Chapter 13.

Bluddle - Uddle - Um - Dum

Then Mandy and Sylveon both sniffed at the air.

"Um, Snow White?"

"Yes, Mandy."

"Is something burning?"

Downstairs, the pot with soup began to boil. Snow White quickly jumped out of the bed with a loud "OH!" She ran downstairs and went to the pot, grabbed the cloth, pulled the pot away from the fire, took off the lid and grabbed a spoon to taste the soup. The dwarfs and the 31 friends looked downstairs and began to sniff the soup.

"Ah! SOUP! Hooray!" said all of the dwarfs and ran downstairs, but Dopey's head got stuck.

The dwarfs ran and sat on the table and grabbed forks and bread. The 31 friends were more dignified than the dwarfs. Dopey got free and also ran downstairs. He accidentally fell on the floor, but still went towards the table. The dwarfs were arguing a little while Dopey accidentally fell from a chair. The 31 friends were watching from the sides.

"Just look at them. It's like they haven't eaten in weeks," said Alexander.

But suddenly, everything stopped because of the voice of a certain human girl.

"Uh-uh, uh-uh! Just a minute."

And everyone turned their attention to Snow White.

"Supper's not quite ready. You'll just have time to wash," She said.

"Wash?" asked all the dwarfs.

"Wash? Wash? Wash?"

They talked among each other.

"Hah! Knew there was a catch to it," said Grumpy who threw his spoon away and folded his arms.

"Why wash?" asked Bashful.

"What for? We ain't goin' nowhere," said Happy.

"'Tain't New Year's" said Doc and the dwarfs shook their head at that.

"You mean you don't wash your hands before you eat?" asked Jade.

The dwarfs shook their heads.

"Well, you should. It's clean and proper to wash before you eat, then your food won't get filthy and you won't get any diseases," said Sirenoid.

"Sirenoid is right. You work in a mine. Is that right?" asked Flareon.

The dwarfs nodded.

"Then it's totally normal to wash your hands before you eat."

"Oh, perhaps you have washed," said Snow White.

"Perhaps we.."

Doc thought and then nodded.

"Yes! Perhaps we have."

"But when?" asked Snow White with a look of suspicion.

"When? When. Uh, you said whe..."

Doc began to stutter.

"Why, last week. Why, recently!"

The other dwarfs nodded at that.

"Yes, recently!" They said in unison.

"Oh, recently!" said Snow White.

Alexander didn't look amused.

"Well, if that is so, why don't you show your hands?" he asked the Dwarfs

"A good idea, Alexander. Let me see your hands," said Snow White.

The dwarfs' eyes went wide, hid their hands behind their backs and walked backwards.

"Let me see your hands," said Snow White while she walked towards them.

Doc slowly brought his hands from behind his back and showed them to Snow White. As suspected, his hands were very dirty.

"When did you say again? Recently?" asked Alexander with cocky attitude.

"Why, Doc, I'm surprised," said Snow White.

Doc looked at his hands and brought them back behind his back while chuckling nervously.

"Come on, let's see them," said Snow White.

Bashful nervously showed his hands too and quickly hid them behind his back with a red face.

"Oh, Bashful, my, my, my. And you?" asked Snow White.

Sneezy showed his hands without trouble and Snowy tsked at that. Happy tried to rub his hands against his sides to have no dirt, but when he showed them it was a worthless effort.

"Worse than I thought," gasped Snow White.

Dopey quickly showed his hands, but his long sleeves covered them quickly.

"Oh," said Snow White.

Sleepy had his hands tucked underneath his beard and showed them and Snow White tsked again.

Sleepy saw his dirty hands and quickly hid them under his beard again with a smile that says 'nothing happened'. Grumpy looked at his own hand which was without a doubt just as dirty.

"Goodness me, this will never do," said Snow White.

Grumpy folded his arms again with a sour look.

"March straight outside and wash, or you'll not get a bite to eat," commanded Snow White like a mother.

"She sure is bossy," Falconeer whispered to Summer.

"And that is just what you said about Lucille Van Horne and my mother," Summer whispered back to Falconeer.

The dwarfs looked at each other and Doc motioned with his head to go outside. One by one, they all went outside. First Doc, then Bashful, Sneezy, Happy, Dopey who made a twirl. But then his spot in the line was taken over by Sleepy making him walk at the end of the line.

Playing with his sleeves while he does that. Grumpy was just staring at them with a sour expression. Everybody went outside except Dopey, who accidentally walked into a wall. But he quickly ran outside with a silly smile and The 31 friends quickly went outside too.

"Hah!" said Grumpy with no care.

But he didn't notice that Snow White was right behind him until he turned around.

"Well, aren't you going to wash?" Snow White asked him.

Grumpy turned his back to her like he didn't hear her.

"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" asked Snow White in a teasing way.

Grumpy heard that, his eyes went wide. He turned back to Snow White and stuck his tongue out. Snow White just smiled after that. Grumpy went outside against his will. But first, he bumped with his big nose against the door causing Snow White to laugh. Part of his stocking cap was on his nose because of that.

