Hmm, I'm bored. I shall write a new chapter. This I shall do. I shall get
to doing this. I shall. This I shall do. I shall do this. This I shall do
when I shall do this. This I shall.
Hehehe, I had coffee for breakfast this morning
*Bounces off wall*
9 Hours later (I drank it at 8, it is now 5, I am still insanley hyper), I STILL GOT IT!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *jumps* OOOOOOOOOOOOO *Falls* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO* Giggles* OOOOOOOOOOOOOO *Gets smacked in the head* OOOOOOO.....O
I'm okay.....
A/N: I don't say 'Mum', it just rhymed for the title, m'mkay? I call my mom, 'Mom', thankyouverymuch. This time, you'll hear Magnet's story as he tells it, unlike last time where there was a chapter featuring Squid's life.
Chapter 14: Slums of Mums
Magnet had excused himself, saying, "Tengo ir El Bano.", as though they knew what he ment. At the dinner table,Squid and Zig Zag talked quietly.
"So, 2 o' clock?"
"Yep, we'll do to him what you two did to me."
"Dude, you were crying, we didn't wake you up, you woke yourself up."
"Whatever, I still had to pay for it today, I'm still so tired I could fall asleep in this....what is it?"
"I think It's bean soup."
"I'm so tired I could fall asleep in it."
"Did you know that you can drown while eating soup? Or if you fall asleep in it?"
"Shut up Ziggy."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Magnet's eyes fluttered open. Was it just him, or had he heard somebody moving? He looked at X-Ray's digital clock. '2 o' clock', it read.
'Yay.' thought Magnet, 'Aqui venirs los amigos.'
"Yo Mag." He heard a voice call out, Squid. Then he heard a thump, and Zig Zag whisper, "I'm okay...."
"Man, why can't you guys just let me sleep." Magnet said, putting his pillow over his face and turning to lay on his stomache.
"Hey dude, you guys did this to me until I finally cracked." Squid said, "And we intend to do the same to you."
Magnet sighed, and rolled back over to face them.
"Fine, what do you want to know?"
Squid smiled, andhigh-fived Zig Zag, "Told you he'd crack."
"What your life was like." Zig Zag said, running one hand through his frizzy hair.
"Was it as bad as mine?" Squid asked him as they both sat down on Magnet's cot.
Magnet just shrugged, "You can decide."
"I had 12 brothers." Magnet started, then laughed at the bewildered face of Zig Zag, "What man? There was nothing else for my mom to do. And none of them were girls either. I never had 1 sister, even though I had 12 brothers. Wierd huh?
Well, in case you've never heard to much about Costa Rica, it's a really poor place, especially where I lived. Ever try sharing a 1 room house with 15 people? Man, it's not fun. Atestado. Muy Atestado. You ever seen them commercials on TV about those kids that live in places like Ethiopia and places like that?"
"Yeah." Zig Zag said, he watched on of those one time with Jenny, she had ran crying out of the room, and the next thing he knew, his mother was paying $9 a month to send to those children. He thought it was a very good cause, actually.
"Where I lived was pretty much like that, except a little better." Magnet told them.
Zig Zag remembered those commercials alittle better now. Magnet had lived in a place like that? He couldn't imagine ever living some where like that.
"And just like in those commercials, AID's was a big problem. 2 of my brother's died from it, and my mom had it. At least 4 of my brother's have it. Probably more, we didn't have enough money to get them checked."
Squid had knew someone with AID's before, and they had died a few years after getting diagnosed with it.
"Then, when I was 9, my mom died. My dad had had enough, I guess, because a year later he killed himself. I watched him."
Zig Zag and Squid both paused a bit, not knowing what to say. How horrible could that have been?
"Sorry." was all Zig Zag could say.
"That's okay, I'd seen worse." Magnet replied, "So, then it was me, and my brothers. My oldest bro was only 14, and he had to take care of all of us. Finally, a case worker came to investigate the area where we lived. She found us, told some people, and then she sent us to the U.S. Turns out, we had an aunt in Mexico, so that's where we moved to. The bad thing was, she had AID's too, and the doctors had said she might die soon. She was really nice though, and she had this dog that I used to play with all the time. I named him, "Pablo", after one of my brother's that had died." Magnet stopped for a few moments, reflecting in thought, "I loved that dog. He was so cool. He would run really fast, and I would chase after him. Then, he'd lick my face and slobber all over me. Then one day, he died, just like everybody else had."
Zig Zag and Squid sat still on Magnet's cot, listining to his story, not sure what they could say.
"My oldest brother, Jarge', used to take me to this pet store all the time, and I'd stay there all day. I'd love to look at the dogs and play with them. The owner let me take them outside and play with them. Then, I started to go to school for a while, and I'd only be able to go to the pet store after school. I only went to school for one year though, that's when I learned to speak English. The other 2 years, I spent at the pet store almost every day. Then, one day, I saw a dog that looked just like Pablo. I couldn't help it man, I stole the puppy. I woulda' made it out but, the pupy started barking. I got arrested and sent here."
"Wow." Squid said. It was all he could say.
"No big deal, now can we get some sleep?" Magnet asked, yawning. They all agreed, and Squid and Zig Zag headed back over to their cots.
