The town of giggles.
Chapter one
Al snifbit got into bed
"Go to sleep now Al" said his mum sweetly
"Alright" Al replied "But what about the.?"
He paused, glancing over at his closet.
"The what?"
"Nothing" Al sighed, "It was probably just a dream"
He snuggled down in bed and wrapped himself up in his duvet.
"Goodnight then" called his mum softly.
"Night mum" Al whispered back. His mum Left the room and the lights went out.
Hiding in the shadows, a squid-like creature opened the closet door.
"You're mine Al" he sniggered
He crept up to the bed on his front legs and then peered over the bedside. He uncurled his tentacles and wrapped them around Al's neck.
And Tickled!
Al Woke up with a start, spluttering with laughter.
"O.k.! O.k.! Stop it!" he giggled, "You're killing me!"
As he said that he died literally. He went limp and flopped over the Squid's arms.
"Oops" he sighed
His best friend Eric unplugged his V.R. headset, the image went caput and he was brought back to the real world in an instant. Eric pulled the headset off his head.
"Ya killed 'im again didn't ya?" he grunted
"Sorry Eric" the Squid muttered "I'm useless"
"No way am I letting you on the laugh floor, you're a threat to the infant health! Go study the joke library for a while. NEXT!"
The Two nerdy monsters plodded up to Eric.
"Hey Smitty! Hey Needleman!"
"Wha, Hey Eric" Whined Smitty "We need some work on our jokes"
"DO NOT!" Needleman stormed into another argument.
"Guys, guys, there are right and wrong ways to make someone laugh" Eric soothed "You can't just try and fire a few jokes to knock 'em down. You knock 'em down like this.Blewwwgghwwaghh!"
Eric blew a huge raspberry and slapped himself with his huge leathery tongue. The two nerds fell down laughing and their giggles rippled through the simulation equipment. The monsters picked themselves off the floor after a moment and tittered to themselves.
"Boy, I wish I could entertain like that!" Needleman sighed
"Hey! You can! For example, see Gary back there? Tell me what he did wrong" Eric said
"Uh-heee, uh, ah, heee, erm, ah, heee uh, erm."
"He killed the kid!" The familiar bulky figure of Sulley, otherwise known as James. P. Sullivan, Head monster, slumped into the room.
"Sulley!" Eric greeted him "I bought you a new tie!"
Sulley smiled "Aww thanks Eric." Sulley stopped and returned to his stern face, realising they were digressing. "Wait a minute, this is important!" he grunted "Now then, you've got to be gentle with children o.k.? But you've also got to be funny, hilarious, entertaining. you've got to be more like.my friend Mike Wazowski!"
"Waaaaaaaahh!" A cry let rip through Mike's apartment from the mouth of his new baby sister.
"Aww Susie!" Mike groaned, "I gotta practise my act for work!"
He reached out and grabbed a bottle of monster milk, then shoved it into the little Wazowski's mouth. She immediately stopped crying as it was her favourite.
"I wish all problems could be overcome that easily" he sighed, thinking of the current laugh shortage at Monsters Inc. Well it could be worse, he thought. He could still be up against rival Randall Boggs. Though he couldn't exactly picture the monster on a tricycle trying to outdo him.
"Oh Ha Ha! Ha! Ha! Randall on a tricyle! Oh that's rich! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Mike laughed out loud
"Hee, Hee, Randall!" Susie giggled.
Mike knelt down "Randall bad"
"Bad" Susie repeated gullibly.
Ding! Dong! The doorbell went and Mike went to answer it. Holding Susie in his arms, he nudged the door open with his foot. Roz stood in the doorway.
"Hello Wazowski, I'm the new nanny"
"Roz?" Mike exclaimed "I thought you retired from Monsters Inc last Friday!" Mike remembered, he'd gone to the party.
"I didn't retire Wazowski, I just resigned" Roz croaked "There was nothing left to work undercover for at Monsters Incorporated, but I'm still a member of the Monstroplolis circle of nannies"
Mike certainly couldn't argue with that.
"O.k then, I'll see you when I get home from work" Mike said, giving Susie to Roz and backing out through the door "Just remember that she likes semi- skimmed monster milk and watching TV at 3oclock, oh, and if Eddie calls, just make like an answer-machine and hang up"
Mike skipped out of the apartment building and bumped into Sulley, who was coming in to see him.
"Mike!" He cried, " Well, well. Were you coming to pick ME up for once?"
"Was I? I mean I was! Yes!" Mike replied "How ya doing? Coping as new owner of Monsters Inc?"
They started walking down the Monstropolis main road to the factory in the centre of town.
"How's the, ah, laugh shortage?" Mike asked his once ferocious friend
"Oh I don't know Mike, there must be an easier way to make power" Sulley sighed "Some sort of machine to make it less tiring"
"Come-on Sulley, we don't want to be getting lazy now do we?" Mike said, "We just need a little rest, just like everyone else. Hey, guess who's getting close to breaking the all-time laugh record?"
Sulley's eyes lit up "You?"
