"You people really need to look into having some other form of transportation.
Like cars, or a bus or something. Because there's only so much one person
can take of this." Tony complained as he shifted for the thousandth time in
the saddle of his horse. /p
pWendell chuckled, "Yeah, but wouldn't it cause polution? You yourself
said how smoggy it was in New York. You know I'd really love to go there
one day and take in all the sites. See where exactly it is you come from.
And I'm sure Virginia would love to show Wolf and the baby."/p
p"Yeah, or we could go to England and you can see what the Queen rides
from place to place. To Hell with bouncing castles, I'm building me an airplane."/p
/p
They had been riding for a little over an hour, staying strictly on the main road.
In front of them and off to the left on the field was a little cart. As they
approached they noticed a dwarf lying in the back taking a nap. Tony realized
who it was and called out to him./pp
"Acorn! Acorn, it's me, Tony!"/pp
Acorn reluctently opened his eyes, "Oh, hello. Haven't gotten yourself
into anymore trouble, 'ave you?" /pp
Tony shook his head and smiled proudly, "Nope. How about you? What have
you been up to?" /pp
Acorn jumped down from his cart and walked towards the front. "Little bit
of this and that. I figured it was safe to come out of 'iding, I'm staying
with my mum in a cottege, just inside those woods there. Would you like
to come meet her? I'm sure she's home from shopping by now." /pp
Wendell looked a bit nervous, "I don't know, we really shouldn't stop. It'll
be dark soon." He didn't want to go into the dark woods with a convicted
fellon./pp
"Oh, come on Wendy, it'll give you a chance to get off your high horse." Tony
said with a laugh./pp
Wendell gave him a sarcastic smile and said all right. They followed Acorn
into the woods, Wendell was still a bit nervous, but trusted that Acorn
wouldn't do anything with Tony around./ppbrbrbr
"Wha.. What are you going to do?" Wolf asked. He would have bolted right then,
but he didn't know his way out of the woods, and didn't want to end up farther
in and lost even more./pp
"I'm going to cook me some dinner!" She brought out a large roasting pan
and started to fill it with vegetables. "Why don't you go in and sit down in the
living room. I don't need you right now." Wolf nodded and did what he was told
"And don't eat anything!"/pp
He sat on the couch and watched her nervously out of the corner of his eye.
She filled the pan with water and set it inside the oven. He remembered when he
had first gone to New York to find Wendell, and how he'd almost cooked Virginia's
poor, old grandmother that very same way. He started to whine low, but
stopped abruptly when the old woman glanced at him.
"Come here," she said to him sternly. He stood up quickly and started toward
her. "Leave the baby there, he'll only get in the way." Wolf didn't want to
leave his son all alone, but didn't have much say in the matter. He sat him
down on the couch and handed him another piece of chocolate he'd had inside
of his pants. /p
p"You stay here William, I'll be right over there." he whispered./pp
He gulped again and walked towards the old woman, expecting the worse./pp
brbrbr
"It's a stupid idea, just stupid! How am I supposed to do that? I can't exactly
get phone lines all the way to the 9 kingdoms. I'm not even sure how it's done
in the 10th." Give it up, Virginia./ppbrbrbr
Drawing nearer to the cottege, the 3 travelers heard shouts coming from inside.
The three looked at each other and jumped down from their respective rides and
ran to the front door./pp
"No! No stop it!" came a shout from inside./ppbrbR
Like cars, or a bus or something. Because there's only so much one person
can take of this." Tony complained as he shifted for the thousandth time in
the saddle of his horse. /p
pWendell chuckled, "Yeah, but wouldn't it cause polution? You yourself
said how smoggy it was in New York. You know I'd really love to go there
one day and take in all the sites. See where exactly it is you come from.
And I'm sure Virginia would love to show Wolf and the baby."/p
p"Yeah, or we could go to England and you can see what the Queen rides
from place to place. To Hell with bouncing castles, I'm building me an airplane."/p
/p
They had been riding for a little over an hour, staying strictly on the main road.
In front of them and off to the left on the field was a little cart. As they
approached they noticed a dwarf lying in the back taking a nap. Tony realized
who it was and called out to him./pp
"Acorn! Acorn, it's me, Tony!"/pp
Acorn reluctently opened his eyes, "Oh, hello. Haven't gotten yourself
into anymore trouble, 'ave you?" /pp
Tony shook his head and smiled proudly, "Nope. How about you? What have
you been up to?" /pp
Acorn jumped down from his cart and walked towards the front. "Little bit
of this and that. I figured it was safe to come out of 'iding, I'm staying
with my mum in a cottege, just inside those woods there. Would you like
to come meet her? I'm sure she's home from shopping by now." /pp
Wendell looked a bit nervous, "I don't know, we really shouldn't stop. It'll
be dark soon." He didn't want to go into the dark woods with a convicted
fellon./pp
"Oh, come on Wendy, it'll give you a chance to get off your high horse." Tony
said with a laugh./pp
Wendell gave him a sarcastic smile and said all right. They followed Acorn
into the woods, Wendell was still a bit nervous, but trusted that Acorn
wouldn't do anything with Tony around./ppbrbrbr
"Wha.. What are you going to do?" Wolf asked. He would have bolted right then,
but he didn't know his way out of the woods, and didn't want to end up farther
in and lost even more./pp
"I'm going to cook me some dinner!" She brought out a large roasting pan
and started to fill it with vegetables. "Why don't you go in and sit down in the
living room. I don't need you right now." Wolf nodded and did what he was told
"And don't eat anything!"/pp
He sat on the couch and watched her nervously out of the corner of his eye.
She filled the pan with water and set it inside the oven. He remembered when he
had first gone to New York to find Wendell, and how he'd almost cooked Virginia's
poor, old grandmother that very same way. He started to whine low, but
stopped abruptly when the old woman glanced at him.
"Come here," she said to him sternly. He stood up quickly and started toward
her. "Leave the baby there, he'll only get in the way." Wolf didn't want to
leave his son all alone, but didn't have much say in the matter. He sat him
down on the couch and handed him another piece of chocolate he'd had inside
of his pants. /p
p"You stay here William, I'll be right over there." he whispered./pp
He gulped again and walked towards the old woman, expecting the worse./pp
brbrbr
"It's a stupid idea, just stupid! How am I supposed to do that? I can't exactly
get phone lines all the way to the 9 kingdoms. I'm not even sure how it's done
in the 10th." Give it up, Virginia./ppbrbrbr
Drawing nearer to the cottege, the 3 travelers heard shouts coming from inside.
The three looked at each other and jumped down from their respective rides and
ran to the front door./pp
"No! No stop it!" came a shout from inside./ppbrbR
