(Brome wakes up in the courtyard. He is feeling quite groggy)
Brome: Oooh, what happened? (Getting up suddenly) Eeek! I'm going to be late for the party!
Ballaw: Sorry to disappoint you, old bean, but the party was last night.
Brome: Huh? But, what happened?
Ballaw: You were instructing us all how to table clog when you tripped and fell into a barrel of October ale.
Brome: And I didn't drown?
Ballaw: You drank your way out, let's say.
Brome: Oh, well that explains a lot. (moans and gets to his feet) You know, a stoat I knew told me how to dance like that. Well, how did Methuselah's joke go?
Ballaw: Terrible. He forgot to slip on the bell, and simply ran off in plain view, giggling to himself how clever he was.
Brome: I see. We should've done something about his memory before he left. He HAS left hasn't he?
Ballaw: Yes, and he's left you the gatehouse.
Brome: Whoa, big spender.
Ballaw: And his bell.
Brome: Oh good, compensation.
Ballaw: But I have a feeling in me tum that you shouldn't put the thing on.
Brome: I'm sure that's just indigestion.
Ballaw: What ever. Any way, I'm off!
Brome: What? Whatever for?
Ballaw: There are questions that are requiring answers.
Brome: We have leftovers.
Ballaw: AH! NO! Don't tempt me Brome! (Runs off in undignified fashion)
Brome: Come back soon!
Overhead voice person: And so it was that Brome came into possession the one bell. Many seasons passed since Methuselah left. Oft Brome would walk about with his friends Dandin and Gonff...
Random Voice: They're related. How does this work?
OVP: Shut up. Anyway, Ballaw seldom returned, and when he did, it was only for short periods of time (or enough time to clean out the kitchen). Soon people (or critters) began to talk about Brome and his behavior.
(Cuts to dining room. Matthias, Mattimeo, Colin Vole, and Abram Vole, all chatting about Bromes strange and far off behavior.)
Abram: Well, how about that Bromes strange and far off behavior?
Matthias: There's nothing wrong with strange and far off behavior. If I recall correctly, old Methuselah was often and strange and far off.
Colin: Yeah, and look what happened to him? Forgot to slip on his "secret" bell and disappear at his party.
Mattimeo: (who is looking for any excuse what so ever to fight) What's that supposed to mean!?
Matthias: Matti, did you forget to drink your cold mint tea this morning?
Mattimeo: NO! YES! WHAT? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! (eagerly drinks his October ale to calm him down, which he shouldn't be drinking because he's underage.)
Abram: ANY way, there have been a lot of queer things happening abroad lately.
Matthias: Aye. I heard of strange squirrel folk wandering in the old woods.
Colin: Squirrels? That's bizarre! Hahahaha!
(Mattimeos veins are on the brink of exploding as he desperately tries to calm down.)
Matthias: (liking Colin even less than usual) Oh yeah? Well, how about those strange creatures that old John thinks he saw? They were there one minute and then disappeared the next.
Colin: Then he couldn't have seen them.
Mattimeo: (Bangs his glass down on the table) RIGHT! THAT'S IT, VOLE BOY!
Matthias: (holding Matti back very calmly) Down Matti, let's not have any reason to lecture you.
Colin: Yeah listen to your dad.
Mattimeo: Oh look at me! I'm a vole! I backstab more than any vermin and when I am good I whine and complain a lot!
Colin: Oh yeah? Well, um, I'm a mouse and, um, I'm good and strong and, um, helpful, and, um...
Mattimeo: What's that? You can't think of any thing? Aaaaaaaaaaw.
(Colin and Mattimeo are quickly taken away to avoid a mass murder.)
OVG: Any way, conversations like this went on for some time, until finally, one night, Ballaw came to Brome and announced he was finally ready to tell Brome everything. Unfortunately, It took so long, that it was put off for another chapter.
Brome: Oooh, what happened? (Getting up suddenly) Eeek! I'm going to be late for the party!
Ballaw: Sorry to disappoint you, old bean, but the party was last night.
Brome: Huh? But, what happened?
Ballaw: You were instructing us all how to table clog when you tripped and fell into a barrel of October ale.
Brome: And I didn't drown?
Ballaw: You drank your way out, let's say.
Brome: Oh, well that explains a lot. (moans and gets to his feet) You know, a stoat I knew told me how to dance like that. Well, how did Methuselah's joke go?
Ballaw: Terrible. He forgot to slip on the bell, and simply ran off in plain view, giggling to himself how clever he was.
Brome: I see. We should've done something about his memory before he left. He HAS left hasn't he?
Ballaw: Yes, and he's left you the gatehouse.
Brome: Whoa, big spender.
Ballaw: And his bell.
Brome: Oh good, compensation.
Ballaw: But I have a feeling in me tum that you shouldn't put the thing on.
Brome: I'm sure that's just indigestion.
Ballaw: What ever. Any way, I'm off!
Brome: What? Whatever for?
Ballaw: There are questions that are requiring answers.
Brome: We have leftovers.
Ballaw: AH! NO! Don't tempt me Brome! (Runs off in undignified fashion)
Brome: Come back soon!
Overhead voice person: And so it was that Brome came into possession the one bell. Many seasons passed since Methuselah left. Oft Brome would walk about with his friends Dandin and Gonff...
Random Voice: They're related. How does this work?
OVP: Shut up. Anyway, Ballaw seldom returned, and when he did, it was only for short periods of time (or enough time to clean out the kitchen). Soon people (or critters) began to talk about Brome and his behavior.
(Cuts to dining room. Matthias, Mattimeo, Colin Vole, and Abram Vole, all chatting about Bromes strange and far off behavior.)
Abram: Well, how about that Bromes strange and far off behavior?
Matthias: There's nothing wrong with strange and far off behavior. If I recall correctly, old Methuselah was often and strange and far off.
Colin: Yeah, and look what happened to him? Forgot to slip on his "secret" bell and disappear at his party.
Mattimeo: (who is looking for any excuse what so ever to fight) What's that supposed to mean!?
Matthias: Matti, did you forget to drink your cold mint tea this morning?
Mattimeo: NO! YES! WHAT? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! (eagerly drinks his October ale to calm him down, which he shouldn't be drinking because he's underage.)
Abram: ANY way, there have been a lot of queer things happening abroad lately.
Matthias: Aye. I heard of strange squirrel folk wandering in the old woods.
Colin: Squirrels? That's bizarre! Hahahaha!
(Mattimeos veins are on the brink of exploding as he desperately tries to calm down.)
Matthias: (liking Colin even less than usual) Oh yeah? Well, how about those strange creatures that old John thinks he saw? They were there one minute and then disappeared the next.
Colin: Then he couldn't have seen them.
Mattimeo: (Bangs his glass down on the table) RIGHT! THAT'S IT, VOLE BOY!
Matthias: (holding Matti back very calmly) Down Matti, let's not have any reason to lecture you.
Colin: Yeah listen to your dad.
Mattimeo: Oh look at me! I'm a vole! I backstab more than any vermin and when I am good I whine and complain a lot!
Colin: Oh yeah? Well, um, I'm a mouse and, um, I'm good and strong and, um, helpful, and, um...
Mattimeo: What's that? You can't think of any thing? Aaaaaaaaaaw.
(Colin and Mattimeo are quickly taken away to avoid a mass murder.)
OVG: Any way, conversations like this went on for some time, until finally, one night, Ballaw came to Brome and announced he was finally ready to tell Brome everything. Unfortunately, It took so long, that it was put off for another chapter.
