Alanna takes driving lessons(the horror!),
Part four: the long, skinny one on the right
Bob, Alanna and Owen (all magically transported back to the palace in seemingly no time at all) admired the new car as Thayet complained loudly about the price.
"THIS IS A TOTAL JIP! HOW CAN THEY CHARGE YOU SO MUCH FOR SOMETHING THAT MAKES MORE NOISE THAN A HOARD OF MOUNTED SOLDIERS AND IS MUCH MORE EASILY LOST?! THOUSANDS OF...ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?! I DON'T THINK YOU ARE! I'LL SHOW YOU!"
Alanna suppressed giggles as Thayet tried to run after Alanna in her dress and nearly fell on her face. She stopped smirking and ran as the queen tore a good foot or more off the bottom of her dress and proceeded to chase the knight.
Bob watched, smiling pleasantly, and Owen yelled "Jolly!" repeatedly as the queen began to catch up with her rage-driven speed.
The chase was ended prematurely when George suddenly appeared out the front door of the palace. "Pie's ready!" he said in an overly-enthusiastic, cheerful, sing-song tone.
All action in the courtyard stopped for a moment -then every one yelled "PIE!!!!" and proceeded to try to cram through the small lesser door to the palace at the same time (never thinking to try opening the door all the way, of course).
The group rushed into the kitchen and proceeded to stuff their faces -they didn't even use forks. Jon and George blinked at this display. George turned to Jon "It's a good thing I hid the other pie." Jon -looking like his eyes would pop out of their sockets- nodded as the rest continued to devour the pie (it was a very big pie -a pumpkin one).
"Okay. Alanna." Alanna looked up at Bob, her face covered in pie "Hmph?" "It's time for your next lesson." "Hphm." Alanna looked regretfully at the few remaining crumbs of pie being devoured and followed Bob out the door, wiping her face on her sleeve as she did.
It was dark outside and it looked like a storm was on the way as Alanna and Bob got into the new escort. "I sure like my new car." said Alanna (with a frighteningly large grin on her face). "Okay. This time I'm gonna tell you which pedal is the gas before you turn the car on. Just remember what all of those nice drivers behind me always say -'it's the long, skinny one on the right!'" Alanna suspected they weren't being nice when they said that but she listened anyway. "Okay. Now, how do I wake this monster up again?"
"Every car is the same, you put the key into the little slot there -it's called the ignition- and you turn it 'til the engine starts." Bob watched expectantly as Alanna continued to look at the steering wheel in puzzlement. "You did bring the key didn't you?" Alanna looked up "Yeah, sure. Hold on." Alanna proceeded to search a number of hidden pockets on her person and eventually found a large ring of keys. She blinked at it for a moment before beginning the long and tiring process of trying every key on the ring to see if it would start the car. Somewhere near the beginning of this process Bob had smacked himself in the forehead so hard he had knocked himself unconscious. He was still out of it when Alanna -99.999999 (repeating) % of the way through the ring- also smacked herself in the forehead. "I just remembered -I put it in my sock drawer for safe keeping! I'll be right back." Alanna said to the silent Mr.Bill and went out into the rain (oh yeah, it started raining during the first twenty-eighth of the trial of the keys, just no one noticed 'til now).
Alanna was nearing her room when Jonathan appeared screaming (well, maybe not screaming, but certainly yelling) "The sump-pump has died and the cellars are flooding! Call the plumber!" A servant appeared and told the king that telephones didn't exist in Tortall (yet). "Really? They brought cars in and not telephones? What a jip. Oh well. Alanna, you are the king's champion, do something! Please."
"Well, I don't see what I-" "Splendid! I'll have the servants whip up a feast in your honor right away! Well what are you waiting for? Get to it!" Alanna watched in bewilderment as the king skipped down the hall and attempted to skip down the staircase (but failed and fell down the whole flight of steps). "What am I supposed to do about that? Oh well, I'll just find my keys and get back to the car. I bet I can drive to the plumber's place." And so Alanna retrieved her key (it was in her breeches drawer after all!) and headed back out into the thunder storm (I did tell you it was thundering, didn't I?).