"Oh! Did you hurt yourself?" asked Snow White.

Grumpy threw his stocking cap over his head and grunted. He walked outside and slammed the door with a hard thud. He sat on a barrel next to Robert who was sitting on the ground with Linehalt sitting on his shoulder. He grabbed a piece of straw and put it in his mouth.

"Hah, women!" said Grumpy.

"Courage, men, courage," said Doc.

Grumpy was just looking at them and Robert and Linehalt watched too.

"Don't be nervous," said Doc while the dwarfs came close to a tub filled with water.

The other 30 friends watched on with a mixture of surprise, curiosity and amazement.

"Are you guys okay? 'Cause if I didn't know any better, I'd say you're all scared of water just like Muhammad is," said James, ignoring the glare being giving to him by Muhammad and Horridian.

"It's alright, James. Everything's going to be just fine," said Doc.

The dwarfs all looked at the water in the tub with curiosity. Happy twirled with his finger in the water.

"Gosh, it's wet!"

"Water is always wet, silly," said Harpus.

Sneezy also put a finger in the water, but he quickly took it out. He shook his finger and sputtered.

"It's cold, too!"

"We ain't gonna do it, are we?" asked Bashful.

"It'll please the Princess," stuttered Doc.

"Ha. I'll take a chance for her," said Happy.

"Me, too!" said Bashful, Sneezy and Sleepy.

Abby smiled at that, but then she saw that Grumpy, Robert and Linehalt are just watching.

"Aren't you going to wash?"

"You can't make me, missy. And Her wiles are beginnin' to work. But I'm warnin' ya, you give 'em an inch, and they'll walk all over ya!" said Grumpy.

Deciding to ignore Grumpy, Abby turned to face the other Dwarfs.

"Don't listen to that old warthog," said Doc glaring at Grumpy.

"Come on now, men."

"How hard do ya scrub?" asked Sneezy.

"Will our whiskers shrink?" asked Sleepy.

"Of course not," answered Luxray.

"Do ya get in the tub?" asked Happy.

"Do ya have to wash where it doesn't show?" asked Bashful.

The 30 friends eyes went wide by that.

"Now, now, now, don't get excited. Here we go," said Doc and started to sing.

Step up to the tub
'Tain't no disgrace
Just pull up your sleeves
and get 'em in place
Then scoop up the water
and rub it on your face and go brrr, brrr, brrr

While he sang, the other dwarfs grabbed the soap and washed their hands and then rubbed their faces.

Pick up the soap
Now don't try to bluff
Work up a lather
And when you got enough
Get your hands and hooves full of water
and you snort and you snuff and go brrr, brrr, brrr.

The dwarfs scooped up the water and rubbed it on their faces and sputtered like Doc to get the foam off. And they kept doing that while he sang. Sleepy, suddenly, saw a fly that flew in his face and landed on the soap to wash itself, creating a big bubble that soon popped.

You douse and you souse
Rub and you scrub
You sputter and splash all over the tub

You may be cold
and wet when you're done
But you gotta admit it's good and clean fun

So splash all you like
'Tain't any trick
As soon as you're through
You'll feel mighty slick

Doc splashed a bit of water on his face and rubbed it off, Robert, Linehalt and Grumpy weren't exactly pleased.

"Bunch of old nanny goats. You make me sick going brrr, brrr, brrr," said Robert blubbering with his mouth and spit in their direction.

Meanwhile, Doc is washing the heads of the dwarfs with a brush. When he was about to scrub Dopey's head, Dopey ducked probably because he doesn't want his head to be scrubbed. Doc tried and tried, but Dopey kept dodging and then he hit Dopey on the head causing him to fall in the tub while sputtering. And Doc just washed Dopey's rear end. Some of the 30 friends couldn't help but giggle. Robert, Linehalt and Grumpy were still watching. This time, Grumpy had something to say about this.

"Hah! Next thing you know she'll be tyin' your beards up in pink ribbons and smellin' ya up with that stuff called, uh..."perfoom." Hah!" He said and spit in another direction.

Happy washed the foam from his beard and shook his head causing his beard and the water to splash on Doc's face. Doc wasn't very happy since he already got his glasses cleaned.

Dopey had a bit of trouble with water in his ears. Dopey tried to slap the water out of his ears, it didn't work. Then he tried to shake his head, but the water sloshed in his head. But then he blew on his finger and the water came out of his ears.

Sneezy was trying to look for a towel, but instead grabbed the clothes of Bashful. Sleepy, accidentally, did the same thing, but with his beard. Bashful didn't exactly look happy about that.

"A fine bunch of water lilies you turned out to be," teased Grumpy.

Doc readjusted his glasses, but when he heard that he turned his attention at Grumpy. Yarnell heard that too and did the same thing.

"I'd like to see anybody make me wash if I didn't wanna," challenged Grumpy.

