The Prank That Back Fired

Ila and I walked cautiously through the house. A week before Levi and Tobias, twelve and ten respectively, had overheard a conversation between Ham and I. We were reminiscing about pranks we had pulled when we were younger. They heard all of our tales and had decided to try some out. The first was putting cloth sacks filled with berries on people's seats. It was messy and Ila was furious, but I found it hilarious. They pulled it on us and on Ham, who also laughed. The second prank was funny as well. They moved all of the furniture a few centimeters to the left. It was not noticeable at first but after bumping into a few things Ila put two and two together. She yelled at them and made them put everything back, but later that night to two of us laughed about it.

"Do you think they are done?" Ila asked me as we prepared breakfast the next morning.

I shrugged my shoulder as I fed three year old Mila her breakfast. It was early so thankfully none of the other children were awake yet. Micah, Dinah, and Miriam slept late while Levi and Tobias tended to be early risers. Thanks to having so many kids Ila and I woke up before the sun rose which gave us time alone.

"I do not know about you but I am getting tired of this. I have been helping Evi with Rebekah all day and at night we have to deal with Mila. I am exhausted." She added.

"I will talk to them but I do not think they will listen to me." I told her.

"Maybe Elijah can convince them to stop or Naomi can scare them out of it." She suggested.

"I like that idea." I replied.

Together Shem and I came up with a plan. Naomi had a knack for dramatics and no matter how ridiculous her stories were the younger kids almost always believed her. We talked to Naomi about it later that day and she happily agreed. She had nothing to do all day but look after her new twins Asher and Shiloh so she was excited to be without babies for a day. Ila and I took them, Tabitha, and Shelah while Levi and Tobias spent the day with her.

"Mama, Mama!" Tobias cried as he and Levi ran into the house.

They ran to Ila and cried into her arms. Naomi came in behind them, smirking. She grabbed her children from us and took them home.

"What happened my sweet boys?" Ila asked them.

"Naomi told us this story about this monster that takes boys who are naughty. Please don't let it take us." Levi cried.

Ila assured them that they were safe and after they were tucked into bed we spent the night laughing. It was nice to walk around and not be worried.