Author's Note:
Time for some stories featuring everyone's favorite fat, lazy orange cat, Garfield! Now for a little sing along!
SING ALONG
Friends are there to help you get started, to give you a push on your way!
Friends are there to turn you around, get your feet on the ground for a brand new day!
They'll pick you up when you're down!
Help you swallow your pride when something inside helps you break down through to the other side!
Friends are someone you can open up to, when you feel like you're ready to flip!
When you've got the world on your shoulders, friends are there to give you a tip.
And friends are there when you need them, they're even there when you don't.
For a walk in the park or a shot in the dark! Friends are there!
I don't care.
But friends will care for yooooooooouuuuuu!
Garfield: This story is K Rated. No adults unless accompined by a child.
Our story opens at the Arbuckle house where we see Jon answering a call from his brother.
"Hey Doc Boy!" he said through the phone "How's my favorite little brother? Oh things are the same as usual, wild parties, good times, the usual. What? You're coming to visit? Okay, see you then."
"It's put up or shut up time" Garfield said in his thoughts.
Jon hung up the phone. He was so shocked.
"What am I gonna do Garfield?" Jon asked his cat "My brother is coming to visit from the farm. He thinks I live in the fast lane."
"Parking lot is more like it" Garfield thought.
"I don't know where he got the idea" Jon shurgged.
"It was when you told him you were negotiating the movie rights to your diary." Garfield looked at Jon.
"It probably won't be bad" Jon told Garfield "I mean, Lyman and Odie are out of town and it'd be great to have some company."
"Gee," Garfield thought "I'm here and to him, I barley exist."
A few hours later, the doorbell rang.
"There's my brother now" Jon walked over to the door.
Jon opened the door and saw Doc Boy standing right there with a suitcase.
"Hey Jon!" he said.
"Welcome to the big city Doc Boy!" Jon told his brother "Let the good times roll!"
Hours later, Jon and Doc Boy were lying on the couch watching TV and eating popcorn and drinking soda.
"Another coke?" Jon asked.
"Nah" said Doc Boy "I think I'll have some more of that extra butter popcorn."
"I'm gonna like Doc Boy" Garfield layed down in Jon's lap.
The next day, Jon went to Garfield and told him what was on his mind, as usual.
"I'm so embarassed, Garfield" Jon said "Doc Boy comes all the way from the farm only to find out what a loser I am."
"The truth always hurts" Garfield looked at Jon.
"Hey Jon!" Doc Boy tapped his brother on the shoulder "Where are those good times you promised me?"
"What would you like to do?" Jon asked his brother.
"Let's go to the airport and watch the planes land" Doc Boy suggested.
"Whatever you say, wild man!" Jon put his hand on Doc Boy's shoulder.
"Jon just got off the hook" Garfield smiled.
Hours later, Jon and Doc Boy came back from their trip to the airport and they sat down to relax.
"Boy Jon," said Doc Boy "City life sure is a thriving experience."
"I'm glad you feel that way," said Jon "It's great to have you here."
"Thanks big bro" Doc Boy said.
"Oh by the way, Doc Boy," Jon said "I've fixed us up on a double date."
"What's that?" asked Doc Boy.
"That's when we go on a date together." Jon explained.
"Sounds great," said Doc Boy "I'd be more fun if some girls came with us though."
"There's no hope" Garfield shook his head.
Hours later, Jon and Doc Boy got all gussied up for their dates.
"Pretty snazzy suit, eh Garfield?" Jon asked Garfield.
Garfield nodded his head "For once, Jon actually looks good."
Just then, the doorbell rang.
"That must be the girls" Jon walked downstairs. "Hey girls, you're here. Doc Boy! Our dates are here!"
Just then, Doc Boy came to the front door with his normal farm boy clothes and a bowtie.
"EEEEEK!" the girls shouted and ran away.
Jon sighed and looked at Doc Boy's outfit "Can we talk?"
"Can we laugh?" Garfield smiled.
The next day, Jon and Doc Boy were watching TV and sitting on the couch, when the doorbell rang.