"And the same goes for me," said Robert.

With that Doc and Yarnell glared at them. Then Doc cleared his throat and motioned for the dwarfs to come closer. Yarnell smiled mischievously and did the same thing with Abby, Alexander, Kevin, Rebecca, Summer, Muhammad, James, Mandy and Jade.

They huddled close together and Doc began to whisper things. Happy looked at Grumpy and chuckled. Dopey looked too, but Happy brought him back down. When they finished, Doc grabbed up his belly, whistled like nothing was wrong and walked towards Grumpy and Robert. The other dwarfs, Yarnell, Abby, Alexander, Kevin, Rebecca, Summer, Muhammad, James, Mandy and Jade did the same while their Guardians and their Pokemon watched from the side.

They walked around Robert and Grumpy and stood there whistling for a few moments. Grumpy and Robert didn't like were this was going. This was very suspicious. Linehalt knew what was going to happen and quickly floated over to the other Guardians.

"Get them!" yelled Doc and they all pounced on the grouchy dwarf and the weasel causing the barrel to break.

Half of the dwarfs and the Animals held on to Grumpy while the other half held on Robert. The two were struggling to get free.

"Hey, let go of me!" shouted Grumpy.

"Get them over at the tub. Get them over at the tub," commanded Doc while they bring them to the tub.

"What are you doing? Let me go!" shouted Robert.

"Let me loose, you fools! Let me loose!" shouted Grumpy.

"Get them up on the tub. Get them up! Hang on to them! Bang them! Pound them!"

Doc kept commanding.

"Get them up on the tub! On the tub. That's the tub. That's the tub. Don't, don't, don't, don't get excited! Don't get... Don't get up... Don't get..."

Dopey was pushing Sneezy in the air in an attempt to help, but then Sneezy fell on him and caused him to bump into Doc. Doc was a little dazed from the rolling. Dopey was cutely clinging on to him. He shook his head when he saw that and pushed him off.

"Get the soap!" said Doc.

Dopey nodded and quickly ran to get the soap. When he grabbed it, it slipped out of his hands.

"Steady, everyone," said James while they were busy with Robert and Grumpy.

"We'll get them there. We'll get them," said Happy.

And Dopey was still struggling with the slippery piece of soap. When it once again slipped out of his hands, it landed with a thud on his head and then on the ground. Dopey saw it and try to crawl towards it. Then Dopey pounced at the soap, but it bounced against Doc's behind and right into his mouth. Dopey started to hiccup and bubbles came out of his mouth. He tried to look for the soap, but hiccuped again causing him to jump. He was completely confused and felt at his belly, but then he hiccuped more causing more bubbles to come out of his mouth.

Meanwhile, the dwarfs and the 10 Animals were laughing while they washed Robert and Grumpy. They scrubbed their heads, their teeth, their face and even Grumpy's beard. The two didn't like it one bit.

"Isn't it cute?" asked Harpus.

"I never thought I'd say this, but yes, it is," said Linehalt.

Doc began to sing further.

Now, scrub, good and hard
It can't be denied
That they'll look mighty cute
as soon as they're dried

And then everybody and everyanimal sang.

Well, it's good for the soul
And it's good for the hide to go...

And they all pushed Robert and Grumpy in the tub.

"Brrr, brrr, brrr!" sputtered Grumpy and Robert.

During that time, Dopey still got the hiccups. A lot of bubbles escaped. Then he tried to close his mouth and hold his breath. His head became very red and then suddenly he hiccuped again causing him to launch into the air and fall with a hard thud on the ground. Another hiccup released a bubble that made his stocking cap float. The bubble popped and the cap fell on his head again.

The dwarfs were tying Grumpy's beard in blue ribbons while the Animals tied Robert in a pink ribbon. The two of them were getting very angry.

"Now doesn't that look gorgeous on you both? Simply gorgeous," teased Summer.

"Ain't they sweet?" asked Bashful.

Sneezy sniffed on both Grumpy and Robert.

"Smells like a petunia."

The dwarfs and the 29 friends laughed some more and placed a flower wreath on Grumpy's head.

"They sure are cute," said Happy and he kissed on the dwarf's and weasel's head.

Then everybody laughed very hard.

"Wait 'till I tell mum on all of you!" shouted Robert in anger and embarrassment.

"You'll pay dearly for this!" shouted Grumpy.

But no one felt threatened, they were having good fun.

Suddenly, they heard the familiar voice of a human girl.

"Supper!"

They all heard that and smiled.

"Supper!" said Doc.

"Food. Hooray!" shouted Everybody execpt Linehalt and threw Grumpy and Robert in the tub.

Linehalt floated over to the tub as the two sputtered and raised from the water. Robert spitted some water out of his mouth.

"Are you alright, Robert?" asked Linehalt.

"Yeah, I'm fine Linehalt..." said Robert and he then leaned on his hand.

Grumpy had his wreath hanging on his nose and just glared with one big 'Hah!'