"No, but Oscar's getting really close" Mike replied "Now, Come-on, we'll be late"
Chapter one
Al snifbit got into bed
"Go to sleep now Al" said his mum sweetly
"Alright" Al replied "But what about the.?"
He paused, glancing over at his closet.
"The what?"
"Nothing" Al sighed, "It was probably just a dream"
He snuggled down in bed and wrapped himself up in his duvet.
"Goodnight then" called his mum softly.
"Night mum" Al whispered back. His mum Left the room and the lights went out.
Hiding in the shadows, a squid-like creature opened the closet door.
"You're mine Al" he sniggered
He crept up to the bed on his front legs and then peered over the bedside. He uncurled his tentacles and wrapped them around Al's neck.
And Tickled!
Al Woke up with a start, spluttering with laughter.
"O.k.! O.k.! Stop it!" he giggled, "You're killing me!"
As he said that he died literally. He went limp and flopped over the Squid's arms.
"Oops" he sighed
His best friend Eric unplugged his V.R. headset, the image went caput and he was brought back to the real world in an instant. Eric pulled the headset off his head.
"Ya killed 'im again didn't ya?" he grunted
"Sorry Eric" the Squid muttered "I'm useless"
"No way am I letting you on the laugh floor, you're a threat to the infant health! Go study the joke library for a while. NEXT!"
The Two nerdy monsters plodded up to Eric.
"Hey Smitty! Hey Needleman!"
"Wha, Hey Eric" Whined Smitty "We need some work on our jokes"
"DO NOT!" Needleman stormed into another argument.
"Guys, guys, there are right and wrong ways to make someone laugh" Eric soothed "You can't just try and fire a few jokes to knock 'em down. You knock 'em down like this.Blewwwgghwwaghh!"
Eric blew a huge raspberry and slapped himself with his huge leathery tongue. The two nerds fell down laughing and their giggles rippled through the simulation equipment. The monsters picked themselves off the floor after a moment and tittered to themselves.
"Boy, I wish I could entertain like that!" Needleman sighed
"Hey! You can! For example, see Gary back there? Tell me what he did wrong" Eric said
"Uh-heee, uh, ah, heee, erm, ah, heee uh, erm."
"He killed the kid!" The familiar bulky figure of Sulley, otherwise known as James. P. Sullivan, Head monster, slumped into the room.
"Sulley!" Eric greeted him "I bought you a new tie!"
Sulley smiled "Aww thanks Eric." Sulley stopped and returned to his stern face, realising they were digressing. "Wait a minute, this is important!" he grunted "Now then, you've got to be gentle with children o.k.? But you've also got to be funny, hilarious, entertaining. you've got to be more like.my friend Mike Wazowski!"
"Waaaaaaaahh!" A cry let rip through Mike's apartment from the mouth of his new baby sister.
"Aww Susie!" Mike groaned, "I gotta practise my act for work!"
He reached out and grabbed a bottle of monster milk, then shoved it into the little Wazowski's mouth. She immediately stopped crying as it was her favourite.
"I wish all problems could be overcome that easily" he sighed, thinking of the current laugh shortage at Monsters Inc. Well it could be worse, he thought. He could still be up against rival Randall Boggs. Though he couldn't exactly picture the monster on a tricycle trying to outdo him.
"Oh Ha Ha! Ha! Ha! Randall on a tricyle! Oh that's rich! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Mike laughed out loud
"Hee, Hee, Randall!" Susie giggled.
Mike knelt down "Randall bad"
"Bad" Susie repeated gullibly.
Ding! Dong! The doorbell went and Mike went to answer it. Holding Susie in his arms, he nudged the door open with his foot. Roz stood in the doorway.
"Hello Wazowski, I'm the new nanny"
"Roz?" Mike exclaimed "I thought you retired from Monsters Inc last Friday!" Mike remembered, he'd gone to the party.
"I didn't retire Wazowski, I just resigned" Roz croaked "There was nothing left to work undercover for at Monsters Incorporated, but I'm still a member of the Monstroplolis circle of nannies"
Mike certainly couldn't argue with that.
"O.k then, I'll see you when I get home from work" Mike said, giving Susie to Roz and backing out through the door "Just remember that she likes semi- skimmed monster milk and watching TV at 3oclock, oh, and if Eddie calls, just make like an answer-machine and hang up"
Mike skipped out of the apartment building and bumped into Sulley, who was coming in to see him.
"Mike!" He cried, " Well, well. Were you coming to pick ME up for once?"
"Was I? I mean I was! Yes!" Mike replied "How ya doing? Coping as new owner of Monsters Inc?"
They started walking down the Monstropolis main road to the factory in the centre of town.
"How's the, ah, laugh shortage?" Mike asked his once ferocious friend
"Oh I don't know Mike, there must be an easier way to make power" Sulley sighed "Some sort of machine to make it less tiring"
"Come-on Sulley, we don't want to be getting lazy now do we?" Mike said, "We just need a little rest, just like everyone else. Hey, guess who's getting close to breaking the all-time laugh record?"
Sulley's eyes lit up "You?"
"No, but Oscar's getting really close" Mike replied "Now, Come-on, we'll be late"