An Encounter with the Angry Mob
It was a sunny day in Burbank California and the Warners were sitting in the shade of a big maple tree, trying to keep cool. Yakko was reading the newspaper, Dot was picking dandelions and Wakko was eating dandelions. Yakko heard a scream and looked up from his newspaper. His older cousin Tishelle and her friend Sarah were running frantically towards them.
"What's up guys?" Yakko asked as they ran towards them.
"Get inside, now!" She hissed.
"Why--?" Yakko started to ask.
"NOW!" Tishelle screamed. Tishelle grabbed Dot and Wakko's hands and practically threw them up the ladder to the water tower with Yakko and Sarah close behind. When they got inside and made sure the door was locked, everyone calmed down a bit.
"Geez, what's wrong with you two?" Dot asked, frowning at her cousin and Sarah.
"It's all her fault!" Tishelle screamed, pointing accusing at Sarah.
"My fault?!" Sarah yelled back just as loud.
"DUH! If you weren't singing so loud you could shatter glass about your STUPID crickets, that Angry Mob wouldn't be chasing you everywhere!"
"Stupid? You're stupid you…. stupid person!"
"Oooh, good come back Cricket Girl!"
"ENOUGH!" Yakko yelled. Both girls stared at him in shock. "What are you guys even fighting about?"
"Ok listen, Sarah here loves crickets…" Tishelle started.
"Ewww, crickets, as in the bugs?!" Dot said.
"Exactly", Tishelle continued, "And when she sings her moronic songs, this very scary 'Angry Mob' chases her."
"Uhhh…. But why?" Wakko asked.
"Because its annoying!" Tishelle screamed, "Now let me finish!"
"Sorry," Wakko said.
"Sadly, they HATE my beloved crickets," Sarah said, "They want to squish them all!"
"Yeah, and even sadder…. they think I'm a giant cricket," Tishelle mumbled.
Yakko and Wakko burst out laughing.
"A giant cricket?!" Yakko laughed, "That's too funny!"
"Shut up!" Dot said angrily, "You know that mean they'd think we were giant crickets too! Tishelle looks just like us!"
"HA! Yeah!" Tishelle laughed.
"I'm scared," Wakko wimpered.
"That mob? They're nothing! They've never even been able to catch me!" Sarah said.
"But still… mind if we stay here for awhile?" Tishelle asked.
"Why not," Yakko said.
"Great!" Sarah replied.
"By the way Tish, where's Pierre?" Wakko asked.
"My little brother?, he would never come to the park with us," Tishelle said, "He's at home doing homework, the little freak!"
Dot started laughing but stopped suddenly when she heard something.
"What was that?" Dot asked.
"What?" Yakko asked her.
"That noise, sssssshhhhh!" Dot stopped to listen, "I just heard it again."
"I hear it too. What is tha--," Tishelle started, "Oh great…. Here we go again!"
Sarah dropped to the floor and pulled something out from under the couch.
"Awww!" she sighed.
"What is it?" Yakko asked.
"A cricket," Tishelle said rolling her eyes.
"Gross! Make her put it down!" Dot squealed.
"Don't even try it," Tishelle warned.
"I'm gunna name you buddy!" Sarah gushed.
"You're friend is a weirdo," Yakko said nudging Tishelle.
"No weirder than you," Tishelle yelled as she pushed Yakko over, "I'm the only one who can insult my friends!"
"Sorry!" Yakko said.
"You'd better be," Tishelle said, sticking her tongue out at her cousin.
Yakko got up off the floor and dusted himself off glaring at Tishelle. He looked over at Wakko and saw he was laughing at him. He glared at him too and Wakko stopped laughing.
"Sorry," Wakko apologized.
"Don't apologize for laughing, Wakko," Tishelle smiled as she patted Wakko on the head. She turned to Yakko and said, "Play with fire and you're gunna get burnt, idiot."
Yakko glared at his cousin again behind her back.
"Don't think I can't see you Yakko dear," Tishelle said somewhat sarcastically, "Glaring isn't very nice."
Yakko bit his bottom lip. "Whatever," he shook his head and walked into his bedroom slamming the door. Everything went quiet. Tishelle grinned as if she'd just won an award and flopped down on the couch. Sarah shrugged her shoulders and smiled.
