"Haruhi!" Hinako Called.
"Coming!" Haruhi said. "Coming!"
"Haruhi!" Chizuru called.
"I'm coming." Haruhi said.
"Haruhi!" Hinako said.
"In a minute." Haruhi said.
"Haruhi!" Chizuru said.
"Haruhi!" Hinako called.
"Good morning, Hinako. Sleep well?" Haruhi said
"As if you cared." Hinako said. "Take that ironing and have it back in an hour. One hour! You hear?"
"Yes, Hinako." Haruhi said.
She then went to Chizuru's room.
"Good morning, Chizuru." Haruhi said.
"Well, it's about time!" Chizuru said. "Don't forget the mending. And don't be all day getting it done, either!"
"Yes, Chizuru." Haruhi said.
Haruhi headed into Benio's room.
"A-a-ahem." She said.
"Well, come in, child." Benio said. "Come in."
"Good morning, Stepmother." Haruhi said.
"Pick up the laundry and get on with your duties." Benio said.
"Yes, Stepmother." Haruhi said.
"Mother! Oh, Mother, Mother!" Hinako yelled.
"Mother! You did it!" Chizuru yelled.
"You did it on purpose! Mother!" Hinako said.
"Oh, Mother, Mother, Mother!" Chizuru said.
"Now what did you do?" Benio asked.
"Oh!" Hinako said.
"She put it there!" Chizuru said. "A big ugly mouse...under my teacup!"
"All right, Beezlenef." Benio said and let him loose on the mice.
She then left.
"What did you do with him?" Haruhi asked. "Oh, you're not fooling anybody. We'll just see about this. Come on! Let him go. Now the other one. Come on! Oh..."
She pulled Honey free.
"Poor little Honey." Haruhi said. "Oh, Beezlenef, won't you ever Iearn?"
"Haruhi!" Benio called.
"Yes, Stepmother." Haruhi said.
"Come here." Benio said.
"Oh, please, you don't think-" Haruhi said.
"Hold your tongue!" Benio said. "Now...It seems we have time on our hands."
"But I was only trying to-" Haruhi said.
"Silence!" Benio said. "Time for vicious practical jokes. Perhaps we can put it to better use. Now... Iet me see. Theres the large carpet in the main hall. Clean it! And the windows, upstairs and down. Wash them! Oh, yes... and the tapestries, and the draperies."
"But I just fin-" Haruhi said.
"Do them again!" Benio said. "And don't forget...the garden... then scrub the terrace... sweep the halls...and the stairs...clean the chimneys. And of course, there's the mending, and the sewing, and the laundry. Oh, yes, and one more thing. See that Beezlenef gets his bath."