"Ponyboy Curtis, Johnnycake Cade, you get down from that phone box right
this minute!" Darry bellowed, looking up at the two now frightened
children. He waited a minute, they didn't move. "Ponyboy now! Just you wait
till I get you home, I'm gonna...aw Pony, what's wrong?"
Ponyboy had started to cry, big tears trickling down his cheeks. Johnny, who was also looking extremely nervous, clutched his hand.
"We can't get down Darry," he whispered. "Don't be mad."
"What'd you mean you can't get down? Get down the same way you got up!"
"We can't," Pony sniffed. "Darry, I'm scared."
Darry gritted his teeth, inside he felt a mixture of anger and fear, but knew he could show none of these, not in front of Ponyboy and Johnny. When he spoke it was in a calm controlled voice.
"Ok neither of you move you hear me. Just stay put." Not like they've going anywhere he thought to himself and grinned slightly at the irony of what he'd just said. "I'm gonna get the others ok, just for goodness sake don't do anything else."
He took off towards the house, leaving Pony and Johnny to survey the world from on top of the telephone box.
"Look," Johnny said, pointing. "We can see my house from here."
"I'm in trouble now," Pony said sulkily. "This is one of those bad and wrong things Darry's gonna smack me for, I can tell."
"At least he'll be able to get us down. I thought we might have to stay up hear forever." Pony nodded in agreement and both children were quiet for a bit.
"Do you think if a bird saw us, he'd think we were slugs and eat us? Pony asked after a while.
"I don't think so, we don't look like slugs do we?"
"Soda calls me a slug sometimes, if he can get me confused with one, there's no reason why a bird wouldn't."
"No, that's stupid. We're to big to be eaten by a bird." Despite Johnny's reassuring tone, both boys spent the rest of the time until Darry returned looking round nervously, just in case.
"How the hell did they get stuck on top of a phone box," Dally fumed as he jogged after Darry. "Bloody kids, I'll kill them!"
"I must say," Two-bit commented from behind Dally. "That is a new one. Even I've never managed to do that. In a phone box, yes. On a phone box, no."
"I never knew you got stuck in a phone box," Soda said as they came to a halt just below Pony and Johnny.
"Yeah it was when I was..."
"Two-bit," Darry said through clenched teeth. "Not now yeah."
Two-bit shut up.
"Hi Pony, hi Johnny," Soda called up, shielding his eyes against the sun.
"Hi Soda," Pony shouted back as Johnny waved. "Did you see any birds on your way over?"
"Er...." Soda tried to think, slightly taken back by the question. "No I don't think so..."
While this conversation had been taking place Darry and Dally had been surveying the situation.
"It's impossible. How they hell did they get up there?" Dally was quickly losing patience with the phone box and Pony and Johnny. He kicked angrily at it's door frame, making the whole booth wobble, frighten yells came from above them.
Darry looked at him. "Don't do that again," he said.
"Wow," Two-bit yelled up. "I think you two have set a new world record getting up there. I haven't even managed to do that yet you know."
"Really?" Johnny asked, cheering up a little.
"Yep. All I've ever done is got trapped inside one."
"I never knew you got stuck in a phone box," Pony said, peering down to look at Two-bit.
"Me neither," Soda shouted back up. "We must've missed it or something."
"Yeah, it was when I was..."
"Two-bit," Darry hissed, even more menacingly than earlier. "We've been here before."
Part 2 Will Pony and Johnny ever get down???
Ponyboy had started to cry, big tears trickling down his cheeks. Johnny, who was also looking extremely nervous, clutched his hand.
"We can't get down Darry," he whispered. "Don't be mad."
"What'd you mean you can't get down? Get down the same way you got up!"
"We can't," Pony sniffed. "Darry, I'm scared."
Darry gritted his teeth, inside he felt a mixture of anger and fear, but knew he could show none of these, not in front of Ponyboy and Johnny. When he spoke it was in a calm controlled voice.
"Ok neither of you move you hear me. Just stay put." Not like they've going anywhere he thought to himself and grinned slightly at the irony of what he'd just said. "I'm gonna get the others ok, just for goodness sake don't do anything else."
He took off towards the house, leaving Pony and Johnny to survey the world from on top of the telephone box.
"Look," Johnny said, pointing. "We can see my house from here."
"I'm in trouble now," Pony said sulkily. "This is one of those bad and wrong things Darry's gonna smack me for, I can tell."
"At least he'll be able to get us down. I thought we might have to stay up hear forever." Pony nodded in agreement and both children were quiet for a bit.
"Do you think if a bird saw us, he'd think we were slugs and eat us? Pony asked after a while.
"I don't think so, we don't look like slugs do we?"
"Soda calls me a slug sometimes, if he can get me confused with one, there's no reason why a bird wouldn't."
"No, that's stupid. We're to big to be eaten by a bird." Despite Johnny's reassuring tone, both boys spent the rest of the time until Darry returned looking round nervously, just in case.
"How the hell did they get stuck on top of a phone box," Dally fumed as he jogged after Darry. "Bloody kids, I'll kill them!"
"I must say," Two-bit commented from behind Dally. "That is a new one. Even I've never managed to do that. In a phone box, yes. On a phone box, no."
"I never knew you got stuck in a phone box," Soda said as they came to a halt just below Pony and Johnny.
"Yeah it was when I was..."
"Two-bit," Darry said through clenched teeth. "Not now yeah."
Two-bit shut up.
"Hi Pony, hi Johnny," Soda called up, shielding his eyes against the sun.
"Hi Soda," Pony shouted back as Johnny waved. "Did you see any birds on your way over?"
"Er...." Soda tried to think, slightly taken back by the question. "No I don't think so..."
While this conversation had been taking place Darry and Dally had been surveying the situation.
"It's impossible. How they hell did they get up there?" Dally was quickly losing patience with the phone box and Pony and Johnny. He kicked angrily at it's door frame, making the whole booth wobble, frighten yells came from above them.
Darry looked at him. "Don't do that again," he said.
"Wow," Two-bit yelled up. "I think you two have set a new world record getting up there. I haven't even managed to do that yet you know."
"Really?" Johnny asked, cheering up a little.
"Yep. All I've ever done is got trapped inside one."
"I never knew you got stuck in a phone box," Pony said, peering down to look at Two-bit.
"Me neither," Soda shouted back up. "We must've missed it or something."
"Yeah, it was when I was..."
"Two-bit," Darry hissed, even more menacingly than earlier. "We've been here before."
Part 2 Will Pony and Johnny ever get down???