Spot *Pulling something out from under the couch.*: Looky here guys it's a goil.

Little Girl *Reaching toward Spot's hand.*: Give me my Barbie.

Spot *Ignoring her request and holding Barbie out of her reach.*

Race *Still a nursing his wounds having been hurt in the pride department after being told he didn't have a booty.*: Dear me, what have we here.

Jack: Let me see that Spot.

Spot *Pulling away in defense.*: You always get the goil Jacky-boy, this one's mine, let's see what else we can find. *Digging under the couch he produces another goil, er girl, this one not as completely clothed as the other. Most of the dolls in the house seem to be either missing part or all of their clothing and don't even get me started on the shoe collection these girls have.*

Blink: Hey, guys Spot has another one, but this one ain't wearing so many clothes.

Several boys on the floor *Leaning left and right, straining for a better look*: Whoo!!

Mush: Will you look at all that hair? Gorgeous long blonde hair, long legs and huge.

JP: Hey, watch it.

Little Girl *Hands on hips impatiently tapping foot reaches for her dolls and replaces Spot's with another.*: Here, you can be Ken.

Spot *Looking around the room searching the boys faces for the slightest smirk.*

Skittery *About to open mouth to make a smart comment about Spot and his man, but thinks better of it seeing the look in his eyes.*

Spot: Anybody gots anything to say, they're gonna be playin' with my hands.

Little Girl *Walking Barbie over to Ken speaking in a little different tone than her own.*: Ken you have to pick me up in your car so we can go to the beach.

JP *Once again stiffing a laugh at the thought of Spot actually playing Barbie with the little one.*: Does anyone mind if we resume the story?

Spot: That's the best idea I's heard all day.

Little Girl *Returning dolls to a pink case, wide smile on her face.*: I knowed that one would work.

JP: At the foot of the hill lie the deep, dark city of New York overflowing with towering buildings and cute *glancing over at Mush* muscled newsies.

Mush *Blushing a bit and lowering his eyes in embarrassment.*: Shucks.

JP: Rumors of the scary city made Glow....

Spot: Scary, see, I told you the story was about Brooklyn.

David: Well, in reality, the complete metropolitan area of New York is frightening in the hours of darkness.

Snipeshooter: What the heck did he just say anyway?

Jack: That New York is scary at night.

Boots: You got that right, especially Brooklyn.

Jack: Don't tell me you're afraid of Brooklyn?

Boots: Well, there's this guy there that makes me a little nervous.

JP *Pushing onward before anything else can be said.*: Rumors of the scary city made Glow thankful to live in her cozy cottage with her warm and caring father and stepmother.

Race: Wait a minute, stepmothers are never warm and caring, trust me.

Jack: Hey, it's what they call a family, mother, father, daughter....
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Hello, dear readers, on that I will leave you all singing "Santa Fe." Well, I have decided it is becoming a little late and it will soon be time for the little one to go to bed so...I think I'll throw in a little fanfic writer's slumber party in the next chapter. Anyone interested in joining? Yup, this is a casting call!!!! Here's what I need from interested parties: an email including the following: a brief physical description, name, favorite newsie or three, a brief description of your jammies (remember, I have a daughter here so nothing from the Victoria Secret line in my house =)), something you might bring with you to a slumber party (ie: your teddy bear, favorite pillow and why, a snack to share, games, use your imagination) and finally your signature tagline or phrase (mine is I'm working on it). Thanks in advance to any interested parties.

So as not to sound trite in saying so, my most sincere thank you to all who have reviewed and for the well wishes. Having a support system while going through treatments is very important and while many of us have not exchanged communication outside of reviews and shout outs, it still means very much to me. This story (and the other I'm way behind in updating) have been great therapy as has been reading. If you have something out there and I haven't hit it for a review yet, hang in there, I'll be along soon. It seems I'm always behind and rambling, have I mentioned that I ramble a lot? Anyway...thank you again!!

Dreamer: A porcelain tub with boiling water...how could I resist adding that line in somewhere? Random, me? Never!! You take that....hey look there's a shoe sale in Grand Rapids. Well, I suppose since you've updated HP I can't very well go poking you now, can I? But I'd love to see more of Escape!!

AaronLohrLover24 *whew, that's a lot of typing*: Thanks much for stopping by to our little storytelling hour. I'm trying to add as many of the newsies in as I can, but not knowing some of their personalities makes it a bit difficult. It's too bad they couldn't all have had SPEAKING parts in the movie. *sigh* Oh, well, we must work with what we have. I'm glad you're enjoying it, hope you'll stick around for more.

Ireland O'Reily: It's actually true, toilet paper had splinters until around 1935-ouch. I was a bit worried that CTB might not go over well so I'm glad to hear you liked it. Thanks so much for reviewing, hope you've enjoyed this chapter as well.

Sparker: I am so honored to have someone with your talent stopping by my little bizarre tale (did that sound sarcastic? I didn't mean it to, just look at me, I've reviewed EVERYTHING you've written, or at least I think I have). I have a 4 year old, I have to stay young or be ran over.

Klutz: Hope you've found a few laughs here, I'm trying to keep it entertaining. Thanks much for the gracious review, I'm glad you're enjoying things so far.

Rumor: I love these long reviews, but how do I respond to them? Hmmmmm...let's see here....Funny thing is my daughter actually does sing that song-way more often than her father would like. I am constantly incorporating lines from the movie into everyday life and no one understands me. I'm laughing my butt off over them and my friends, family or coworkers all think I need to up my meds. I think I need to hang with a different crowd. Hope to have at least added a smile to your day. =)

Lady Akiko: The cute little woodland-er-newies talk too much!! I'm never going to finish reading.

Raeghann: Looky another update!! Both stories in two days, I'm on a roll. Or a bagel. Ohhhhhhh....bagel with cream cheese..yummy...Anyway...hope to once again provide you with a chuckle. Many hugs and lots of thanks for your continuing support in my personal life as well as my ff life. Love ya hon!

Kaylee: Sorry, hon, Race was just the perfect one to pick on for the part. Yes, I chose the name because it fit the rhyme scheme. My husband had a name picked out, but it didn't seem appropriate. I understand the problem with reviewing; I've had my fair share of difficult times with ff. Thank you much for stopping back to review again!! You have gone beyond the call of duty.

Arlene: Here I come to save the day and dose out a daily serving of Newsie silliness. This has been a dream to write so far. I try to watch the movie every couple of days to keep things moving in my mind. The fact that I have the script downloaded to my computer doesn't hurt either (shhhhhh..that will be our little secret.).