Halt, Gilan, Will, and Pauline were sitting in Halt's room in the castle. They were doing nothing. Gilan and Will were visiting Halt and Pauline because, being at faraway fiefs, rarely got to see each other.

"How about we play a board game?" Will said out of the blue.

"What in the world is a board game?" asked Halt.

"I don't exactly know. . . it just sort of popped into my head."

"Well, we can't play it if you don't know what it is, or how to play."

Suddenly, a flat box appeared on the table with the word "Monopoly" on it.

"I think that's what it is. Let's go check it out." Will walked over to the table and opened the box. On the top, was a slim paper that was labeled "directions". "I think this will tell us how."

Halt came over and studied the directions. "Okay. I know how to play now." He took a black board out of the box and unfolded it. He then took out four little statues and gave one to each of the others, including himself. He also took out two dice. "We start here," he said. "Then one of us would roll the dice, and move the amount shown on the dice. Like so."

Halt took the dice, gave them a little shake in his hand, then poured them out onto the table. On one dice, there was two white dots. On the other, there was five. "Seven," he said. He moved his piece seven boxes. He landed on a box that said,

Hong Kong

$500

"Oh, and I forgot, we each get two $500s," he handed out that amount to each of the players, "two $100s," he did so again, "six $20s," and again, "five $10s," and again, "five $5s and five $1s. Now, if I wanted to buy the hotel, I would pay the amount shown and put it in the bank. And I am deciding to buy it. Um. . . Will, you go now.

So Will went and landed on a Monopoly card. He picked it up and got a get out of jail free card.

"We all know you'll be needing that," said Gilan.

"Hey!" said Will.

"Just saying."

The game went on and on, till it was Halt's turn and he went to jail.

"Don't feel bad Halt," said Gilan, "we knew you and Will were going someday."

Halt gave him a glare that could kill.

Finally, after three hours of continuous play, Pauline had all the money and won. She had big grin on her face, for the entire game she had been behind.

"How'd you do that?" asked Halt.

"Talent," she replied.

Wow, that was long for me! Sorry I didn't have the board game assessable to me so I looked up the rules online. I might do more chapters, though. I will only do so if you REVIEW!