Simon Skinner's Collection of Random Short Stories

Hydrant and Pengui 2: The Impossible Decision!

Based on a Beanie Baby series my brother and I created in 2012.

"Starting in 3...2...1! Action!" Hydrant announced.

"Hey, everyone! I'm Pengui, and today we will be teaching you how to make......uh....Hydrant."

"What?" Hydrant asked, through gritted teeth.

"Doesn't the light have to be red when it is recording?" Pengui asked.

"Dang it...." Hydrant said under her breath, "I always forget to press record....wait a minute!"

"What?"

"You didn't do your job!"

"Job?"

"Yes, Job!" Hydrant exclaimed, "the one thing I ask for you to do!"

"Aaannnd, what's that?"

"Give us enough space to make a video! Remember the process?"

"Oh, yeah! Every time before a recording session I, Pengui the Great, delete an old episode."

"That's right, Pengui. Is that hard?"

"Well, yeah kinda-"

"No, Hydrant. It isn't," Hydrant interrupted.

"You talking to yourself again?" Pengui asked genuinely.

"No, Pengui. I was saying what you should have replied with instead of your stupid excuses you make every time you mess up."

"Cool it, Dalmatian. Speaking of cool it. I'm going to go get a cup of ice."

Pengui started to turn towards the door.

"Pengui, get back here and do your job!"

Pengui rose his flipper, and tried to do a piece sign, but obviously couldn't do it because he has flippers.

"Gah!" Hydrant screamed, "a lady always has to do everything their self, don't they?" Hydrant mumbled to herself.

Hydrant started to scroll down the gallery to the earliest videos they shot.

"That was such a long time ago..... the memories...... the treasures.......oh, well!"

"Hydrant, wait!!" Pengui yelled.

"What!?"

"Don't delete that video!"

"You don't even know what video I'm on. You're standing 10 feet away from me."

"I know. I just needed time to walk over there before you deleted the memories..... the treasures," Pengui explained, finally reaching Hydrant and the camera.

"Of course...." Hydrant mumbled.

"Don't delete that one, that one, that one, that one, that one, that one, that one, that one-"

"Pengui, are you going to keep saying that until you reach the top?" Hydrant interrupted.

"Pretty much, yeah. That one, that one, that one-"

"Pengui, stop! We have to delete something!" Hydrant said.

"We could buy another memory card," Pengui suggested.

"We're broke! None of us have jobs."

"Oh, yeah. Huh...."

Hydrant and Pengui sat there in silence until the sound of the song from the ice cream truck arrived.

"Ice cream!" Pengui cheered.

"Broke."

"Right....."