Oh the Holidays! Pt. 3: Sandbox Hijinks

"Blue, I need your help," Joe said sometime later. He found Blue curled into the Thinking Chair, reading a novel. She looked up as Joe entered the room.

"Bow wow wow?"

"It's about Steve." Blue closed her book and, if possible, sighed. "I know, I know it's always about Steve," Joe continued. "I need you to play Blue's Clues."

Blue sighed again. "Bow wow."

"Yeah, I know that Steve shouldn't be high right now but c'mon, do it for me?"

Blue considered his pleas for a second before saying, "Bow wow wow wow."

"Yes!" Joe cheered as he went out to look for Steve. "I'll make it up to you Blue, I promise!"

"Bow wow," Blue grumbled, not believing a word he said.

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Joe found Steve busy digging a tunnel in the sandbox outside the house. "We are looking for Blue's Clues, we are looking for Blue's Clues, we are looking for Blue's Clues, I wonder where they are?" Steve sang as he worked.

"Not there," Joe commented and Steve whirled around to face him.

"You," Steve frowned, pointing a finger at Joe, "Need to stop surprising me like that."

"Sorry, it's just that I found a clue back in the house," Joe lied. Steve narrowed his eyes.

"Why should I believe you? I've been digging here for about ten minutes and found nothing, which is practically impossible. Which means you've been misleading me. If I didn't know better I would think you didn't like Blue's Clues."

"What? No!" Joe cried out. He didn't want Steve to be suspicious of him so soon. "I love Blue's Clues! That's why I've been leading you to all these clues!"

"Why don't you record the clues in your Handy Dandy Notebook?" Steve questioned.

"Well, I'm not supposed to play Blue's Clues during the holidays, you know that," Joe said.

Steve huffed. "Don't you listen to what you sing? 'We can do anything...that we want to do!'"

"Not during the holidays we can," Joe responded. "Besides, I'm still playing Blue's Clues right?"

"Wrong!" Steve retorted. "I think you're not as enthusiastic about Blue's Clues as you should be. Right kids?"

The kids must of said yes because Steve then said, "Right. That's why I've handcuffed Joe to myself!"

"What?" Joe exclaimed. He looked down realized that Steve had snuck some handcuffs around Steve's and his wrists. "Where did you get these from?" he questioned but Steve ignored him.

"Now Joe and I can play Blue's Clues together!" Steve said to the invisible children.

Joe really didn't want to spend the night right next to Steve so he asked, "Steve, where are the keys?"

"Keys?" Steve said. "Oh, I threw them in the trash. We don't need them anyway, right kids?"

Steve cheered as Joe yelled to the sky, "NOOOOOOOOOO!"