May's Big Day
parts 6 - 10
by Zinovia
May's Big Day Part 6
Popurri stood outside of the Harvest Sprites' hut. Where could she go now? May had her head on Popurri's shoulder. She still trembled and now she cried softly, "I just wanted to go swimming at the beach. I don't want to stay in town anymore, can't we go?" Popurri was flustered now. What should she do? Somewhere in her brain, a door slams open. a janitor appears in the doorway and impatiently brushes away the cobwebs. He approaches a hamster wheel on which the skeleton of a dead hamster is visible. he tosses the carcass into a garbage bag and places a tiny baby hamster on the wheel. the hamster begins running...
"I know, honey, I know. soon!" Popurri said gently to May. "How about we make a quick stop at the church first!" That had to be the one safe place in all of mineral town! Carter was there to greet them, and after a quick conference with Popurri, he soon had May smiling again. Popurri had just breathed a sigh of relief when the church doors burst open.
"Confess this instant! Carter! there you are!" Anna screeched as she shoved Basil in front of her. "Carter, Basil has come to confess, haven't you DEAR?" She gave Basil a nasty pinch.
"ow! yes, yes, of course, dear!" Basil said quickly.
May look frightened. "Perhaps we should move this into the confessional?" Carter suggested.
"No! he'll confess right here and now!" Anna cried. "tell them!"
"w...well, Stu came over to visit. you know what a prankster he is, he got into her dresser and put on her bra. Anna yelled at him and Stu told her that he needed a bra more than she did. she tried to grab him, and he ran behind me and before I knew it, she had pounced! he knocked her over and her skirt went up and..." *shudders* "I couldn't help myself! I screamed... her legs were so hairy..."
"how dare you?!" Anna screeched, "It's a natural look!"
"natural for baboons" Basil muttered..
"WHAT?!" Anna growled.
"n...n...nothing dear! it's just that...all those nights...I thought the cat had snuck into the bed..." Basil whined.
"well, they kept you warm didn't they?!"
"and that time you said you went to get a perm, but your hair was straight when you came back..." Basil whispered.
"what? like you've never curled your leg hair?" Anna demanded.
"and how you always seemed to wear black opaque pantyhose...but I noticed you didn't own any pantyhose!"
"saved you money, didn't it?!" Anna cried.
Popurri was already dragging May out the doors just as a final explosion erupted from Anna.
"I NEVER GAVE YOU RUG BURN!"
May's Big Day Part 7
There was nowhere to turn. May was crying now and Popurri picked her up once more. Her brother and company must have cleared off of the beach by now! The best thing to cheer May up was a nice swim. After all, wasn't that all May wanted to do in the first place? But what would she find at the beach on such a crazy day? The church doors slammed open behind her, giving her little time to contemplate.
"Let's go! when we get home you're going to shampoo and blow dry my legs for me!"
"But Anna dear, couldn't I just shave them for you? It's all the rage now..."
"DID YOU HEAR ME?!"
"yes dear..."
By that time, Popurri had made a mad dash for the town square which lead to the beach entrance. May was still crying.
"Here honey, put your head on my shoulder. That's right..." at least if there was a disturbing scene on the beach, May wouldn't see it right away with her head down and Popurri could head elsewhere...
the beach was quiet, however. Rick and his companions were lying out, getting tans. Barley and Ellen were nowhere in sight. Popurri breathed a sigh of relief and put May down. "let's go!" she said happily to May, and the two of them ran to the water. They hardly had time to splash around a bit, however, when disaster struck.
the kappa dashed onto the beach with a radio and blasted the music. "Dance contest!" he yelled, and all the men were up! Rick gave his rendition of the chicken dance with Kai, calling it "Saturday night," (May: what is rick doing to Kai?! Popurri: he wants a piggy-back ride, dear, here, look at me, not over there, um..) the Gourmet guy gave a strip tease to the thong song, then Grey danced to "mama yo quiero" complete with fruit basket on head, but that turned nasty when the kappa saw a cucumber in there and attacked.
May stared wide-eyed, and this time it was Popurri who was close to tears. it was during Ellen's pole dance that she thought it might be safer to take May swimming in the lake instead...
May's Big Day Part 8
"it'll be just the two of us with the whole lake to ourselves! wouldn't you like that, honey?" Popurri tried desperately to calm May down, who was very upset to have to leave the beach when they had just began to swim. Addition was not Popurri's strong suit, however, even she knew that 1 (May) + 1 (herself) did not equal nine! that's exactly how many people were at the lake including "just the two" of them. The harvest goddess was lying out on the bank and all of the harvest sprites were around her with palm leaves, fanning her.
at the sight of the sprites, May was excited and let go of Popurri's hand to dash over to them. "Sweetie, no! be careful!" Popurri shouted as May ran dangerously close to the water's edge. She also was wary of the sprites since their last encounter with them. "Come here, you!" she said, playfully scooping May up as she finally caught up with her. Popurri didn't want May coming into contact with any bottles those sprites may have had in their possession.
"Wow, it's the harvest goddess! why do we worship the harvest goddess?" May asked curiously.
the harvest goddess looked expectantly at the sprites.
"because she makes the harvests plentiful" chef said.
"because she gives you a prize if you guess high or low correctly" Hoggy said.
"Because she is the only one in mineral town with boobies" Nappy said, and all the sprites groaned their approval.
