Lisa Simpson's New Friend

Chapter 26

I walk over to Papa's office to tell him my plan, and what we're going to do. "Just, promise me you'll come back safe my little soldier girl," Papa says as he smooths my hair from my face. "I will, don't worry," I tell him kissing him on the cheek. "I love you," I tell him as I walk out the door with the boys. "I love you too," Papa said as he kissed my cheek.

I walked over to the bottom of the stairs to see that Legs got my Papa's old light green minivan from the large windows that led to the front door. "Excellent Legs, no one would ever think anything nefarious was going on in a minivan," I say complimenting him on his ingenuity. I looked at the watch on my phone and saw that it was 10:15, which meant we had 45 minutes for our plan to go underway.

"First, things first. Johnny goes into Moe's tavern and makes the offer to Barney and Moe." I tell him. "On it," Johnny says as he goes into the tavern. 10 minutes passed, and Johnny led Barney to the car obviously still hungover from earlier. Then we all drive to the local Home Décor store so Barney can get the Bamboo. After Barney gets out of the car, we wait for him to come back with the bamboo.

"Mafiosi, are sure it's a good idea to trust this dummy with getting the bamboo?" Johnny asks me. "If it's for alcohol that man would be willing to do whatever it takes," I reassure Johnny. Sure enough, 15 minutes after our little discussion Barney comes out of the store with a bag full of bamboo stalks. "Ok let's drop him off at Moe's so he can have his reward," I say to everyone. After dropping off Barney I take out two pieces of Bamboo sticks, put them away in the glove compartment, and tell Legs to keep the bag in the trunk of the car until further notice. Johnny takes Barney back into the bar, so he doesn't accidentally fall and hurt himself. Once that's done, he comes back to the car.

"Boss, Moe says that once he hears you give the signal, he'll leave the keys at the bar so you can lock all the doors, and throw Barney out so we can have some privacy," Johnny explains. "Perfect, and it's only 10:30. Boys let's go to work," I say to them as we drive to the jazz club.