The Summer Adventures of Lucas & Bob

Lucas&Bob

"Booooob. Boooooob. Boooooooooooooob!"
"Robert is doing his homework. What do you want Lucas?"
"Can Bob play football with us? We will only play a few hours?"
"Only a few hours?!"
"Yes Payson. Only a bit."
"Miss Payson. Didn't your mother teach you any manners?"
"Sorry Miss Payson. Can Bob come? We are not enough to play."
"How many you are?"
"Well it's only me for now."
"Only you. Lucas don't you have homework to do?"
"My momma said I can do them after I finish playing."
"Isn't she lovely, your mom."
"Yes she is Miss Payson, she surely is. Can Bob play with us?"
"Robert will not play with you because Robert has homework to do. Now go play alone."
"If he don't come play can we have the ball miss...?"
"Payson…If you don't bring back it I will pay a visit to your mom Lucas."
"You don't need to pay my mom to visit. It's free."
"Never mind. Here's the ball. Now run and next time don't shout from the street."
"Thank you Payson. Tell Bob I go to our spot if he finish his homework."
"Oh, Lord!"

                                ***

"Paysoon. Payysooooon. Payssooooooooon."
"WHAT Lucas? Miss Pasyon! What?"
"Can I get the other ball? The green one."
"The other ball is blue.."
"Looks green to me."
"No, you can't get the other ball. What did you do with the first ball I gave you?"
"It got lost."
"By itself?"
"Yes I swear Payson. You must believe me."
"I will visit your mom this afternoon. And tell her what you did."
"You better pay."
"What?"
"You said you wanna pay to visit her. Can you give me the money. I promise I will give it to her."
"Lucas what are you talking about? And where is the ball?"
"What ball?"
"The one that I gave you an hour ago."
"Oh the dog ate it.."
"Why did the dog eat the ball?"
"I was playing football with him. Nobody else joined me so I played with the dog. You didn't let Bob play with me.. it's your fault."
"Excuse me!"
"I forgive you Pasyon."
"Lucaaas!"
"Bob finish his homework? Can he play now? Tell him to bring the green ball cause the dog ate the other one."
"Yes, Robert finished his homework and now he will take lunch."
"..."
"Are you hungry Lucas?"
"I dunno..."
"Why don't you go home to eat?"
"It's too far away and I didn't finish playing."
"You didn't finish playing. It's playing your job?"
"My daddy told me to be serious about everything. So I play serious."
"You wanna come inside and eat with us?"
"What you cook?"
"Mashed potatoes and fried chicken."
"No, I'm on a diet Miss Payson. Momma said I got fat. So I eat only sweets now.
"That will make you fat Lucas. You can't eat only sweets."
"Yes I can cause I don't eat food anymore. I like sweets better."
"Come inside and eat with us and then I will let Robert bring the blue ball and play with you here in front of the house. Far away from that stray dog."
"He no stray dog. He is Pumpkin."
"What? Pumpkin, the dog of Mr. Herbert?!"
"Yes."
"Lucas, Mr. Herbert was looking for that dog for a week now. Why is he with you?"
  "It's at our special spot. Me and Bob we give him sweets there so he stay there. Don't want to go back to old Herby. He like us better."
  "Oh Lucas come inside wash your hands and face and after lunch we go return Pumpkin to Mr Herbert."
"Okay Payson. And then me and Bob we play with the green ball. Yeyy!"

                              ***

"Booob, Booo-"
"Stop shouting Lucas, Robert is in the kitchen. Go there. I will come soon to prepare the food."
"Hey Bob. What'cha doin'?"
"Shhh, I am stealing candies for Pumpkin. Go stay at the door and tell me when my mom is coming."
"Can I have one Candy?"
"Here."
"Can I have another one?"
"Take three. Haha. You have four candies in your mouth now. Haha. How many can you hold?"
"Mlet me tly. Gime mole."
"5, 6, 7. Hahaha. 8, 9-"
"Robert! Are you trying to kill Lucas? Lucas dear, come here. Don't swallow. Spit them out."
"Aai won'."
"Lucas! 9 candies! Where did they all fit? You are like a hamster. Robert, you should take care of him, you are older."
"I could have done 10. What is a mamster, Payson?"
"I guess miss is out the window. A Hamster not a momster. It's a small rodent that people keep as a pet."
"What's a rodent?"
"It's like a small mouse."
"Like Jerry?"
"Yes Lucas, like Jerry. Now sit at the table. Robert remove the books from the table. We eat now."
"Mom, can Lucas take a nap here after we eat? He ran from home-"
"What? Look what you made me do. I dropped the plate. What do you mean, Lucas, you ran from home?"
"I ran all the way here so I'm tired now. I wanna nap for a bit."
"We eat first. I will call your mother to tell her you are here. You know your phone number?"
"It's a black phone, it's only one phone."
"Nevermind. We go take Pumpkin after lunch and take it to Mr. Herbert. Robert, you will be grounded if you steal a pet again."
"But mom we didn't steal Pupmkin he came to us and we gave him sweets and he didn't want to leave. I told him to go back home. But he didn't. Why am I guilty?"
"Okay, okay, calm down and eat all from your plate."
"Can I have more Payson?"
"Yes Lucas. You are starving with your sweet diet. You want mashed as well?"
"Yes please. And some fried chicken too."
"Robert, you want more?"
"No Payson. Haha."
"Hihihi."
"What's this Robert? You too? I'm not Mom anymore. You want me to be sad?"
"No mom, sorry mom."
"Don't hit Lucas. You should tell him what to do, not copy him. You are older. You finished. Okay take your plates and put them in the sink. I will wash them later."
"But Payson I'm too small I can't reach, ah, hrr."
"Robert help Lucas."
"Yes mom."
"Wash your hands and we go take Pumpkin. Lucas don't run, come wash your hands."
"He doesn't want to wash so Pumpkin can lick his hands and taste what he had for lunch."
"Dear Lord!"
                                ***

