Explosive Pizza!

Chapter 3

Patty Duke and Brer Rabbit were making some veggie pizza in the Briar Patch while Brer Fox and Brer Bear sat Jill down at a table.

"You just wait, Sis Jill. Brer Rabbit's cookin' is better den we's sayin'" said Brer Bear.

"Brer Rabbit! Iz de pizza reddy yet?" said Brer Fox.

Brer Rabbit looked at his oven to see that it was smoking hard. "It's reddy ter do somet'in alright!"

"She's gonna blow!" Patty shouted.

Brer Rabbit's oven blew up and pizza went flying everywhere.

"Oh my goodness! What happened, Mr Rabbit?" said Jill.

"Uh, uh, somet'in went wrong. Oh, I's sorry, Sis Jill" said Brer Rabbit.

Brer Fox spat out a piece of exploded pizza. "Sis Patty? Did you put all dis bakin' powda in de do?"

"Sure, Brer Fox. Because we were baking the pizza" said Patty.

"Honey, a little bakin' powda makes tings rise. A lot o' bakin' powda blows tings up!" said Brer Fox.

"Please. Next, you'll be telling me I shouldn't have put those cans in the microwave" said Patty.

The microwave beeped and exploded. 

"Yep!" said Brer Fox.

In the Laughing Place...

"So, Brer Chad, you're still sitting and starving, eh?" said Brer Vulture.

Chad groaned. "I am getting a bit hungry, Brer Vulture, I admit. But I do miss my family so."

"And how's keepin' it a secret going for ya?" said Brer Vulture.

"Don't blame me! You came up with the most transparent excuse" said Chad.

Jeremy then came in. "Chad. You just missed a giant pizza explosion. You can't just sit in the Laughing Place because you're afraid of dogs."

"They're out there" Chad shuddered.

"So Burt and I came up with a way to get you over your fear" said Jeremy.

He clapped his hands twice. "Burt! Bring in Dale Doggenport!" 

Burt walked a golden retriever puppy into the Laughing Place cave.

"Don't be afraid, Chad" he said.

Chad got a good look at the puppy's cute little face. "Oh how cute!"

Brer Vulture crossed his wings and shook his head.

"I mean cute in a scary way. That's probably how he lures in his victims!" said Chad.

"I promise you he's harmless" said Burt.

"Unless you come near him while he's eating. In which case, he'll growl at you like he's defending his food from a predator" Jeremy strained.

"Aww. He's just a baby. Shouldn't he be with his mother?" said Chad.

"Don't worry, Chad. He lives in Splash Mountain. And studies have shown that when a dog is his age, it doesn't need its mother anymore. Although Dale still needs to learn some manners" said Jeremy.

Chad looked at the dog with a sorry expression. "Being without his mother must make him sad."

"I think it also makes him hungry" said Burt.

Dale the dog was eating Jeremy's pant legs.

"Hey! These are my pants! If you weren't so cute, I'd straight-up kabob you" said Jeremy.

Chad picked the dog up and carried him away. "Don't talk to him like that, Jeremy! He's going through a lot!"

"Chad's cured. Our plan worked" Jeremy whispered to Burt.

"Sure did. I can't believe Splash Mountain had access to a dog when we needed one" said Burt.

The two left Chad and Dale alone.

"I know. You miss your family. I miss mine too. I s'pose we're both hungry too. I should have eaten breakfast before that explosion. I need to find a way for us to go home" said Chad.

"Good luck with that" said Brer Vulture.

"Please, Brer Vulture! My belly already hurts from hunger; I don't need my feelings hurt" said Chad.