"what about the gourmet guy?" May whispered to Popurri innocently, and Popurri stifled a giggle. should they swim there? It might be safe...
suddenly the kappa returned from the beach. when he saw the harvest goddess so near his lake, he became enraged. "what are you doing here?! go back to your pond, witch!" he pulled out a long cucumber. "prepare to defend yourself!" the harvest goddess rose and pulled out a long...
"It can't be..." Popurri muttered, her eyes widening.
"that looks like a hot dog!" May whispered.
"our goddess needs no empty wine bottles!" staid said with a wink.
the kappa and harvest goddess began to fence and popurri ran for it with May...
May's Big Day Part 9
Popurri dashed to the goddess pond. How anyone could carry a child around so long and not give birth is still a mystery, but that may be another story...
"maybe I should take you back to the chicken ranch, honey. it's been a very long day. you could take a little nap, and we could try again..." Popurri began.
"but...but I don't want to..." May was in tears once more.
"sweetheart, you're exhausted, how about just a teensy little nap? for me? please?" Popurri tried once more, but to no avail.
May was very upset, and just as Popurri was about to give up hope the little hamster in her head gave one more jog on it's wheel. the hot spring! it was right there and what better way to relax? they were already in their bathing suits after all...
"would you like to take a dip in the hot spring?" Popurri asked hopefully. May nodded, and a relieved Popurri put may down and entered the hot spring. their relaxation would be cut short, however. Gotz appeared.
"oh! great! company!" he said happily and removed his clothing. at first Popurri wondered why he wore a fur coat under his clothing only to discover that it wasn't a fur coat...
"Popurri?" May asked nervously, "his underwear....it looks like mommy's..."
"oh! right! barley was going to throw away all of Joanna's clothing that she left behind, but I figured, can't let it go to waste! I like to hit the town on my Saturday's off, and it's nice to have a good evening gown and matching shoes and purse."
"I...you...what?" Popurri stammered. the hamster had a heart-attack and died.
"oh! and when Harris visits we get dressed up and visit the dock! I remember the time we picked up those sailors..."
Popurri was out of the spring once more. May followed. "but I thought..." May began.
"sweetie, I'm sorry, but we're going back to the ranch now." Popurri said sternly. May sighed and allowed herself to be picked up. she was afraid to find out what Gotz would do next and the chicken ranch was beginning to look like a safe haven...
May's Big Day Part 10
Popurri felt awful. The entire day had been a failure and the child she carried in her arms was most certainly not a happy one. There was only one thing left to do now. She needed to get May back to the chicken ranch, coax her to take a nap, and afterwards, hopefully May would be more cheerful. Then she would do everything in her power to salvage the day for the poor kid and have a girl's day at home...with the house empty...and the doors locked!
as Popurri reached the road to her ranch, however, May gave a small gasp. "What is it honey?" Popurri asked. What was wrong with May? "It's not possible for little kids to get sick from being heart-broken is it? Could their hearts really get broken? Is that what Heartburn was?" she thought. However, just as Popurri was contemplating what kind of band-aid she would need, May spoke.
"The bricks on the walkway...they're not red anymore...they're...YELLOW!" she exclaimed. Popurri looked down and saw that they were. "They sure are sweetie! how strange!" Popurri said cheerfully. She was desperate for anything to take May's mind off of her troubles. The change of the brick's color didn't trouble her, however. Perhaps the bricks had changed color with the fall weather. Something more troubling was around the corner, however. The ranch house was missing! Popurri gasped as she entered the gate and found it gone.
She had little time to worry about it however, because suddenly Anna appeared. She raced at them with a wild look in her eyes and screeched "SHAVE MY LEGS!" Popurri dropped May in her shock. Luckily May was quick enough to grap Popurri's hand and run for it. The harvest sprites sat on the ranch fence and watched. "I don't wanna shave your legs!" Popurri whined.
"Hey! We had to do her bikini area buditch" chef called after her.
suddenly the ranch house fell out of the sky and landed on Anna. Only her feet stuck out from the edge of the house.
"What happened?!" Popurri yelled.
"it went away on a trip." Hoggy said
"must be a vacation house" Nappy replied.
"let's take her shoes!" Staid squealed.
and popurri could hear his heels clacking all they way back to the sprites' hut.
"geez, if he can't handle those heels, he should get a platform!" May said in disgust, which was just too much for Popurri. She fainted dead away...
"mom! she's coming to!" Rick yelled.
"are you ok?" May asked timidly.
Lilia entered the room. She gently lifted Popurri's head up and placed ice on her forehead. "Sweetheart, thank goodness you don't have a concussion this time. How many times do I have to tell you? You turn the doorknob, push, and THEN walk. that's another door gotz will have to fix..."
"Well I'm going back to the coop. I need to finish taking care of the chickens." rick said.
"wait...I've been here the whole...didn't we go to the beach?" Popurri asked?
"no, you silly girl, " Lilia sighed, "you went to find a bathing suit for May and knocked yourself unconscious trying to open the door...again. perhaps in a little while you two can go if you're feeling better." Lilia gently placed Popurri's hand on the ice to hold it in place and left the room.
"Thank goodness, it was all a dream...but it was so real..." Popurri breathed. "oh well! we're going to have some fun today!"
"yay!" May exclaimed. "I wanna go to the beach!...hey popurri?"
"yes?"
"what's a bikini area?"
THE END
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