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Chapter 6. iPod

It was early afternoon, and Canis wandered into the living room to check on his charges. Daphne was happily playing with Elvis, Sabrina was reading, and Puck was watching TV. Canis sighed. All was well, no fights had broken out, and it was QUIET.

"Lieblings! Help me set the table!" Granny's voice echoed from the kitchen. Daphne bounced to her feet and skipped into the dining room.

"Granny, what's for lunch? I hope it's good! Is it the other camel hump?" She laughed at her own joke and went to grab some silverware. Canis winced as the knives clattered against the counter. Daphne was a good girl, but she had no idea what quiet meant.

Sabrina closed her book with a sigh, and pulled something out of her ears. Canis watched as she wound something around a strange flat block and put it on her book. She stretched, then glanced at Puck, who hadn't moved.

"Hey, Stinky. You coming?"

Puck shifted and answered sourly. "Princes and Kings don't set tables, peasant!"

Canis sighed inwardly as Sabrina's eyes narrowed. Not again. He was surprised when Sabrina cocked an eyebrow and said snidely, "I suppose Princes and Kings don't know how to set tables. How useless."

Puck glared. "I'm not useless! And I do so know how to set tables!"

Sabrina folded her arms over her chest. "Prove it. You probably don't even know which fork goes where!"

Puck jumped to his feet and stormed into the dining room. "Do so!"

Canis blinked as Sabrina smiled triumphantly. She started towards the dining room, only to be stopped when he opened his mouth.

He closed it again, not sure what to say. Did she really just manipulate the Trickster King into helping set the table? Sabrina smiled innocently up at him. "What?"

He shook his head, and Sabrina continued into the dining room, humming contentedly.

"See, Ugly? I do so know how to set tables!"

"Do not! Don't you know that the knife goes on that side?"

"Sure I do! I'm just testing you!"

"Yeah right!"

Canis shook his head wearily. It seems that she's finally figured that boy out.

He walked silently over to the couch, where Sabrina's book lay. The flat thing lay innocently on top of it. Canis poked it gently. Nothing.

He picked it up, and noticed the cord hanging from it split into two cords with bulbs hanging off the end. What was this thing? Canis furrowed his eyebrow when he remembered Sabrina taking something out of her ears. Maybe those bulb things went in your ears?

He gently pressed the bulbs into his ears, and then pushed at the flat board. With a click, a light turned on. Canis sniffed it curiously. A light that went to your ears? What was it for?

He read the words on the tiny screen: "Pop Princess by Click Five."

What in the world was that? He noticed a circular thing on the below the screen. He ran his finger along it, and noticed a neat clicking noise as the screen changed. Hm. That didn't seem to do much.

The bottom part of the circular thing had two strange symbols on it. Canis smiled to himself when he recognized them. Play and Pause! They were on remotes for the TV too, and Sabrina had explained that to him recently. Canis hit the play button.

A loud yelp echoed through the house as Canis fought to get those hideous bulbs out of his ears. That hurt! He finally got them out and flung the strange thing onto the couch. What was she doing? He cautiously felt his ears. They were intact, but he could hear ringing.

Sabrina rushed in. "Mr. Canis! Are you alright?"

Canis ignored her, whimpering to himself and rubbing his ears. They were sensitive! Even humans couldn't possibly be that deaf! It was so loud!

Sabrina edged closer. "What happened?" Canis gestured towards that evil contraption and Sabrina picked it up, only to hear a faint noise coming from it.

She peeked at the screen, then suddenly laughed. Canis glared. "Sorry Canis! You turned the volume up all the way! No wonder it hurt so much!"

Canis pulled his hands from his ears tentatively. Sabrina held the contraption out and he looked at it as she patiently explained how it worked, then scrolled to a set of songs that he might like.

He gently placed the bulbs back in his ears, relieved when it didn't hurt. Sabrina said, "You can borrow it if you like…"

Canis nodded, then absently started scrolling through the songs. Before long, he was playing games on the strange thing, and trying different songs.

Granny asked that night at dinner, "Canis? What are you doing?"

Canis gave her a rare smile. "Listening to Sabrina's iPod."

That's it for that! I hoped you liked it!

please R&R

Tam