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The Mother Goose Escapades

No. 41

What are little boys made of?

Snips and snails,

and puppy dog tails;

that's what little boys are made of.

What are little girls made of?

Sugar and spice,

and everything nice;

that's what little girls are made of.

Kagome snuggled down into her bed. She loved her bed, she would never take her bed for granted, that was something the feudal era taught her. Beds were wonderful, and so was sleep, and she just started to drift off again when a cranky voice caught her attention.

"Oy, let's go, we've got things to do. What are you lazing around for?" Kagome irritably opened her eyes to see Inuyasha's golden ones staring back at her.

"Five more minutes," she said, closing her eyes and snuggling into the bed again.

"Huh?" came Inuyasha's confused response. He hadn't expected such an answer, and so he stared down at Kagome, but she refused to move. He pouted, and left her room, heading downstairs. Perhaps her mother had something good for him to eat...

"Hello, Inuyasha. Is she still sleeping?" The calm voice of Kagome's mother caressed Inuyasha's ears in much the same way his own mother's voice had.

"Yeah," he muttered, looking down at the ground. He always wished for better manners at a time like this. Or even conversation skills. He just didn't know what to say.

"Well, I have some ramen, just for you while you're waiting." Inuyasha perked up, and smiled at the woman looking at him.

"Really?" He headed in the kitchen, trying not to look to hurried, and Mrs. Higurashi laughed softly. She followed him in, and placed the ramen before him, then settled down with a cup of tea. Inuyasha tried his best to eat neatly, wanting to stay on good terms with Kagome's mother.

"Hey, Mama!" Souta called as he ran though. He was on his way out for a second time this morning, and so he was covered with mud and grass stains already. He paused when he saw Inuyasha.

"Hey kid," Inuyasha acknowledged him and Souta grinned.

"I've got a loose tooth, wanna see?" he ask, running towards Inuyasha and opening his mouth wide, wiggling the tooth with his tongue.

"Wow," Inuyasha said, suitably impressed.

"Oh Souta," Mrs. Higurashi sighed, "What have I told you about that?"

"But Inuyasha thinks it's cool, and not disgusting, right Inuyasha?" Inuyasha found himself torn, wanting to please both humans. In the end though, his male side won out.

"It is pretty neat, Souta." Souta grinned, and then bounded outside. Mrs. Higurashi chuckled.

"The difference between boys and girls, I suppose," she said.

"What?" Inuyasha asked, curious.

"When Kagome had a loose tooth, she hated it, and thought it was disgusting. But Souta, well, you can see he's proud of it."

"Really?" Inuyasha asked, wanting to know more about the young Kagome.

"Oh yes. It goes along with the ideas I suppose. Boys are supposed to be mischievous, and girls are little angels."

"Not all girls are," Inuyasha said, thinking of the women who were are cruel to him as the men.

"No, and not all boys misbehave. Sometimes it's the other way around. Human nature, I suppose." She looked at Inuyasha thoughtfully. "Would you say the same thing about demons?"

"I don't know," Inuyasha shrugged, finishing the last of his ramen. "Most of them don't care one way or the other, as long as those weaker then them leave 'em alone. Males and females are trained to be deadly."

"Ah well," Mrs. Higurashi smiled as she took another sip of tea. "Must only be humans then. Little boys are the terrors, and little girls are sweet as can be. Or so we're told."

"Was that the way Kagome was?"

"Oh no, half the time she was worse than Souta! But her little girl side did prevail sometimes, as exemplified in loose teeth. Children are funny, Inuyasha." She smiled then, as Kagome came down the stairs.

"What're you talking about?" she asked cheerfully, getting some breakfast.

"Just the nuances of small children," her mother said. "Little boys are full of snips and snails –"

"And little girls are full of sugar and spice," Kagome smiled. "So true. Girls are never terrors the way boys are." She smirked at Inuyasha who raised an eyebrow in surprise. Seemed like she forgot about her favorite word, sit.

"Are you ready to go?" he asked, not really ready to leave the homey atmosphere. In fact, he was rather enjoying it.

"Any time," Kagome replied. "Lead on, Terror." She leaned forward and tapped his nose playfully.

"Alright then," Inuyasha smirked, "Let's go, Sugar." He left, wondering why Kagome and his mother were giggling at him, as he didn't recognize the term of endearment he had just used.

Perhaps it was for the best anyway.

Author's Notes: Tee hee. Funny times. Anyways, sorry for the sporatic updates, but I think it'll be that way until the end. Actually, I have the last...four written out completely, so that's cool. With this one posted, that makes the final countdown...41 finished,9 left. Wow!