"Pietro, wook!" Little four-year-old Wanda Maximoff shouted gleefully, running toward her brother as fast as her little legs could carry her. Her hands were cupped around something, and there was a broad smile on her face.
"What?" Pietro asked, curiously turning to the dark haired girl from where he'd been happily making a mud pie in the ground.
"A wady-bug!" Wanda said happily, opening her hands and revealing a beautiful red ladybug with black spots. Sensing freedom from it's prison, it gave a sudden quick flap of it's tiny wings and was gone.
"Oh, it flew away!" Wanda said sadly, watching the ladybug fly up and away. Then, turning to Pietro, Wanda looked with interest at the brown glob of muddy mess that was in front of them. "Whatcha doin'?" she asked, plopping down on the ground next to the little equally-young white haired boy.
"Makin' a mud castle!" Pietro grinned a little-kid's gap toothed grin at his sister. "Wanna help?"
"Yeah!" Wanda clapped her hands together and happily joined Pietro on the ground mushing up the mud. Their final production looked more like a lopsided cow than a beautiful castle, but to the twins, who were giggling over their own private joke on the ground, it was the most beautiful structure in creation.
"Pietro! Wanda! Time for lunch!" their mother called from the house.
"Aww, Mommy, can't we stay out here a little longer?" whined Pietro in a pleading tone. "I gotta show Wand somethin' cool!"
Their mother hesitated, then nodded and smiled. "Five minutes. But that's it. No more, you hear me?"
"Yes Mommy," both kids chorused at the same time, then turned and grinned at each other.
"I wonder when Daddy's gonna get home?" Wanda wondered as she patted down on the mud, forming the "balcony" of the castle.
Pietro shrugged. "I dunno," he said. "But look! This is gonna be the cool part!" With an excited grin, he ran to the garden hose and turning on the water, ran back. "Watch this!" he said, as he started to spray the castle with water.
"Pietro!" the little girl shrieked, jumping up and trying to stop her insane brother from destroying their lovely castle. "What are you doing?!"
"But Wanda, this is the cool part!" Pietro insisted, trying to fend off his attacking sister. "Look!" But by yanking on the water hose to keep it away from Wanda, Pietro accidently yanked it upward too hard and it thoroughly drenched Wanda. For a second, both kids stood there, Wanda dripping wet. Then a little smile crept on the little girl's face, and she started giggling. "Oh yeah?" she asked, pouncing on Pietro and yanking the water hose the other way, spraying him in the face with it.
"Hey-!" Pietro sputtered, then started laughing, as the two siblings started a full-fledge water war.
"Pietro!!" a loud voice boomed from out of nowhere, and both kids dropped the garden hose in surprise.
"Daddy!"
"What?" Pietro asked, curiously turning to the dark haired girl from where he'd been happily making a mud pie in the ground.
"A wady-bug!" Wanda said happily, opening her hands and revealing a beautiful red ladybug with black spots. Sensing freedom from it's prison, it gave a sudden quick flap of it's tiny wings and was gone.
"Oh, it flew away!" Wanda said sadly, watching the ladybug fly up and away. Then, turning to Pietro, Wanda looked with interest at the brown glob of muddy mess that was in front of them. "Whatcha doin'?" she asked, plopping down on the ground next to the little equally-young white haired boy.
"Makin' a mud castle!" Pietro grinned a little-kid's gap toothed grin at his sister. "Wanna help?"
"Yeah!" Wanda clapped her hands together and happily joined Pietro on the ground mushing up the mud. Their final production looked more like a lopsided cow than a beautiful castle, but to the twins, who were giggling over their own private joke on the ground, it was the most beautiful structure in creation.
"Pietro! Wanda! Time for lunch!" their mother called from the house.
"Aww, Mommy, can't we stay out here a little longer?" whined Pietro in a pleading tone. "I gotta show Wand somethin' cool!"
Their mother hesitated, then nodded and smiled. "Five minutes. But that's it. No more, you hear me?"
"Yes Mommy," both kids chorused at the same time, then turned and grinned at each other.
"I wonder when Daddy's gonna get home?" Wanda wondered as she patted down on the mud, forming the "balcony" of the castle.
Pietro shrugged. "I dunno," he said. "But look! This is gonna be the cool part!" With an excited grin, he ran to the garden hose and turning on the water, ran back. "Watch this!" he said, as he started to spray the castle with water.
"Pietro!" the little girl shrieked, jumping up and trying to stop her insane brother from destroying their lovely castle. "What are you doing?!"
"But Wanda, this is the cool part!" Pietro insisted, trying to fend off his attacking sister. "Look!" But by yanking on the water hose to keep it away from Wanda, Pietro accidently yanked it upward too hard and it thoroughly drenched Wanda. For a second, both kids stood there, Wanda dripping wet. Then a little smile crept on the little girl's face, and she started giggling. "Oh yeah?" she asked, pouncing on Pietro and yanking the water hose the other way, spraying him in the face with it.
"Hey-!" Pietro sputtered, then started laughing, as the two siblings started a full-fledge water war.
"Pietro!!" a loud voice boomed from out of nowhere, and both kids dropped the garden hose in surprise.
"Daddy!"