Bob was just waking up as Alanna got back into the car. "Have a nice nap?" she asked. "Actually, it was quite nice. I thank you for asking. Now then, what are we up to now?"
"We're going to drive to the plumber's house and bring him back here to replace the broken sump-pump." "Okay, let's go. Remember, it's the long skinny one on the right." "Don't I need to know which one is the brake?" Bob considered this for a moment "No, we'll just save that for next lesson."
"Okay." Alanna started the car up and floored it. The car leapt out of the parking lot and crashed through the palace wall into the flooding cellars. All of the people who had been working to stop the water were killed. Thayet just happened to be there. There was a shimmer and the Green Lady appeared once more. "You really are a troublemaker, aren't you? Oh well, one more time." She worked her magic and all of the people got up and walked away. "See you later (she mumbled under her breath) I'm sure." and she was gone once more.
"Now what am I going to do about all this water?" Alanna turned to Bob. He was under the hood and hadn't heard her.
He emerged holding the (reader-writer-roto-rooter-) radiator "I think we're going to have to-" The reader-writer-roto-rooter-radiator leapt out of his hand and landed in the water. It sunk to the bottom (no one tried to stop it, of course) and started fixing the plumbing (don't ask me how, I'm just the author).
When it was all done, the cellars were miraculously clean and dry, the sun was shining, and a rainbow shone in the clear blue sky.
Alanna blinked "I guess that reever-rider-root-a-rotor really was worth something after all." she said with wide eyes.
Thayet (her make-up and hair still perfect) approached her "That's a reader-writer-roto-rooter-radiator, dear." and then she went away, patting and primping in front of a hand mirror that magically appeared in front of her.
~More soon, stay tuned and don't touch that mouse! (Well, if you have to I guess you can... but only if you have to!) Did I ever mention that I never proofread any of these?
^_^
Part four: the long, skinny one on the right
Bob, Alanna and Owen (all magically transported back to the palace in seemingly no time at all) admired the new car as Thayet complained loudly about the price.
"THIS IS A TOTAL JIP! HOW CAN THEY CHARGE YOU SO MUCH FOR SOMETHING THAT MAKES MORE NOISE THAN A HOARD OF MOUNTED SOLDIERS AND IS MUCH MORE EASILY LOST?! THOUSANDS OF...ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?! I DON'T THINK YOU ARE! I'LL SHOW YOU!"
Alanna suppressed giggles as Thayet tried to run after Alanna in her dress and nearly fell on her face. She stopped smirking and ran as the queen tore a good foot or more off the bottom of her dress and proceeded to chase the knight.
Bob watched, smiling pleasantly, and Owen yelled "Jolly!" repeatedly as the queen began to catch up with her rage-driven speed.
The chase was ended prematurely when George suddenly appeared out the front door of the palace. "Pie's ready!" he said in an overly-enthusiastic, cheerful, sing-song tone.
All action in the courtyard stopped for a moment -then every one yelled "PIE!!!!" and proceeded to try to cram through the small lesser door to the palace at the same time (never thinking to try opening the door all the way, of course).
The group rushed into the kitchen and proceeded to stuff their faces -they didn't even use forks. Jon and George blinked at this display. George turned to Jon "It's a good thing I hid the other pie." Jon -looking like his eyes would pop out of their sockets- nodded as the rest continued to devour the pie (it was a very big pie -a pumpkin one).
"Okay. Alanna." Alanna looked up at Bob, her face covered in pie "Hmph?" "It's time for your next lesson." "Hphm." Alanna looked regretfully at the few remaining crumbs of pie being devoured and followed Bob out the door, wiping her face on her sleeve as she did.
