The next day Inka was down by the pond with Neera and Iris. Inka had
stitched, patched, and washed every sheet. Neera and Iris though she was
over doing it. They kept insisting she take some time off.
"Inka we got the sheets."
"You have been over doing it, take a break"
After much convincing Inka went off to take a break. She wandered around the abbey. She still wasn't sure what was where. She wandered to the kitchens and helped Gother finish some scones and trifle. It only killed a few minutes of her time. Soon she was out wandering about. She came across a group of dubbins. Widdia, Buddy, Tilly and Weaket were among them. Buddy was waving a stick in the air and Weaket was doing the same. Tilly and Widdia were rolling on the ground shrieking with laughter. The others where watching their performance, applauding and cheering at times. Inka walked up giggling at the antics of her little brother.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
Buddy stopped waving his stick around and replied "We're playing, I'm a warrior and Weaket be a magic beast"
"Can I play to?" inquired Inka.
"Yes, Inka you play to. They are saving me and Tilly from vermints. Who do you want to be?" said Widdia.
Inka paused as if considering who she wanted to be. Then she said "I will be Inka the Mean. I capture little dubbins feed them yucky herby broth and tickle them to death"
As Inka ran though the small group of dubbins they scattered this way and that, squeaking playfully, too avoid Inka's tickling paws. Inka caught Widdia and start to tickle her.
"Hehehehehehe, stop! Help! Heheheheheee, help Buddy, heheheheheheeeeee!"
Buddy started to run to Widdia's aide yelling "Charge! Come on! We gotta save Widdia"
Inka was soon covered in dubbins, all tickling her. "Oh, mercy, please don't tickle me to death" she pleaded. Inka lay on the ground putting on a big show. "Oh, some beast help me, uh, they're killing me, oh!" She closed her eyes and allowed her tongue to roll out of her half open mouth. She gave a big sigh and played dead.
All the dubbins ceased tickling and took a step back. Widdia giggled "Inka, get up! Your not dead"
Inka opened one eye, said, "Yes I am" and closed it again.
Tilly stepped forward. "No you isn't. You wouldn't be talking if you was."
She was cut short when Inka grabbed her and started to tickle her. Inka was set upon by the tiny creatures again. Inka stopped tickling Tilly and made a run for it with the dubbins not far behind.
*
Ace wandered the orchard. It was peaceful there. He just felt like some peace. What a surprise when he heard Inka's voice come from nowhere. "Ace, hey, Ace! It's me. Over here"
Ace looked about in confusion. "Where are you?"
A tree seemed to tremble as Inka stepped into view. She looked form left to right and back to the left. "Can you distract the little ones while I make a run for it?"
Ace looked at her like she had lost it "Why?"
"Well, we are playing a little game and I got get past them with out being seen"
"How about I just tell them you are here" Ace opened his mouth as if to shout out but Inka placed a paw over his mouth.
"What do you what?"
She allowed him to remove her paw. "Some of that trifle that you helped Gother make"
"No, that is for lunch, you can wait like the rest of us"
Ace shouted "She's here, Inka's here"
Inka ran at the first sound of the dubbins approaching. She called back over her shoulder "Ace you are going to pay for that"
"Inka we got the sheets."
"You have been over doing it, take a break"
After much convincing Inka went off to take a break. She wandered around the abbey. She still wasn't sure what was where. She wandered to the kitchens and helped Gother finish some scones and trifle. It only killed a few minutes of her time. Soon she was out wandering about. She came across a group of dubbins. Widdia, Buddy, Tilly and Weaket were among them. Buddy was waving a stick in the air and Weaket was doing the same. Tilly and Widdia were rolling on the ground shrieking with laughter. The others where watching their performance, applauding and cheering at times. Inka walked up giggling at the antics of her little brother.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
Buddy stopped waving his stick around and replied "We're playing, I'm a warrior and Weaket be a magic beast"
"Can I play to?" inquired Inka.
"Yes, Inka you play to. They are saving me and Tilly from vermints. Who do you want to be?" said Widdia.
Inka paused as if considering who she wanted to be. Then she said "I will be Inka the Mean. I capture little dubbins feed them yucky herby broth and tickle them to death"
As Inka ran though the small group of dubbins they scattered this way and that, squeaking playfully, too avoid Inka's tickling paws. Inka caught Widdia and start to tickle her.
"Hehehehehehe, stop! Help! Heheheheheee, help Buddy, heheheheheheeeeee!"
Buddy started to run to Widdia's aide yelling "Charge! Come on! We gotta save Widdia"
Inka was soon covered in dubbins, all tickling her. "Oh, mercy, please don't tickle me to death" she pleaded. Inka lay on the ground putting on a big show. "Oh, some beast help me, uh, they're killing me, oh!" She closed her eyes and allowed her tongue to roll out of her half open mouth. She gave a big sigh and played dead.
All the dubbins ceased tickling and took a step back. Widdia giggled "Inka, get up! Your not dead"
Inka opened one eye, said, "Yes I am" and closed it again.
Tilly stepped forward. "No you isn't. You wouldn't be talking if you was."
She was cut short when Inka grabbed her and started to tickle her. Inka was set upon by the tiny creatures again. Inka stopped tickling Tilly and made a run for it with the dubbins not far behind.
*
Ace wandered the orchard. It was peaceful there. He just felt like some peace. What a surprise when he heard Inka's voice come from nowhere. "Ace, hey, Ace! It's me. Over here"
Ace looked about in confusion. "Where are you?"
A tree seemed to tremble as Inka stepped into view. She looked form left to right and back to the left. "Can you distract the little ones while I make a run for it?"
Ace looked at her like she had lost it "Why?"
"Well, we are playing a little game and I got get past them with out being seen"
"How about I just tell them you are here" Ace opened his mouth as if to shout out but Inka placed a paw over his mouth.
"What do you what?"
She allowed him to remove her paw. "Some of that trifle that you helped Gother make"
"No, that is for lunch, you can wait like the rest of us"
Ace shouted "She's here, Inka's here"
Inka ran at the first sound of the dubbins approaching. She called back over her shoulder "Ace you are going to pay for that"