"Why is it suddenly so quiet in here?" she asked, "should I sing?"
"NO!" Tishelle screamed, "Please, anything but that!"
Tishelle grabbed Dot by the waist and pulled her down beside her on the couch.
"So, how's my cutest cousin ever doing?" She asked.
"I'm too hot!" Dot whined, "Wanna go outside!"
"Me too," Wakko added, "But Yakko doesn't like us going outside without him."
"Are you serious?" Tishelle asked, "Yakko's not the boss of you two!"
"You wouldn't want to go outside now anyway guys," Sarah smiled, "Not with that Angry Mob out there."
"Tishie, are you sleeping over here?" Dot asked sweetly.
"Nah," Tishelle said, "I think Yakko's having a temper tantrum, we'll leave as soon as we know the coast is clear outside."
"Aww!" Dot whined, "You can still stay you know, who cares about Yakko anyway?"
"Well what about Sarah?" Tishelle asked, "I doubt she'll want to stay here with you insane children."
"I've seen worse," Sarah mumbled.
Tishelle smiled and pushed her. Just then there was a knock at the door. Dot grabbed Tishelle and hugged her tight.
"It's the mob!" Dot quivered.
"Stand back ladies," Wakko said bravely, "I'll see who it is!"
"Would you really do that for us, Wakko?" Tishelle asked sweetly.
There was an even louder knock at the door. Wakko ran and hid behind Sarah.
"Ummm…. how about I don't get it this time," he said.
The door slowly squealed open. Everyone gasped, preparing for the worst.
"Is anybody home?" a voice asked.
"Pierre?!" Tishelle yelled, "You scared us half to death!"
Pierre Warner, Tishelle's twelve year old little brother stood in the doorway of the watertower.
"What are you doing here?" Tishelle asked, very annoyed sounding.
"YOU went to the park without me!" Pierre yelled, "I asked you to come but you said I had to stay home alone, you wouldn't even let me come here to visit these guys! And now five hours later, I come looking for you and you're here! The exact place you told me I couldn't go!"
"You liar! Don't try to make ME look bad! I told you that you could go anywhere your little heart desired! When you asked if you could come here to visit our cousins, I said yes! Then you changed your mind and said you'd rather stay home and do homework!" Tishelle fumed.
Pierre suddenly looked sad. "Where were you guys Tish, I thought something awful had happened," Pierre said.
"It did," Sarah sighed, "That Angry Mob is after me… well us actually, again."
"No way." Pierre said, "Why don't you just stop singing?"
"Excuse me?!" Sarah said angrily.
Tishelle just shook her head. "Don't even start with him Sarah."
"Pierre, you were just outside," Tishelle said, "Was that mob out there?"
"No," Pierre said.
"Guess we'd better leave then," Tishelle said, "Before it gets too dark anyway. Let's go Pierre!"
"Can I stay here longer?" Pierre whined.
"No!! I said let's go! Sarah's staying the night."
"Fine."
"Bye Dot, bye Wakko, tell Yakko that I said g'night!" Tishelle called cheerfully as she, Pierre and Sarah made their way to the door.
"See ya later Tishie!" Dot and Wakko said.
And the trio left the tower. Dot yawned, "I'm going to bed now," she said sleepily.
"All right, good night sis," Wakko said to his sister.
Dot walked into the bedroom that she and her brothers shared and looked around for Yakko. All the lights were out and it was very dark inside so she reached for the light switch. She flicked it up but the lights didn't come on. Suddenly feeling a little scared Dot turned around towards the door and to her surprise it slammed shut! She panicked grabbing for the door handle, but the door was locked. "YAKKO!" she screamed as fear rose up inside her. There was no answer. She heard something shuffle across the floor and she felt relieved. "This must be a joke Yakko and Wakko are playing on me," she mumbled to herself, "I mean, one of them had to shut the door and shut off the lights too right?" Dot walked over to Yakko's bed in the pitch dark and she tripped over something. She was about to cry out when something grabbed her and covered her mouth. Dot tried to fight back but whoever it was had to be very strong. She didn't think it was her brothers' idea of a mean trick anymore but she didn't have much time to think. Suddenly she felt something hit her hard on the back of her head and everything went black.
