Tales From The Bat II

Funny, We Shrunk The Men

(Story starts)

Wanda who was a werewolf, Ericka who was a human, and Eunice who was a stein were testing some shrink ray. "If we can shrink this apple, we'll become rich." Wanda stated, the girls tested the shrink ray, but it exploded the apple. "Well... It didn't shrink, but at least it's good for making applesauce." Ericka sighed. [One hour later] While the girls were gone a stein named Frank and a mummy named Murray were playing baseball outside, the neighbors were really noisy. "Are the neighbors testing their inventions again?" Frank grumbled. "I guess so." Murray sighed, hitting his baseball with his bat, the baseball zoomed into the neighbors' house. "Oh no..." Frank whimpered. [A few moments later] Murray and Frank knocked on the neighbors' door, they were really nervous about what they were going to say to the neighbors.

A werewolf named Wayne, an invisible person named Griffin, and a vampire named Dracula came along. "Murray has something to tell you." Frank nervously chuckled. "Sure, what is it?" Wayne asked with a smile. "Well, we might have accidentally hit a baseball through your attic window..." Murray shivered. "YOU WHAT?" Griffin asked concerned. "Crystal can pay for the damage." Frank grumbled, crossing his arms, Crystal was an invisible person that lived with Murray and Frank. "Frank, don't you remember what happened last time when Crystal had to pay?" Murray whimpered. "Fine, I'll pay for the damage, but Dracula and Murray can get the ball back." Frank exhaled. [A few moments later] The shrink ray had shrunk the couch and chair somehow, the baseball must have turned it on, Dracula and Murray came along.

"I'm pretty sure it's in he-" Dracula was cut off by him and Murray disappearing, Frank, Wayne, and Griffin saw a blue light. "What's taking them so long?" Wayne asked in impatience. "I don't know, we should go and check." Griffin thought, the boys went upstairs, the ray hit them as well. [A few moments later] "Where are we?" Frank asked confused. "We're in the same room, only larger..." Wayne dropped, Dracula and Murray came along. "We must have gotten shrunk by the girls' shrink ray." Dracula whimpered, Eunice was coming back from work. "Uh? Wayne? Griffin? Dracula?" Eunice asked, the boys heard her from upstairs. "Eunice must be back." Murray stated, Eunice went into the attic. "EUNICE! OVER HERE!" Griffin yelled. "We're too small, she can't hear us." Frank sighed in defeat.

Eunice laid down where the chair was supposed to be. She fell to the ground, the men tried to get their grip as the ground shook. Eunice looked at the floor, it was dirty a little bit. "This floor needs to be cleaned a little." Eunice exhaled, getting a broom. "BROOM! BRACE FOR COVER!" Wayne yelled, the men began to scream as they tried to avoid the broom. [A few moments later] The men were stopped by a dust pan. "Oh no!" Murray whimpered, Eunice swiped all of the trash onto the dust pan, the men screamed as they were thrown into the garbage bag. (Story pauses) "Oh no, were the men okay?" Wanda asked worried. "They were just fine, just a little bit dirty." Murray stated. (Story continues) "This smells like Wanda's cereal!" Wayne shivered in disgust, the trash bag smelled terrible.

The men used a piece of trash to cut the bag, they had noticed tons of grass. "Oh no, why do you guys never lawn mow the grass?" Frank asked. "What do you mean we?" Dracula grumbled. "It'll take days until we reach the house at this size, we'll have to do it though." Griffin exhaled. [A few moments later] Wanda and Ericka went to the house, Eunice felt worried for some reason. "What happened Eun? Where are the men?" Wanda questioned. "I don't know... I last saw them at the breakfast table this morning, plus the couch and chair disappeared." Eunice whimpered, Crystal along with a mummy named Mumette came along with worried faces. "Have you seen Frank and Murray around?" Mumette asked worried. "Well, I saw them playing baseball a little in your backyard." Ericka stated.

Meanwhile... The men were traveling through the backyard, which was a jungle to them, Wayne's stomach suddenly growled. "We have to find something to eat, my last meal was over four hours ago." Wayne exhaled, Murray noticed a large cookie. "A chocolate chip cookie!" Murray cheered, the men ran to it and began to eat it. "I call dibs on the chocolate chips!" Dracula laughed, but Griffin suddenly noticed an ant. "Uh guys... Guys..." Griffin whimpered, the men noticed the ant and screamed. "RUN!" Frank yelled. [A few moments later] The men were hiding behind a flower. "We should be careful, it might think we're food and it'll eat us." Wayne warned, Murray was starting to get an idea. "What if we use the ant to get to the house faster?" Murray suggested, the others started to agree with his idea.

