanks to you!" Ed's grin falls. "Eddy, I was looking at the big truck at my house!"
Sarah blinks. "Big truck? You're lying, Ed. I'm telling mom!"
Double-D puts a hand to his chin while the siblings bicker, musing. "A big truck? It couldn't possibly…EDDY!" He shouts, grinning wildly. "We may have a new addition to the cul-de-sac!"
Eddy, now down on the ground, turns to look at Double-D. "Say what?"
"A new kid, Eddy." Double-D says blandly. "If my prediction proves to be correct, the big truck could possibly be a moving truck, bringing another potential friend."
After another moment of silence, Double D sighs. "A new sucker, Eddy."
"Why didn't you say so!" Eddy asks loudly, rubbing his hands together. "Let's go see the new sucker, gentlemen."
Eddy runs off, closely followed by Double-D, and then by Ed, leaving Sarah and Jimmy behind, the former still fuming and the latter still whining.