It was useless though, they all knew that none of them would get any sleep tonight.
Hehehe, I had coffee for breakfast this morning
*Bounces off wall*
9 Hours later (I drank it at 8, it is now 5, I am still insanley hyper), I STILL GOT IT!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *jumps* OOOOOOOOOOOOO *Falls* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO* Giggles* OOOOOOOOOOOOOO *Gets smacked in the head* OOOOOOO.....O
I'm okay.....
A/N: I don't say 'Mum', it just rhymed for the title, m'mkay? I call my mom, 'Mom', thankyouverymuch. This time, you'll hear Magnet's story as he tells it, unlike last time where there was a chapter featuring Squid's life.
Chapter 14: Slums of Mums
Magnet had excused himself, saying, "Tengo ir El Bano.", as though they knew what he ment. At the dinner table,Squid and Zig Zag talked quietly.
"So, 2 o' clock?"
"Yep, we'll do to him what you two did to me."
"Dude, you were crying, we didn't wake you up, you woke yourself up."
"Whatever, I still had to pay for it today, I'm still so tired I could fall asleep in this....what is it?"
"I think It's bean soup."
"I'm so tired I could fall asleep in it."
"Did you know that you can drown while eating soup? Or if you fall asleep in it?"
"Shut up Ziggy."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Magnet's eyes fluttered open. Was it just him, or had he heard somebody moving? He looked at X-Ray's digital clock. '2 o' clock', it read.
'Yay.' thought Magnet, 'Aqui venirs los amigos.'
"Yo Mag." He heard a voice call out, Squid. Then he heard a thump, and Zig Zag whisper, "I'm okay...."
"Man, why can't you guys just let me sleep." Magnet said, putting his pillow over his face and turning to lay on his stomache.
"Hey dude, you guys did this to me until I finally cracked." Squid said, "And we intend to do the same to you."
Magnet sighed, and rolled back over to face them.
"Fine, what do you want to know?"
Squid smiled, andhigh-fived Zig Zag, "Told you he'd crack."
"What your life was like." Zig Zag said, running one hand through his frizzy hair.
"Was it as bad as mine?" Squid asked him as they both sat down on Magnet's cot.
Magnet just shrugged, "You can decide."
"I had 12 brothers." Magnet started, then laughed at the bewildered face of Zig Zag, "What man? There was nothing else for my mom to do. And none of them were girls either. I never had 1 sister, even though I had 12 brothers. Wierd huh?
Well, in case you've never heard to much about Costa Rica, it's a really poor place, especially where I lived. Ever try sharing a 1 room house with 15 people? Man, it's not fun. Atestado. Muy Atestado. You ever seen them commercials on TV about those kids that live in places like Ethiopia and places like that?"
"Yeah." Zig Zag said, he watched on of those one time with Jenny, she had ran crying out of the room, and the next thing he knew, his mother was paying $9 a month to send to those children. He thought it was a very good cause, actually.
"Where I lived was pretty much like that, except a little better." Magnet told them.
Zig Zag remembered those commercials alittle better now. Magnet had lived in a place like that? He couldn't imagine ever living some where like that.
"And just like in those commercials, AID's was a big problem. 2 of my brother's died from it, and my mom had it. At least 4 of my brother's have it. Probably more, we didn't have enough money to get them checked."
Squid had knew someone with AID's before, and they had died a few years after getting diagnosed with it.
"Then, when I was 9, my mom died. My dad had had enough, I guess, because a year later he killed himself. I watched him."
Zig Zag and Squid both paused a bit, not knowing what to say. How horrible could that have been?
"Sorry." was all Zig Zag could say.
"That's okay, I'd seen worse." Magnet replied, "So, then it was me, and my brothers. My oldest bro was only 14, and he had to take care of all of us. Finally, a case worker came to investigate the area where we lived. She found us, told some people, and then she sent us to the U.S. Turns out, we had an aunt in Mexico, so that's where we moved to. The bad thing was, she had AID's too, and the doctors had said she might die soon. She was really nice though, and she had this dog that I used to play with all the time. I named him, "Pablo", after one of my brother's that had died." Magnet stopped for a few moments, reflecting in thought, "I loved that dog. He was so cool. He would run really fast, and I would chase after him. Then, he'd lick my face and slobber all over me. Then one day, he died, just like everybody else had."
Zig Zag and Squid sat still on Magnet's cot, listining to his story, not sure what they could say.
"My oldest brother, Jarge', used to take me to this pet store all the time, and I'd stay there all day. I'd love to look at the dogs and play with them. The owner let me take them outside and play with them. Then, I started to go to school for a while, and I'd only be able to go to the pet store after school. I only went to school for one year though, that's when I learned to speak English. The other 2 years, I spent at the pet store almost every day. Then, one day, I saw a dog that looked just like Pablo. I couldn't help it man, I stole the puppy. I woulda' made it out but, the pupy started barking. I got arrested and sent here."
"Wow." Squid said. It was all he could say.
"No big deal, now can we get some sleep?" Magnet asked, yawning. They all agreed, and Squid and Zig Zag headed back over to their cots.
It was useless though, they all knew that none of them would get any sleep tonight.