Have You Been to Grade School?

Have you ever seen the lion that roars at the beginning of movies? Well, I took a Lion-English dictionary and what he is really saying is: "Thoughtkid not own PJatO."

A/N: One might want to be familiar with 'The Grinch' before reading this story.

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away… Wait! Sorry, wrong story.

Hermes was bored. He had nothing to do since that annoying excuse for a child took over his job. Yes, the child. That horrible little hero that went and saved the world to be made a god. Bob Roberts. Oh well, murdering Bob would have to wait.

At first he thought he'd enjoy it. No responsibilities, no schedule, no job. He could just lie around all day doing whatever he wanted.

Of course, this plan had assumed he would have someone to hang out with. No one else was free. They all had jobs. Zeus had his royal duties to attend to, like yelling at people and throwing tantrums when they didn't do what he wanted. Athena had to constantly give out advice and avoid a 'Grand Scale Olympus Failure'. Even Apollo had to drive his sun chariot around the world.

And so, Hermes was left all alone, with only his rubber ducky to keep him company.

Suddenly, he got an idea. A wonderful, awful idea! He would go see the Party Ponies!

With this thought in mind, he started to get ready. He painted himself green, went to the pet store (and received a very stern/concerned look from the owner after dripping green paint on her rug), bought a dog, and returned. He was just about to tie his newly bought dog to a sleigh, when he remembered a crucial ingredient: antlers!

Well, there was only one person that could get him antlers. Artemis.

Hermes was just contemplating calling her when said goddess appeared in his doorway, carrying Zeus' favorite eagle, Fufu.

In response to Hermes questioning look, Artemis said "She was getting sick, flying around the world like that. Zeus really should take better care of his animals."

"Wonderful! You're just the person I wanted to see!" exclaimed Hermes, all too pleased at not having to go out and search for the goddess.

"Oh?" she asked, looking a bit intrigued, "And why, may I ask, would you want to see me?"

"Er, well, you see…" he began, not really knowing how to put it, "I, um, wanted to see if you might possibly lend me some antlers."

Upon hearing this, Artemis gave Hermes a very strange look. Why on earth would he need a pair of antlers? When she voiced this question, he responded with an overly enthusiastic, "To go see the Party Ponies!"

The mere thought of Hermes mixing with the Party Ponies made the goddess shudder as the plan dubbed 'The End of the World by Giant Water Balloon' came to mind, so she quickly declined him the antlers. Then, Artemis left Olympus to rejoin her hunters and hopefully not be forced to take part in the newly brewing plan for global destruction.

Once Artemis had left, Hermes decided he would have to make antlers, because it just wouldn't be right to show up at a Party Ponies Party without them. He put Fufu in the built-in bird hospital next to Zeus' throne, and set about mixing papier-mâché. He had gotten all the way to worrying about the mold when he remembered he was a god, and could make antlers materialize by will. Then he made a good size pair of antlers materialize out of thin air. Now he just had to find that dog.

As it turned out, the dog, which he had named Mrs. Bullytwinkle,a name he'd seen on a letter that he had delivered earlier that week, was not hard to find. He was hiding under the dog food. Once he found Mrs. Bullywinkle, Hermes proceeded to tie a big horn to the top of her head.

"And now", grinned the Grinch, er, Hermes,"It's time to crash a party!"

So Hermes attached his new reindeer/dog to the sleigh and flashed to Bullfrog, North Dakota. There, he found the huge cave entrance labeled "Secret Head Quarters of the Party Ponies" in flashing neon lights. He took a deep breath and, knowing full well he was in for an interesting time, let the breath out again. He took what reassurance he could from the familiar outside the door:

RULES
1. All visitors must be dressed as The Grinch.
2. No frowning.
3. Must not be sober.
4. Must cause mayhem.
4.5 Bring plunger or boxing glove, if possible.
5. Pay no attention to rules other than these.

…and stepped in.

Before I talk about the chapter, a big round of applause for my wonderful beta, without whom this chapter would not have come to be as we know it. Thank You so much Fayecee623!

And here you have it: the corrected version of the previous chapter. Notice the difference? Same content, but isn't it easier to read? And notice: I am not the world's greatest speller. I get many words wrong. But really, even I get more right than some of the writers on here. Any word I got wrong: Spell Check. There are tons of them. Even Microsoft Word has one. So does Fanfiction. If you don't want to bother with writing correctly, why are you on this site?

Most people writing Fanfiction have at least been to Elementary School, you know. Classes aren't just for show. They teach you things like how to write with good spelling and grammar. Really people, I've seen kindergarteners write better than some of these stories. Make no mistake, there are many very well written stories on this site, but to those that are in dire need of a writing instructor, learn to write!

For full lesson on grammar and spelling, see last chapter.

Hope you enjoyed it a bit more this time through. If it has made a point, it has done well.

Review! I will love you forever and ever!

P.S. I don't own The Grinch.