Day Two- Junior Woodchuck Day. Same as before, you should check out the fanfictions written on tumblr for Huey week! They're great!
DISCLAIMER: I own none of the Ducktales characters that appear, or the original idea for Huey Week.
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Huey walked through the forest as he looked for a different kinds of rock or trees to identify. That's what he had told his family he was doing, at least. Really, he just liked to take peaceful walks through the forest. He'd write down the landmarks as he passed them, making little sketches along with them. He was mapping out the forest, in a way.
Huey drew the flowers he was about to walk passed. They were a bunch of tulips in orange and pink- a good landmark for his map.
A twig snapped, and Huey looked up in the direction he had heard it from. It had come from a group of bushes.
"Tenderfeet?" he asked eagerly. "Is that you?"
"Uh, yes! It's- I'm Tenderfeet. I- I can't come out right now, I have a terrible cold. Just keep on going! Don't worry about me!"
Huey rolled his eyes. "Okay, Tenderfeet. I'll see you later." he walked passed the bushes, then carefully stepped off the path and into the trees. He stood behind the bush now, confirming his suspicions. It was two of the beagle boys.
"I think he bought it," the taller one, Bouncer if he was remembering correctly, whispered to his brother. "Come on, let's keep following him."
"Ahem," Huey said, arms crossed. Both beagle boys spun to face him.
"Oh, uh… Hi, Huey! It's me, Tenderfeet!" Bouncer said. He gestured to burger. "And my cousin, Tender...toes."
"Nice try," Huey said. "But there were two things wrong with that act. Do you want to know what they are?"
The boys looked at each other, then back at Huey. They nodded.
"First, neither of you look anything like Tenderfeet. Second, Tenderfeet can't talk! He just makes woodland animal noises!"
"Oh," Bouncer said. "Oops."
"What was your plan, anyway?" Huey asked. "Capture me? Follow me back to the mansion and sneak in?"
"Actually…" Bouncer looked at his feet and mumbled something.
"What?" Huey asked, tilting his head.
"We were hopin'…"
"Yes?"
"We were hopin' ta pick up some Junior Woodchuck tips from you, like at the cookout."
"Is that all? You could have just asked me," Huey said, rolling his eyes.
"Really? You'd be willin' ta teach us?" Bouncer asked, sounding surprised.
"Of course! I mean, not the things you could use against me, but I can teach you some things. After all, you were technically Junior Woodchucks for a while, and Junior Woodchucks help each other! So-" Huey smiled at them. "What would you like to learn?"
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"I got my fire safety badge when I was six," Huey said, flipping through his book. "The Junior Woodchuck Guidebook says the badge requires you to learn what to do when you're on fire, what to do when someone else is on fire, and what to do when your home is on fire." Huey looked up at them. "What would you do if you were on fire?"
"Run around screamin' until someone throws water on us, or we find a lake to dive into."
"Oh. Well, that's certainly… effective. But in the event that you find yourself on fire, you should stop, drop, and roll. The fire will go out the more you roll."
"Stop, drop, and roll?" Bouncer asked, confused.
"Yeah, like this." Huey tucked the JWG under his hat. "I've just caught on fire. I stop moving," Huey said, freezing in place. "Drop to the ground," he dropped, laying in his stomach in the grass. "And roll to get the flames out." he rolled around a bit, then got to his feet. "Now lets see you do it!"
First Burger, the Bouncer copied what Huey had done perfectly. Huey clapped his hands.
"Excellent! Now we move to if someone else is on fire."
Burger raised his hand, and Huey pointed at him. "Yes, burger?"
Burger put a hand to his chest, then pointed at Huey. he held his hands vertically, palms facing the ground, and made a rolling motion.
"If I was on fire, wouldn't you just tell me to stop, drop, and roll?" Huey asked, translating Burger's movements. Burger nodded. "Usually you could, but if the person is panicking too much to hear you, you'll need to do something else. Either get a fire extinguisher and spray them, or grab a fire blanket and put it around them like you're giving them a hug. This will suffocate the fire. Do you get it?"
They both nodded, and Huey grinned. "Great! Now you get to try it out." He took a blanket from his backpack, and held it out to Bouncer. He then backed away and started to run, his arms flailing. "Quick, I'm on fire!" he called. "Help!"
Bouncer quickly intercepted Huey's path, putting the blanket around him and holding him tight. After a few seconds, he let go.
"Did I do it good?" he asked.
"Yeah! If I was really on fire, you would have just saved my life! Of course, you'd probably have bring me to the hospital so they could treat the burns, but we'll move onto that later. Now it's time for the final step of the fire safety badge- if your home is on fire.
"The number one thing is not to take anything with you. Your stuff can be replaced, but you can't. Call a fire department if they're not already on their way, so they can put the fire out. When leaving Your house stop, make sure the door is clear before you go through it. who does is repealing to see if it's hot or cool. If it's hot, that means there's fire on the other side and it's not safe. The reverse if it's cool. You stay close to the ground by crawling to avoid most smoke inhalation. Once you're out, you never go back inside. Let the firefighters do it, if they have to. Now-" Huey rubbed his hands together. "Lets review. Burger, what would you do if someone else was on fire? Demonstrate on Bouncer."
Burger picked up the blanket and wrapped it around his brother for a few seconds before removing it. He looked at Huey.
"Right! Bouncer, when you're in a burning building, how do you know if a door is safe to go through?"
"I feel the door. If it's hot it's not safe, and if it's cool it is."
"Good! Burger- do you crawl on the ground or walk around normally when your house is on fire?" Burger held his hands low to the ground, and Huey smiled. "That's right! Now both of you- demonstrate what you should do if you're on fire."
Simultaneously, the two beagle boys froze, dropped to the ground, and began to roll.
"You've got it," Huey said, grinning broadly. "You've earned your fire safety badges! If you meet me here next week at the same time, I can give them to you."
"Thank you," Bouncer said. Burger grunted in agreement. They exchanged glances. "And uh… maybe you can tell us about first aid?" Bouncer asked hesitatingly.
"Of course!" Huey said, excited. "I'd love to teach you first aid!" he put the blanket in his backpack and put it on, looking at the two beagle boys. "Same time, right?"
"Yeah," Bouncer said, smiling back. "See you then, Huey." he and Burger walked away, and Huey smiled after them before turning and going back to the mansion.
For a couple of beagle boys, they really weren't half bad. Huey was proud to call them fellow Junior Woodchucks.