[30 minutes later] Frank had a piece of the cookie attached to a stick, while the others were laying on a leaf attached the ant.

"How about a pit stop? We could get a better view of the house on the this flower." Frank stated, Wayne climbed the flower and noticed the house. "We're not too far." Wayne stated, but the men heard a buzzing sound. "Is that a lawn mower?" Murray asked. "No, worse than a lawn mower Murray..." Griffin shivered. "Wayne be careful, you're allergic to pollen!" Dracula warned. "Don't worry, I'm too small to breathe it in!" Wayne stated, but he noticed a bee approaching him, Wayne did a shiver as him and Frank grabbed onto the bee. "Oh no!" Murray whimpered. Meanwhile... "I found our couch and chair ant size along with this baseball." Wanda stated. "I don't think we didn't-" Crystal was cut off by Ericka. "We did." Ericka whimpered. Back with the men... Frank and Wayne got separated from the others.

"We seem to be a little bit closer to the house." Frank stated. "The girls are looking for us, right?" Wayne asked worried. "Of course Wayne..." Frank smiled. [A few moments later] Eunice went outside of the backyard with a magnifying glass attached to her. "Wayne? Murray? Drac?" Eunice asked. "That sounded like Eun!" Dracula stated, Eunice suddenly turned on the sprinkler by mistake. "Oh no..." Frank shivered. "It's just a sprinkler, it won't hurt." Wayne added. "As ant size, it will!" Frank whimpered, noticing big drops of water about to hit them. Back with the others... "They must have turned on the sprinkler!" Griffin shivered. [A few moments later] Wanda noticed that the sprinkler was on. "THE SPRINKLER!" Wanda yelled, Eunice yelped and turned it off. "I hope the men are okay from that." Eunice asked worried.

The men were groaning with their clothes covered in mud, they were all back together. "At least nobody drowned..." Murray sighed in relief, Wayne realized something. "Oh no, I called for the lawn mower people to come mow the grass on the following Tuesday, it's the following Tuesday today!" Wayne whimpered. [One hour later] The men wanted to take a little rest after an hour of walking, the lawn mower people came along. "Ah, so this must be the lawn." A werewolf named Winda smiled, getting her lawn mower. The men felt some wind for some reason, they started to get worried. "Why is it so windy?" Frank asked confused, the ground began to shake a little. "EARTHQUAKE!" Murray whimpered. "Even worse, lawn mower!" Wayne yelled, the men screamed as they noticed a huge lawn mower approaching them.

Winda was humming with her headphones on, Ericka and Mumette noticed her. "OH NO!" Mumette whimpered. "STOP!" Ericka yelled, Winda didn't seem to hear her, the men went inside some hold for cover. "Thank heavens we're all right..." Griffin shivered. [A few moments later] "I'm really sorry I-" Winda was cut off by Ericka. "Hehe, it's all right. How about you lawn mow the front-yard, it's a little more safer." Ericka nervously chuckled. "Safer?" Winda thought in her head confused, the lawn mower was still on. Wayne began to rise from the ground, heading towards the lawn mower. "HELP!" Wayne yelled, Frank grabbed onto him, but he couldn't hold. The lawn mower was turned off just in time, Wayne fell to the ground. "That was close!" Dracula dropped. [The next day] The men were finally at the house.

"The girls won't see us." Griffin sighed. "What if we use a spoon as a catapult?" Frank suggested. [A few moments later] Wayne was on the spoon, Frank was going to jump on the handle part so it would fling Wayne. Frank jumped on the handle as Wayne was flung, but he plopped into Wanda's cereal. "Oh no! He's going to be swallowed!" Murray shivered, Wayne was shivering was he was swimming in pure milk. "Don't eat me Wanda!" Wayne yelled, Wanda didn't seem to hear him at all. "Now it's time to have a good breakfast." Wanda smiled, taking a scoop with Wayne in it, he shivered as he saw Wanda's huge teeth, the others tickled Wanda a little to stop her. "Huh?" Wanda asked, she got a magnifying glass and noticed Wayne. [A few moments later] The men were on a spoon, as a magnifying glass was aimed toward them.

They were trying to say something, but the girls couldn't hear them. "We can't hear you! You'll have to show us what you're saying." Crystal whimpered, Murray began to demonstrate him hitting a baseball.  "Baseball!" Mumette stated. "That was the problem! There was too much heat, so the shrink ray was making stuff explode. You're an expert Murray." Ericka smiled. [The next day] The men were back to their normal size, the girls had finally found out to make their shrink ray work. "That'll be the last time I ever play baseball..." Murray shivered (Story ends) "Okay, who wants to make up their own story next?" Murray asked with a smile, Eunice raised her hand. "My story might get a little bit teary, but it has a happy ending." Eunice stated.