It was a sunny day in Burbank California and the Warners were sitting in the shade of a big maple tree, trying to keep cool. Yakko was reading the newspaper, Dot was picking dandelions and Wakko was eating dandelions. Yakko heard a scream and looked up from his newspaper. His older cousin Tishelle and her friend Sarah were running frantically towards them.
"What's up guys?" Yakko asked as they ran towards them.
"Get inside, now!" She hissed.
"Why--?" Yakko started to ask.
"NOW!" Tishelle screamed. Tishelle grabbed Dot and Wakko's hands and practically threw them up the ladder to the water tower with Yakko and Sarah close behind. When they got inside and made sure the door was locked, everyone calmed down a bit.
"Geez, what's wrong with you two?" Dot asked, frowning at her cousin and Sarah.
"It's all her fault!" Tishelle screamed, pointing accusing at Sarah.
"My fault?!" Sarah yelled back just as loud.
"DUH! If you weren't singing so loud you could shatter glass about your STUPID crickets, that Angry Mob wouldn't be chasing you everywhere!"
"Stupid? You're stupid you…. stupid person!"
"Oooh, good come back Cricket Girl!"
"ENOUGH!" Yakko yelled. Both girls stared at him in shock. "What are you guys even fighting about?"
"Ok listen, Sarah here loves crickets…" Tishelle started.
"Ewww, crickets, as in the bugs?!" Dot said.
"Exactly", Tishelle continued, "And when she sings her moronic songs, this very scary 'Angry Mob' chases her."
"Uhhh…. But why?" Wakko asked.
"Because its annoying!" Tishelle screamed, "Now let me finish!"
"Sorry," Wakko said.
"Sadly, they HATE my beloved crickets," Sarah said, "They want to squish them all!"
"Yeah, and even sadder…. they think I'm a giant cricket," Tishelle mumbled.
Yakko and Wakko burst out laughing.
"A giant cricket?!" Yakko laughed, "That's too funny!"
"Shut up!" Dot said angrily, "You know that mean they'd think we were giant crickets too! Tishelle looks just like us!"
"HA! Yeah!" Tishelle laughed.
"I'm scared," Wakko wimpered.
"That mob? They're nothing! They've never even been able to catch me!" Sarah said.
"But still… mind if we stay here for awhile?" Tishelle asked.
"Why not," Yakko said.
"Great!" Sarah replied.
"By the way Tish, where's Pierre?" Wakko asked.
"My little brother?, he would never come to the park with us," Tishelle said, "He's at home doing homework, the little freak!"
Dot started laughing but stopped suddenly when she heard something.
"What was that?" Dot asked.
"What?" Yakko asked her.
"That noise, sssssshhhhh!" Dot stopped to listen, "I just heard it again."
"I hear it too. What is tha--," Tishelle started, "Oh great…. Here we go again!"
Sarah dropped to the floor and pulled something out from under the couch.
"Awww!" she sighed.
"What is it?" Yakko asked.
"A cricket," Tishelle said rolling her eyes.
"Gross! Make her put it down!" Dot squealed.
"Don't even try it," Tishelle warned.
"I'm gunna name you buddy!" Sarah gushed.
"You're friend is a weirdo," Yakko said nudging Tishelle.
"No weirder than you," Tishelle yelled as she pushed Yakko over, "I'm the only one who can insult my friends!"
"Sorry!" Yakko said.
"You'd better be," Tishelle said, sticking her tongue out at her cousin.
Yakko got up off the floor and dusted himself off glaring at Tishelle. He looked over at Wakko and saw he was laughing at him. He glared at him too and Wakko stopped laughing.
"Sorry," Wakko apologized.
"Don't apologize for laughing, Wakko," Tishelle smiled as she patted Wakko on the head. She turned to Yakko and said, "Play with fire and you're gunna get burnt, idiot."
Yakko glared at his cousin again behind her back.
"Don't think I can't see you Yakko dear," Tishelle said somewhat sarcastically, "Glaring isn't very nice."
Yakko bit his bottom lip. "Whatever," he shook his head and walked into his bedroom slamming the door. Everything went quiet. Tishelle grinned as if she'd just won an award and flopped down on the couch. Sarah shrugged her shoulders and smiled.
