"A pet rock." Yazoo rapped a knuckle on it. "Well, it ought to be more quiet than the cats, at least."
"It's not just a rock!" Loz said offended. "See?" He held it up and it hissed at him. "There's someone living inside it."
"Hm. Like a snail in a house, you mean?" Kadaj snatched it away from his biggest brother and peered suspicously at it. "Where did you find this?"
"In the garden. It was eating lettuce." Loz retrieved his 'rock' and petted it.
"Really?" Kadaj shone up. "That means less vegetables for us! I like this pet already."
"What pet is it now?" Cid glanced in suspicously from the adjouring room. "Ya ain't found another cat, have ya?"
"No, it's just a rock." Yazoo flipped back his hair. "A lettuce eating rock."
"It's my hero!" Kadaj snatched the pet back. "You already have the kittens, Loz, I want this one."
"That's a turtle." Cid frowned at the newcomer. "Ya want a pet turtle, Kadaj?"
"Yes…look, it has legs!" He exclaimed delighted as the turtle had had quite enough fondling and decided to try make a run for freedom. It didn't go very fast, but the stubby legs plodded along steadily. "And a tiny head that eats green things!"
"It says here," Yazoo browsed his favorite book 'The joy of cooking everything', "that turtles are good food."
"You are not eating my pet!" Kadaj glared at him.
"Wasn't it my pet just a little while ago?" Loz scratched his head confused.
"It's not very cuddly." Cid watched the turtle drudge past him.
"I'll just glue some velvet on it." Kadaj ran ahead of the turtle and lay down in its path. The turtle hissed and drew back its head. "It's not as if it can stop me doing *anything*. It's just a slow, stupid veggy eater…"
The turtle's head shot out, faster than lightning, it's tiny jaws opening and snapping shut with frightening speed. Kadaj screamed in pain.
"My nose! My nose! get if oooooofff meeeee!"
This drabble might require an explanation….I wrote it on a dare (the dare was 'Sephlings and a turtle') but as it will turn out that turtle (renamed 'Fudge' as in 'that f*ing turtle') will have a great impact on their future lives.
Wow, the explanation is almost as long as the drabble, lol!
