Raking Leaves
A/N This is pretty much me complaining about my chores, but in a cool way. Yeah, it's short, but hey, it's pretty funny! Enjoy, and think about this every time you rake leaves! Also, do anything that will send me an email.
Dairene struggled with the rake. "Righiat!" She muttered under her breath.
Did you just cuss in the Speech? Roshaun asked, bemused, from his spot on the Callahan's deck. He maneuvered his lollipop from one side to the other expertly.
Yeah. Do you want to help me, or are you just going to sit there?
Well, I don't know, I am pretty comfortable here...
Dairene sighed and went back to her raking. Why do I even need to do this? she asked herself, The world had gone on perfectly fine without anyone raking leaves for billions of years beforehand...
Do the trees mind? Roshaun asked.
Not really, they sort of got used to it happening every fall...
But didn't the Earth get along fine for billions of years without anyone raking up the leaves every fall?
Yeah, I was just thinking that. I'll point that out to Dad next time I see him.
Your planet is cold...
Dairene marched over to where Roshaun was soaking up the sun, and thrust a rake into his hands. "Here, take this. You'll warm up doing some exercise." she said to the Sun King.
Roshaun looked at it doubtfully.
Half an hour later, Mr. Callahan walked outside to check if his daughter was doing her chores. What he saw amazed him. The Sun King was raking leaves while Dairene was relaxing in a deck chair. My girl... Wow, she must be powerful to get him to do that.
Just as he was about to go back inside, he heard Dairene say, "You know, Dad..."