"Artemis, this boring!" Myles complained one day. Artemis was [trying] to teach them proper table manners, if they could listen.
"Ya, why simple-toon Artemis teaching us?" Beckett said, banging his fork on the table.
"Because, I want to teach you proper eti- style while at a table.
"But this boring!" Myles protested.
"Ugh, fine, you are dis- you are excu- you may proc- JUST GO!" Artemis said. He was tired of trying to think of other, smaller words instead of the high vocabulary he had.
-----In Artemis's Library------
Artemis was going over some financial papers when he saw the air in front of him get hazy.
"Hello Holly." He said to his favorite elf.
She immediately came to vision. "Hi Artemis. I just came by to perform the ritual and to check up on you and the twins."
"I thought you needed an invitation to get in?"
"Myles and Beckett said, 'Come in and play with us!', so that's technically an invitation."
"They said that? Word-for-word?"
"Yep. Why are you so hot on their case?" Holly asked.
"Because, you, not having any siblings, do not have to live with the evil little twerps! I say, they combined are almost as bad as Opal!"
"Artemis, you can't compare them to Opal. Opal is another species of despicable vermin."
"Well, see what they are doing now?" Artemis said. They leaned in the doorway to the living room to see Myles and Beckett climbing on the bookshelf, throwing every encyclopedia on the ground.
"Okay, okay, I admit they are rather bad. But still-''
"No, they made me chase them around the house last week, break up Juliet's kung fu practice because they were playing tag in the garden Tuesday, spilt milk on the kitchen floor yesterday,….." Artemis would have gone on and on if it weren't for Holly.
"Is there anything you have done to stop them maybe?" Artemis looked at her as if she just asked if his IQ was bigger than hers.
"Of course I have! I said, 'I chased them around the house once!'!
"Well, lock them in their rooms full of wonderful new toys! That should do it! And when your parents come home, unlock the doors!"
---------In Myles and Beckett's Room-----------
"YAY!" They say in unison. "NEW TOYS!!!!!!"
"Great idea Holly!" Artemis said.
-----------Artemis's Library--------
"Yes, some peace and quiet!" Artemis muttered to himself.
The End.
