Chapter 7, Spill the Beans
"Ok, we're now in our kitchen, where Tommy here, is going to play Spill the Beans." Said Fred, as a scene appeared before him, that looked like a small kitchen. At one end, Didi stood, with a bag of beans in her hand, and at the other end, Tommy's one-year-old brother Dil was standing, with a bowl on top of his head. Tommy, was standing next to Fred, with a bowl in his hand, looking really excited.
"I see we're really excited about this game, are we?" Fred asked.
"Uh huh!" Tommy exclaimed.
"Yeah, well, this game is lots of fun, and you know why? Cuz the object of this game, is to spill the beans, and you won't get into any trouble for it!" Said Fred.
Tommy smiled and giggled.
"Now, in this game, your mommy here, is going to fill your bowl with this bag of beans. Then, you're going to put the bowl on your head, and walk across the room to, who is that over there? Is that your little brother?" Fred asked.
"Uh huh." Tommy replied.
"His name's Dil." Didi added.
"Dil. Well, your brother there, who is currently wearing the bowl. No no Dil, you're not suppose to wear the bowl, you hold it out in front of you, like this." Said Fred, as he walked over to Dil, taking the bowl off of Dil's head, and placing it into his hands, right side up.
Dil giggled.
"Your brother's silly Tommy." Said Fred.
"Now, Didi, you ready to fill Tommy's bowl with beans?" Fred asked.
"Here we go Tommy." Said Didi, as she dumped the contents of the beans into Tommy's bowl.
"Now Tommy, let's place this bowl on top of your head. Now, we'll put forty-five seconds on the clock." Said Fred, as the clock was set.
"On your mark, get set, go!" Said Fred, as the clock started counting down, and Tommy, trying to be very careful as to not spill any beans, started walking very slowly towards Dil, who was jumping up and down, giggling, tossing the bowl in the air and catching it, like he were one of those circus jugglers.
"Dil, hold still!" Tommy called, as he made his way closer to Dil.
"No!" Dil shouted.
"Come on Dil it's aportant!" Tommy cried.
Dil just giggled, as he tried to calm down and stay focused, as Tommy was almost there, after leaving a trail of beans on the floor.
With what beans were left in his bowl, once Tommy bumped into Dil, he dumped his bowl of the remaining beans into the bowl Dil was holding, and Dil, fascinated by the beans, giggled and started stuffing his diaper full with them.
"No Dil, they don't go in your diapie." Said Tommy irritably, just as the clock made the coocoo sound, signaling the time had run out.
"Ok, what do we have here. I see a trail of beans, and something else I've never seen before. Your brother thought he could pass off the beans for a midnight snack I see." Said Fred, who was standing next to Dil now, who continued to stuff his diaper full of beans.
"You silly boy." Said Fred, as he picked up the one-year-old toddler, and started emptying his diaper back into the bowl.
"Ok, now that we have the beans back where they belong, we're not done yet, Come with me Tommy, it's time to go weigh your bowl, and see how many pounds of beans you managed to collect." Said Fred, as he set Dil down on the floor, carrying the bowl in one hand, and taking Tommy's hand with the other, as they walked over to a scale.
"Here we are Tommy. Now, let's see how much your bowl of beans weighs." Said Fred, as he placed the bowl of beans on the scale.
Upon placing the bowl on the scale, they got a reading of nine point seven.
"Look at that! Nine point seven, so we round it up to the next whole number, making that ten pounds, and because we double the points in this game, that means Tommy, you just earned twenty points! Congratulations!" Said Fred excitedly, as Tommy looked up at him and giggled.
"Way to go Tommy!" Rosie cheered off to the side, as she was watching from a bench that was over near where her next and final game would be played.
"And now, I'd better go see to our last game, which Rosie will be playing, called Thermometer Ball." Said Fred, as he led Tommy back over to his mom, who had set the empty bag once containing the beans down, and started picking up the beans on the floor.
"Oh don't worry about that Didi, we can take care of that. You just take Tommy and Dil over to the resting place, while we see to our final game of the day." Said Fred, as he handed Tommy over to Didi, who was standing next to Stu, who was now holding Dil.
And we'll see Rosie play Thermometer Ball in the next chapter, so please, do stay tuned!