Three Little Misfits

Ghostbusters

Alex, Johanna and Peter laughed and screamed all around the first floor of the house with their new loved game. Ghostbusters. The Wilde family had recently went and saw the movie, and the kids were hooked like trout. They constantly talked about it, played games, and even planned to be Ghostbusters for Howloween.

The game involved them, a bunch of tissues made into ghosts strewn about the house, and the final touch. A shop vac. Peter would lead the group and point out the ghosts, Alex would hold the hose, and Johanna would be in control of the power and rolling the vacuum around.

Judy and Nick didn't mind. Other than the constant noise of the vacuum and high pitched squealing of three hyper triplets, it meant that they could turn doing chores into a game, most likely.

"There's the ghost!" Peter called out like the hero of an action movie, pointing at the roll of toilet paper in the bathroom. "Get it Alex!"

The two bunnies pushed the vacuum through the doorway. Alex got close, and with a signal to his sister, the switch was turned on, and the toilet paper quickly sucked the entire roll into the vacuum. The three of them laughed loudly over the suction of the shop vac.

When Alex finally calmed down a little, he took notice of his brother's tail, wagging back and forth like crazy. He suddenly gained what he thought was a brilliant idea. The bunny took the hose, and aimed it downward.

Nick and Judy were sitting on the couch in the living room, stating down at their phones. "What should we get for dinner, Carrots?" Nick asked.

"I don't know, maybe we can tr-"

Suddenly, Judy was interrupted, and both of their ears filled with the sound of their son's screams of bloody murder. They shot up like rockets and ran to the bathroom.

...

"And that's how I got my cast." Peter said as he very gently wagged his tail in front of the class. He had a thick white cast on with a wire attached to the tip and to a headband he had to wear to keep it elevated.

They all ooed and awwed in wonderment. "Do you guys wanna sign it?" He asked holding up two pawfuls of markers. The class cheered and ran up to sign his cast.

It was show and tell next week at school. Alex sucked Peter's tail in the vacuum, and it got stuck the more they tried to get it out. The fire department and ambulance came. They cut the hose off and took him to the hospital. He broke four tail bones.

The three were forbidden from playing that game ever again. Judy and Nick were furious. She grounded Alex lightning fast, and made him write a paper about how sorry he was for breaking his brother's tail as his homework. Peter was not mad though. They decided maybe they should be Power Rangers instead of Ghostbusters for Howloween.