Episode 25:

The Skit

Kris is packing for her trip to go see her sister.

"OK, I think that's everything.", she says as she folds a shirt and puts it in the suit case.

Just then, Tracy comes in the room.

"Here Mommy, 'dis' is for Aunt Kelly.", she announces as she holds the picture out to Kris.

"Aunt Kelly's gonna love this. What's it a picture of?", she wonders.

"Aunt Kelly.", Tracy replies.

She has an expression on her face that says, dont you know that? Even though the picture only displayed colorful scribblings.

"Are you ready to go now?", Rick asks Tracy. "We gotta take Mommy to the airport."

"Diaper wet.", she says.

"I'll change her. You can go ahead and wait in the car.", Kris tells Rick.

After her diaper is changed, they go out to the car, where Rick proceeds to drive Kris to the airport.

Harriet brings Tracy home from the park, where she was with her and Danny.

"What are you guys doing home so early?", Rick asks confused.

"Tracy hit me, Uncle Rick.", Danny lets him know.

"I told her that little girls who are naughty don't get to play.", Harriet concludes.

"Thanks guys, I'll take it from here.", Rick says.

With that, Harriet and Danny leave.

Wally knocks on the back door and Rick answers it.

"Hi, Rick.", Wally greets him. "I wanted to show you the teddy bear I'm giving Ginger for her birthday next week.", he says as he holds it up for him to see.

Wally holds up a big light tan teddy bear. It was a birthstone bear, so the word Topaz, the November birthstone, was stitched on his stomach, in yellowish gold letters going vertically.

"Wally, you just gave me a great idea.", Rick says enthusiastically.

"How did I do that?", Wally wonders confused.

"With the teddy bear.", Rick tells him.

"I don't get it.", he replies.

"Maybe if you heard me out first, you would get it.", Rick says.

"Good idea.", Wally says enthusiastically.

After rolling his eyes, Rick proceeds to tell Wally about his plan with the teddy bear.

"Dave? Look what I got at a garage sale.", June says enthusiastically as she holds up a board game.

"Scrabble. I've always loved that game.", Dave tells her. "In sixth grade, my teacher came up with an assignment for each student to play a game by themselves and to write a story using the words they came up with. Then, we got to read them in front of a whole audience on Parent's Night. We could play a game right now.", he suggests.

"OK.", June says. "But, actually, I wanted to do more than just play a game.", she tells him.

"Like what?", Dave inquires.

"I wanted to make a bet.", she suggests. "The loser will make the winner breakfast in bed for a month."

"You're on.", Dave says enthusiastically, as he and June shake on it.

They then proceed to start on the Scrabble game.

"Pop, can I 'habe' my 'dory' now?", Tracy asks, once she's in her crib.

"Actually, there's been a change of plans.", Rick tells her. "Pop and Wally are gonna put on a skit for you, OK. A skit is kind of like a story that you act out instead of read.", he explains. "Wally, I'm ready to start the skit now!", Rick calls into the other room. "Wally!", he calls again, once he doesn't come the first time. "Pop's losing his patience.", he tells Tracy. "I better go see what's keeping Wally."

Rick goes in the kitchen, where he finds Wally eating a sandwich.

"Wally, what are you doing with a sandwich now?", he asks him exasperatingly. "It's time to put on the skit for Tracy."

"I was hungry.", Wally tells him, through a mouth full. "I didn't have any dinner.", he explains, still through the mouth full.

"We're gonna put this in the fridge for now.", Rick tells him, referring to the sandwich. "Get the teddy bear and come on!", he says as he practically drags Wally down the hall to Tracy's room.

Rick and Wally had decided that the skit would be put on using the teddy bear and one of Tracy's dolls.

"How are you doing today, Dolly?", Wally asks in a deep voice, as an impression of the teddy bear.

"I've been better.", Rick tells him in a high pitched voice, as an impression of the doll. "My Dad is not happy with me today. I hit my cousin at the park."

"Hitting someone isn't nice."

"Yes, I know that. That's why my Dad told me that, if I ever do anything like that again, he'd take me in his room and give me a very stern talking to. He wants me to apologize to my cousin tomorrow."

"I think that's a very good idea."

"The End.", Rick and Wally say in unison as they take a bow.

"Did you get the message?", Rick asks Tracy as he lifts her up out of her crib. "No hitting.", he says firmly.

Tracy nods somberly.

"OK, tomorrow we'll go down to Uncle David's house and you can apologize to Danny."

After putting her back in her crib, he says, "I love you. Good night."

"I love you too, Tracy.", Wally tells her. "Of course, I'd also love it if I could eat my sandwich now.", he says as he eyes Rick suspiciously.

"Go ahead and do that.", Rick says as he and Wally leave the room.

Rick and Tracy come in the back door.

"Hi, Dave.", Rick greets him. "Is Danny here? Tracy has something she'd like to tell him."

"Danny!", Dave calls into the other room.

Danny enters the room. "Yes, Pop."

"Uncle Rick told me that Tracy has something she'd like to tell you."

"Give him a hug and tell him that you're sorry for hitting him.", Rick instructs to Tracy.

After she does that, Dave tells Danny to say, I forgive you.

After he does that, Rick says, confused, "I thought June did the cooking every morning."

"Usually she does, but we have a bet involving a Scrabble game.", Dave explains. "The loser makes the winner breakfast in bed for a whole month. Today June requested eggs Benedict, with cantaloupe slices on the side, with orange juice to drink."

"Kris is still out of town.", Rick lets him know. "So because I don't feel like cooking, Tracy and I are gonna eat at the malt shop today."

That being said, Rick and Tracy leave.

Ozzie and Harriet are in the living room where Ozzie is engrossed in a basketball game on TV.

"Tracy's mean streak must come from Kris.", Harriet tells him. "Rick never did anything like hit someone before."

"Shoot it!", Ozzie yells at the TV.

"Ozzie, are you listening to me?", Harriet asks him exasperatingly.

"I know you said something about Rick, Kris, and Tracy.", he replies distracted.

"I'll tell you later.", Harriet says with a roll of her eyes.

That being said, she leaves the room, leaving Ozzie watching and engrossed in the basketball game.