"I wonder who that could be?" Jon walked over to the front door.
He opened the door and saw his parents holding a cat carrier.
"Mom? Dad?" he asked "What are you doing here?"
"We missed you boys, okay?" Mr. Arbuckle answered.
"Doc Boy!" Jon shouted "Guess who's here?"
"Mom and dad?" Doc Boy asked.
"Yep" Jon nodded.
Mrs. Arbuckle sure was excited to be at Jon's house and boy was she an awe.
"A little paint, a few curtains, a woman's touch, this could be nice" she said.
"My dad, the sentimental fool." Jon said to himself "My mom, the cliche."
While Jon's dad walked over to explore the house, Jon was talking with his mother.
"Your visit is such a surprise, mom." Jon told her "When's the last time you and dad went out?" '
"We haven't been off the farm since 1951." said Mrs. Arbuckle.
"I don't believe that" Garfield thought.
"Good heavens!" Mr. Arbuckle shouted from another room "What's this?"
"That's an indoor toilet dad" Jon told his dad.
"Woo-ha!" Mr. Arbuckle cheered "Ain't science something?"
"Now I believe it" Garfield thought. "Wait a minute, Jon's folks are here and when they're here, that means..."
"Uncle Garfield!" Nermal tackled Garfield.
"That's what I'm afraid of" Garfield sighed.
"Isn't this great?" Nermal hugged Garfield "We're gonna have so much fun."
"Why me?" Garfield sighed "What did I do to deserve this?"
While everyone went to sleep that night, Garfield and Jon were interuppted by Jon's dad.
"You awake Jon?" he flicked on the light.
"Of course not, dad" Jon barley opened his eyes "It's 5 AM. Why are you up?"
"I GOTTA MILK SOMETHING!" Mr. Arbuckle shouted.
"I think I'll take my chances with Nermal" Garfield leaped off the bed and walked downstairs.
About a couple hours later, Jon's mom went to give Doc Boy something.
"You forget this when you left home, Doc Boy" Mrs. Arbuckle handed him a shred of some cloth.
"Thanks mom," said Doc Boy "I haven't slept a wink without it."
"Whatcha got there Doc Boy?" Jon reached for his brother "Could it be a shred of your old blankie?"
"Careful what you say about blankies fella!" Garfield hissed as held onto the blanket on his bed.
"Johnny!" said Mrs. Arbuckle "I'm going into the kitchen for something."
Mrs. Arbuckle went to the kitchen to get something to eat. She was about to open the fridge.
"Um mom..." Jon tried to warn his mother "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
"Oh horsefeathers" said Mrs. Arbuckle "How bad can it be?"
She opened the fridge and couldn't believe what she saw.
"EEEKK!" she shouted and shut the fridge tight "Something just moved in there!"
"I'm sure it was just an optical illusion mom" Jon assured her.
"Go ahead," Garfield looked at Jon "Tell her how the lunch meat has evolved into an intelligent life form."
Just then, Jon's father came into the kitchen.
"Uh Jon?" he tapped onto his son's shoulder.
"Yes, pop?" Jon turned around.
"We'd better get back home," said Mr. Arbuckle "I've gotta get ready for harvest. Plus, I miss my cows."
"Wait up dad," Doc Boy followed his dad.
"See ya son" Mrs. Arbuckle carried Nermal.
"Bye Uncle Garfield" Nermal waved her front paw at Garfield "I love you"
"Yeah, sure whatever" Garfield waved his front paw at Nermal.
"See yuh, Doc Boy!" Jon waved to his brother.
"Don't call me 'Doc Boy'!" Doc Boy shouted.
"Thanks for decorating my house, mom" Jon waved goodbye.
As soon as Jon's parents and brother left with Nermal, Jon ran to the phone.
"Hello, Undecorators R Us?" he spoke into the phone.
"Jon is a man of good untaste" Garfield smiled.
Author's Note:
Looks like this is the end of the Country Man and City Man! For now at least. Oh! And speaking of "country", lets go down to the barnyard and see what Orson and his animal friends are up to today!