"Why is it suddenly so quiet in here?" she asked, "should I sing?"
"NO!" Tishelle screamed, "Please, anything but that!"
Tishelle grabbed Dot by the waist and pulled her down beside her on the couch.
"So, how's my cutest cousin ever doing?" She asked.
"I'm too hot!" Dot whined, "Wanna go outside!"
"Me too," Wakko added, "But Yakko doesn't like us going outside without him."
"Are you serious?" Tishelle asked, "Yakko's not the boss of you two!"
"You wouldn't want to go outside now anyway guys," Sarah smiled, "Not with that Angry Mob out there."
"Tishie, are you sleeping over here?" Dot asked sweetly.
"Nah," Tishelle said, "I think Yakko's having a temper tantrum, we'll leave as soon as we know the coast is clear outside."
"Aww!" Dot whined, "You can still stay you know, who cares about Yakko anyway?"
"Well what about Sarah?" Tishelle asked, "I doubt she'll want to stay here with you insane children."
"I've seen worse," Sarah mumbled.
Tishelle smiled and pushed her. Just then there was a knock at the door. Dot grabbed Tishelle and hugged her tight.
"It's the mob!" Dot quivered.
"Stand back ladies," Wakko said bravely, "I'll see who it is!"
"Would you really do that for us, Wakko?" Tishelle asked sweetly.
There was an even louder knock at the door. Wakko ran and hid behind Sarah.
"Ummm…. how about I don't get it this time," he said.
The door slowly squealed open. Everyone gasped, preparing for the worst.
"Is anybody home?" a voice asked.
"Pierre?!" Tishelle yelled, "You scared us half to death!"
Pierre Warner, Tishelle's twelve year old little brother stood in the doorway of the watertower.
"What are you doing here?" Tishelle asked, very annoyed sounding.
"YOU went to the park without me!" Pierre yelled, "I asked you to come but you said I had to stay home alone, you wouldn't even let me come here to visit these guys! And now five hours later, I come looking for you and you're here! The exact place you told me I couldn't go!"
"You liar! Don't try to make ME look bad! I told you that you could go anywhere your little heart desired! When you asked if you could come here to visit our cousins, I said yes! Then you changed your mind and said you'd rather stay home and do homework!" Tishelle fumed.
Pierre suddenly looked sad. "Where were you guys Tish, I thought something awful had happened," Pierre said.
"It did," Sarah sighed, "That Angry Mob is after me… well us actually, again."
"No way." Pierre said, "Why don't you just stop singing?"
"Excuse me?!" Sarah said angrily.
Tishelle just shook her head. "Don't even start with him Sarah."
"Pierre, you were just outside," Tishelle said, "Was that mob out there?"
"No," Pierre said.
"Guess we'd better leave then," Tishelle said, "Before it gets too dark anyway. Let's go Pierre!"
"Can I stay here longer?" Pierre whined.
"No!! I said let's go! Sarah's staying the night."
"Fine."
"Bye Dot, bye Wakko, tell Yakko that I said g'night!" Tishelle called cheerfully as she, Pierre and Sarah made their way to the door.
"See ya later Tishie!" Dot and Wakko said.
And the trio left the tower. Dot yawned, "I'm going to bed now," she said sleepily.
"All right, good night sis," Wakko said to his sister.
Dot walked into the bedroom that she and her brothers shared and looked around for Yakko. All the lights were out and it was very dark inside so she reached for the light switch. She flicked it up but the lights didn't come on. Suddenly feeling a little scared Dot turned around towards the door and to her surprise it slammed shut! She panicked grabbing for the door handle, but the door was locked. "YAKKO!" she screamed as fear rose up inside her. There was no answer. She heard something shuffle across the floor and she felt relieved. "This must be a joke Yakko and Wakko are playing on me," she mumbled to herself, "I mean, one of them had to shut the door and shut off the lights too right?" Dot walked over to Yakko's bed in the pitch dark and she tripped over something. She was about to cry out when something grabbed her and covered her mouth. Dot tried to fight back but whoever it was had to be very strong. She didn't think it was her brothers' idea of a mean trick anymore but she didn't have much time to think. Suddenly she felt something hit her hard on the back of her head and everything went black.