"Now let Pumpkin go."
"I barely catch him Payson now you want me to-"
"Yes give it to Mr. Herbert."
"But mom he will not be happy with-"
"With me young man? What do you know about happiness?"
"I know, Mr. Herbert, that Pumpkin was happy with us."
"Yes he was Herby, we give him sweets and he is fat now, like me. My momma said I got fat."
"Yes, yes we know Lucas. Now apologise to Mr. Herbert."
"Because I got fat?"
"No Lucas because you kidnapped Pumpkin."
"I did not napped (= of food served in a sauce or other liquid.)  Pumpkin I just give him food."
"You too Robert say you're sorry."
"Mr. Herbert I'm sorry Lucas napped your dog."
"All that matters is that Pumpking is back to me, safe and sound."
"Don't know about that, mommy I heard Mr. Herbert forgets things. I'm sure he forgot to feed Pumpking too."
"Quiet. We are so sorry for the inconvenience Mr. Herbert. We will leave now."
"Bye Pumpkin, remember me when you eat sweets. Bye Herby."
"Lucas!"
"Here have this chocolate because you got me back Mr. Pumpkin."

                            ***

"You two are a bad mix."
"What that means Payson?"
"Miss.. I give up. You two are not good together."
"Can we get the green ball now?"
"Yes mom can we play outside? Pleaaase."
"Okay but only for half an hour and somewhere where I can keep an eye on you two."
"You can keep both eyes Miss Payson."
"Now you call me Miss! Here, just don't cross the street. Stay where I can see you. I go inside to cook dinner"
"Bob, I have an idea."
"Not again Lucas."
"No, no, this one is good. I know how to get sweets."
"No Lucas, you will get us in trouble again."
"We napped dogs and cats and maybe fishes and then we take them back and we get sweets."
"That sounds like trouble."
"That sounds like business."
"What do you know about business Lucas?"
"I heard my daddy talking about that. I can do it. Trust me. Come."
"But Mom said to stay where she can see us."
"It's only around the corner. We go napped Goldie from the old lady."
"The fish?"
"Yes the fish. She always keeps it near the window. You push me up and I napped him and we go. We wait a few minutes until she see Goldie is gone then we tap on her door. Good business."
"Sounds like trouble."
"Sounds like chocolate."
                               ***

"Push me."
"You are fat Lucas. Don't step on my face."
"Sorry Bob. Push, I can't reach the window."
"Okay here I go…hooray."
"I'm up, I'm up..I'm coming down..Bob hold me. Aaa! Look what you did. You dropped me and I hurt my bum."
"Lucas, let's go back, this will not work."
"It will. It's our business. Napping Pets. Let's try again. This time push hard."
"Okay Lucas. Here I go."
"Aaaa…too hard, too hard."
"Are you okay?"
"Wait, it's dark in here. Ups. Oh! Oh no! Ups! Here you are."
"What did you break Lucas?"
"... aa nothing. Just the house of Goldie."
"You mean the tank?!"
"I broke no tank. They have no tank here. Just this glass house of Goldie I told you."
"That's called a water tank, Lucas."
"It doesn't look like a tank to me. Where are the soldiers then?"
"Hurry up Lucas. The old lady might come back from the market. She always goes to the market to buy flowers."
"Just a moment I find some chocolate."
"Hurry uuup. I have candies."
"Okay, here, take Goldie."
"This is not Goldie."
"Well I didn't see in the dark."
"This is not even a fish Lucas, this is a snail. Take it back."
"Take it where? The house is broke now."
"And there is water everywhere?"
"Not everywhere…"
"Everywhere, Lucas??"
"Everywhere."
"Where is Goldie?"
"How would I know I can't see in the dark. I'm not zupermam."
"Superman."
"Let's go napp the lizard from Mister Ducha or Ducham or what his name is."

                                 ***
"Lucaaaaas. Lucaaaas. Lucaaaas. Lucaaa-"
"Robert dear why you become more and more like Lucas? Come here and knock on the door next time."
"I would miss Grayson but my shoes are dirty, I went to the swamp."
"And you wanted to take Lucas with you? I think not. Lucas is still grounded. And if you ask me you should be too."
"I won't ask you."
"What?"
"Nothing miss Grayson. Can I see Lucas? I take my shoes off here."
"Yes dear come inside."
"Lucaaas. Lucaaa-"
"He's in the kitchen don't shout."
"What are you doing Lucas?"
"I have new plan for business shhh. My mom will hear you."
"I didn't say anything."
"Shhhh. So, after I get my freedom back we go and guard houses so what happened to Goldie and the old lady will not happen to others. And we ask for chocolate in return."
"Lucas what happened to Goldie is because of you."
"Shhhh. They don't know it. Smart yes? Now let's eat some candies, I think my blood sugar is low."
"What do you know about blood sugar Lucas?"
"I hear my momma say it. I hear everything."
"I bet you do, I bet you do Lucas."