Where Have All the Big People Gone?
"Where are they all going?" Barney whined as he saw the remaining X-Men leave. They had been happily playing in their little playpen when suddenly the remaining mutants got up and left. "Why did they leave all of the sudden?"
"Who knows why big people do anything?" Claudius said as he tipped over the playpen. They rolled out of it. "Well only one thing to do! Take advantage of it!"
"I don't know Claudie…" Barney hesitated. "Maybe we should wait right here for the big people to come back."
" Yeah…right. Stop being such a preemie," Claudius rolled his eyes.
"I am not a preemie!" Barney protested.
"Then come on!" Claudius hopped away.
"Hey slow down! Some of us are still crawling you know!" Barney called after him as he dragged his bat along.
"You'd go a lot faster if you'd put the stupid bat down."
"My bat is not stupid! Daddy gave it to me so I'd be warm and safe."
"Oh brother! Hey! What's Polly doing?" Claudius looked up and watched as the parrot was talking into a phone.
"Yeah it's gonna be a blast," Polly spoke into the phone. "Plenty of booze and everything. And a poker tournament."
"Polly always does silly things," Barney told Claudius. "Let's go find some candy."
"Now you're talking!" Claudius laughed as they hopped into the kitchen. "Now where is it?"
"Up there!" Barney pointed to a cabinet above. "I can smell it!"
"Great! How do we get up there?" Claudius struggled to climb a chair. "Barney help me up! Barney?"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Barney shouted as he hung onto Lockheed's leg with one hand as they flew up. He used his bat to knock the door loose. Candy poured out. "Still think my bat's stupid?"
"I stand corrected," Claudius grinned as he started to tear into the candy.
"All right!" Barney laughed.
This is not good…