Dog Days of Winter: Part 1
"I'm bored," whined Dewey. "I wanna do something!"
"So do I," chorused Reese and Malcolm. It was a cold December afternoon, and Reese, Malcolm, and Dewey were stuck inside the house. Hal and Lois were at work. They both had been working overtime lately, in order to be able to afford nicer Christmas presents for the boys.
"Is it Christmas yet?" Dewey asked.
"No!" Malcolm hollered to his younger brother. The boys were on Winter Break. The weather was so freezing cold, that they'd had to spend their entire break so far in the house. Reese, Malcolm, and Dewey were anxious for Christmas to come, and get rid of their boredom.
"Let's see if there's anything good on TV," Reese dug the remote from out of the crack in one of the couch cushions, and turned the TV on.
"Gross, it's a 'Waltons' marathon!" Reese hastily turned the television off. The three boys sat in silence, staring at the cracks in the ceiling.
"You wanna throw water balloons on people walking by?" inquired Dewey.
"It's glacial and icy out there, Dewey. No one's walking," Malcolm said witheringly.
"We could throw a stink bomb into the Bergman's yard," Reese offered.
"We don't have any more stink bombs. We put the last one in Dad's hamper, remember?" groaned Malcolm.
"This sucks!" Reese thundered. Heaving a gigantic sigh, Dewey flipped on the TV, and the boys unhappily watched the 'Waltons' marathon. They had never been so bored in their lives.
Meanwhile, Lois was in the drug store in which she worked, talking to her over-weight, love-struck coworker, Craig.
"The boys are going to be so excited about the Christmas present Hal and I got them!" exclaimed Lois.
"What'd you get them?" Craig quipped.
"Well, I had to work practically forever, but we finally got enough to afford the best surprise!" Lois chirped.
"A great surprise? Well, that's very…I think it's very nice. Can you excuse me? I have some work to do," mumbled Craig.
Craig stalked away sadly and angrily. Oh great, now they have some incredibly wonderful surprise planned! Hal and Lois just have the perfect life, don't they! How is Lois ever going to realize that I'm her one true love if that stupid Hal keeps showering her with gifts? Oh well, I guess there's always Chloe, who works in aisle 4. She seems pretty nice. But she's not Lois! I guess I'll just have to sit tight, and wait for Lois to figure out that she and I are meant to be together!
Later that day, Hal and Lois arrived home with a large cardboard box in their hands.
"Boys! Come here!" Lois called. Reese, Malcolm, and Dewey trooped dejectedly into the kitchen.
"We have an early Christmas present for you boys," Hal said, holding out the box.
Reese set the box on the table and took off the lid. And out of the cardboard box tumbled the one of the best Christmas present the boys had ever seen.