It was dark outside and it looked like a storm was on the way as Alanna and Bob got into the new escort. "I sure like my new car." said Alanna (with a frighteningly large grin on her face). "Okay. This time I'm gonna tell you which pedal is the gas before you turn the car on. Just remember what all of those nice drivers behind me always say -'it's the long, skinny one on the right!'" Alanna suspected they weren't being nice when they said that but she listened anyway. "Okay. Now, how do I wake this monster up again?"
"Every car is the same, you put the key into the little slot there -it's called the ignition- and you turn it 'til the engine starts." Bob watched expectantly as Alanna continued to look at the steering wheel in puzzlement. "You did bring the key didn't you?" Alanna looked up "Yeah, sure. Hold on." Alanna proceeded to search a number of hidden pockets on her person and eventually found a large ring of keys. She blinked at it for a moment before beginning the long and tiring process of trying every key on the ring to see if it would start the car. Somewhere near the beginning of this process Bob had smacked himself in the forehead so hard he had knocked himself unconscious. He was still out of it when Alanna -99.999999 (repeating) % of the way through the ring- also smacked herself in the forehead. "I just remembered -I put it in my sock drawer for safe keeping! I'll be right back." Alanna said to the silent Mr.Bill and went out into the rain (oh yeah, it started raining during the first twenty-eighth of the trial of the keys, just no one noticed 'til now).
Alanna was nearing her room when Jonathan appeared screaming (well, maybe not screaming, but certainly yelling) "The sump-pump has died and the cellars are flooding! Call the plumber!" A servant appeared and told the king that telephones didn't exist in Tortall (yet). "Really? They brought cars in and not telephones? What a jip. Oh well. Alanna, you are the king's champion, do something! Please."
"Well, I don't see what I-" "Splendid! I'll have the servants whip up a feast in your honor right away! Well what are you waiting for? Get to it!" Alanna watched in bewilderment as the king skipped down the hall and attempted to skip down the staircase (but failed and fell down the whole flight of steps). "What am I supposed to do about that? Oh well, I'll just find my keys and get back to the car. I bet I can drive to the plumber's place." And so Alanna retrieved her key (it was in her breeches drawer after all!) and headed back out into the thunder storm (I did tell you it was thundering, didn't I?).
Bob was just waking up as Alanna got back into the car. "Have a nice nap?" she asked. "Actually, it was quite nice. I thank you for asking. Now then, what are we up to now?"
"We're going to drive to the plumber's house and bring him back here to replace the broken sump-pump." "Okay, let's go. Remember, it's the long skinny one on the right." "Don't I need to know which one is the brake?" Bob considered this for a moment "No, we'll just save that for next lesson."
"Okay." Alanna started the car up and floored it. The car leapt out of the parking lot and crashed through the palace wall into the flooding cellars. All of the people who had been working to stop the water were killed. Thayet just happened to be there. There was a shimmer and the Green Lady appeared once more. "You really are a troublemaker, aren't you? Oh well, one more time." She worked her magic and all of the people got up and walked away. "See you later (she mumbled under her breath) I'm sure." and she was gone once more.
"Now what am I going to do about all this water?" Alanna turned to Bob. He was under the hood and hadn't heard her.
He emerged holding the (reader-writer-roto-rooter-) radiator "I think we're going to have to-" The reader-writer-roto-rooter-radiator leapt out of his hand and landed in the water. It sunk to the bottom (no one tried to stop it, of course) and started fixing the plumbing (don't ask me how, I'm just the author).
When it was all done, the cellars were miraculously clean and dry, the sun was shining, and a rainbow shone in the clear blue sky.
Alanna blinked "I guess that reever-rider-root-a-rotor really was worth something after all." she said with wide eyes.
Thayet (her make-up and hair still perfect) approached her "That's a reader-writer-roto-rooter-radiator, dear." and then she went away, patting and primping in front of a hand mirror that magically appeared in front of her.
~More soon, stay tuned and don't touch that mouse! (Well, if you have to I guess you can... but only if you have to!) Did I ever mention that I never proofread any of these?
^_^
