Hamtaro Halloween
"Laura? Are you ready yet?"
"Coming, Kana!"
Laura had just finished her breakfast. She washed her dishes and switched the slippers she was wearing for shoes. She grabbed her school bag, then left with Kana for school.
"So have you thought of a costume for Halloween?"
asked Kana.
"Not yet..." said Laura.
"You better think of something. Halloween is just
around the corner."
"I know. We better hurry. We left a
little later than usual."
"Alright."
Laura and Kana ran the rest of way to school.
{I wonder what Laura was talking about this morning...} Hamtaro pushed
up the cage door and plopped onto the floor. {She was talking to
Kana about Halloween. I wonder what that is...Maybe one of the Ham-hams
knows!}
Hamtaro ran through the crack between Laura's bed
and the wall. It was a tight fit. He had dug a hole to the
outside when they moved there. Now it's been several months and he's
grown a little. He squeezed his way through and onto the roof.
He jumped into the gutter and down the rain pipe.
"Yay!!!!"
Hamtaro twirled through the air and landed on a sleeping brown dog's head.
"Hey, Brandy hope you have a nice nap!" said Hamtaro.
Brandy just yawned and fell asleep. Hamtaro jumped off and headed for a hole by the bush. He jumped in and went straight ahead until he reached a door just his size. He opened it. Inside were several other Hamsters. A white one with two pigtails tied with blue ribbons, another was brown and tan with a yellow hat, next to him was one that looked like a panda, there was a pair that looked exactly alike except one had a ribbon on their tail, and the last one was tall and was brown and tan.
"Hey, Hamtaro!" said the one with the yellow hat.
"Bonjour, Hamtaro," said the white one.
"Hi, Boss! Hi, Bijou!" said Hamtaro.
"We're planning a party!" said Bijou.
"What for? Which reminds me. Do any
of you know what Halloween is?" asked Hamtaro.
"I've read about it in a book," said the tall brown
hamster.
"I thought you would know, Maxwell!" said Hamtaro.
"Halloween, is a holiday."
"A holiday?" asked the Ham-hams.
"Yes. The humans celebrate it. I don't
know all of the details but I do know that the children go around to different
houses dressed in costumes of scary things and get candy."
"Candy??? Did I hear candy??? Where is it???"
Another hamster had just come through the door. This one was white with gray spots.
"Sorry, Oxy. No candy here," said Stan.
"Oh...and how many times have I asked you not to
call me that??" said Oxnard.
"We should have a halloween party!" said Bijou.
"Yeah! That's a great idea!!!!" said Boss.
"We'll need costumes..." said Maxwell.
"I'm way ahead of you!" said Panda.
"Did we miss anything?"
Two more hamsters came into the room. One had a pink scarf and the other had a yellow sheet covering her.
"Don't you even dare..." whispered Sandy.
She had grabbed Stan's tail with her ribbon. He was halfway out of his chair and had fallen over.
"Hey, Pashmina. Hi, Penelope!" said Hamtaro.
"Hi, what did I miss?" asked Pashmina.
"Ookyoo!!" said Penelope.
"We're going to have a Halloween party!" said Boss.
"That's great! Anything we can help with?"
asked Pashmina.
"Shouldn't we wait for some more Ham-hams to show
up?" asked Hamtaro.
"We can get started and leave some jobs for them,"
said Bijou.
"Good idea. What do we need to do?" asked
Boss.
"We need to decorate, make costumes, get food..."
said Maxwell.
"And Candy!!!!!!!" added Oxnard.
"Oui. It wouldn't be Halloween without candy,"
said Bijou.
"I wish we could get some of those Diamonds of Sugar..."
said Hamtaro.
"Maybe we can..." said Snoozer sleepily.
They all glanced at Snoozer. {I wonder what he means by that...}
"We better get started," said Bijou.
"Alright. Panda and the girls can make costumes,
Stan, Boss, Maxwell, and I can get the food and candy, everyone else can
decorate!" said Hamtaro.
"Hey everyone! Did we miss anything?"
"Hi, Howdy. Hi, Dexter," said Hamtaro.
"We're having a party!" said Bijou.
"What can we help with?" they asked.
"You help Oxnard decorate!" said Boss.
"Alrighty then!" said Howdy.
The Ham-hams got to work. Panda and the girls started making the costumes. Panda asked everyone what they wanted to be, then they started. Stan, Boss, Maxwell, and Hamtaro went to their houses to get food. They got vegetables from the garden at Hamtaro's place and got other things from the refrigerator. They're final problem was getting the Diamonds of Sugar.
"The bottle's still really high..." said Hamtaro.
"Don't give up, Hamtaro. You heard what Snoozer
said. There's got to be a way..." said Boss.
"It's too bad we weren't taller.." said Maxwell.
"Where'd Stan go?" asked Hamtaro.
"Hey, all you Ham-hams down there."
"STAN???"
They looked up. Stan was on the shelf.
"How did you get up there???" asked Hamtaro.
"Look there," said Stan pointing down.
The chair Laura usually had in front of the desk was now in front of the shelf.
"Oh, so that's how!" said Hamtaro.
Hamtaro climbed up after him. He was handed
two of the Diamonds of Sugar. He jumped and slid down the chair then
jumped off onto the floor with a plop. He handed them to Boss who
handed them to Maxwell. Hamtaro went back up and was handed several
more. Finally, they had enough so each Ham-ham could have one.
They moved the chair back, then left for the clubhouse with the candy and
the food.
When they got back to the clubhouse, it was half
decorated and costumes littered the floor. All of the Ham-hams were
running around fitting costumes, getting decorations, and other things.
"Where should we put the food?" asked Hamtaro.
"Maybe we should leave it out here and eat it by
ourselves," said Boss.
"But we can't..."
"Shh.."
"I SAID...MAYBE WE SHOULD LEAVE IT OUT HERE AND
EAT IT BY OURSELVES!!!" yelled Boss over all of the comotion.
{I wonder what he's up to...}
"What???" yelled all of the Ham-hams from inside.
"Well...there's no where we can put it so..." said
Boss, his voice not as loud since everyone was quiet.
"We'll make room!!!" they yelled.
There was a cloud of dust and when it cleared, the costumes were piled up and the decorations were out of the way leaving a large space in the middle of the beautified room for the food. Hamtaro blinked, then picked up some food and brought it in. {So that's what he was doing...}
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That'll be it for now. Each holiday will be 1 or 2 chapters long. Don't
ask why I started with Halloween.^_^U
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