"...I think midnight just struck", exclaimed Mitch. "Shut up." Yusuke of course was just playing but, hey, you couldn't tell. Kurama sure couldn't, as he had this look of "excuse me?" on his vasage.
The space shuttle was blown out into space. It was now on its own. Swirling and spinning and nothing in its path to stop it except the space station set to explode soon. And with one tap of the shuttle wing, both the station and the shuttle combusted.
The flash of light from the explosion blinded Mitch. She turned her face to her party and they all starred back. The rescue team who had saved them was coming back with a new crowd of scared and confused people. Mitch looked back out and saw no other escape pod separate from the station. She looked down, then turned to the rest. “Well†was all she said. She looked up at the captain of the rescue team and asked, “Gotta kitchen?†Mitch’s crowd fell over soon after.
Mitch poked her potato bit in her clam chowder with her fork and stared blankly into her bowl. “That doesn’t seem to be fully cookedâ€. Mitch looked up. “You may want to run it through the microwave one more timeâ€. Mitch swung around. Heero grabbed a can of chicken noodle and poured it into a bowl. When the microwave turned on, Heero spun around and looked directly at Mitch. Mitch was slightly smiling and shaking her head. “So...†“So.†“So where’s this spectacular device you used to escape gracefully and dramatically?†Heero looked at her, very slightly smiling. “..Come on.†He exited the kitchen and Mitch followed. Kurama saw them walk by and gave Mitch a winking grin. She looked around like she didn’t see him. He, like her previously, smiled to himself and was shaking his head.
Mitch and Heero stepped into a large room containing five mammoth human-shaped machines, each about 8 stories high. Heero grinned and looked at Mitch. “These are-†“Gundams!†Heero looked taken aback. “Enormous mobile suits shaped like the human body. There are only five in the entire galaxy and they are owned by young pilots that only-â€. She stopped. She turned and looked directly at Heero in a gasping look. Heero looked up at his Gundam. “There are now six, thanks to the forging of a new one.†He continued looking up, knowing she was still staring at him.
“Heero!†Heero looked down to see four boys approaching him. The one in all black was the only one talking and the only one who seemed to be happy, aside from the blonde guy. “Who’s she?†Mitch raised an eyebrow. “Mitch I believe it wasâ€. Mitch paid no mind to him, she just starred at the new comers. “Hiâ€. The one in black waved at her and smiled. Once again, Mitch raised and eyebrow but this time, she could not help but to smirk.
“And you would be?†The boy smiled. “My name’s Duoâ€. Afterward, Duo introduced everyone to Mitch, except for Quatre, who gladly introduced himself. “So...you all just happen to be the pilots of these Gundams and therefore just so happened to be neatly and conveniently compact within a single floating planet?†“Colony†Quatre corrected. “...What, are you all friends or somethin?†“...†“...†“...†“...†“...(burp)†“...I seeâ€.
And so went on this astounding conversation until midnight struck.
When Mitch had opened her eyes, she instantly knew where she was. Outer space? It was about bloody time! Mitch turned around to explain where they were, knowing that some were from past times untold. The moment she was facing them, she thought it best to turn back around, since Hiei had his eyes transfixed on Mitch, his sleeves rolled up and ready to pulverize. Kurama was trying to make Hiei calm his nerves. When Hiei was close to calm, the alarms went off. And there were now people running around crazy and blocking up all the exits. Mitch grew nervous. She tried to ask some passing neighbor some questions but there was apparently too much chaos.
A younger looking boy ran past, gun in hand, who eventually stopped, and stood there staring at the new group of people now standing in the middle of the room. Mitch went to go ask him where they were but Kurama grabbed her arm with a stronger hold than usual. She looked back. Kurama was looking at the same boy but with suspicion. But instead of Mitch walking over towards him, the boy himself was coming over to them. Kurama stepped in front of Mitch when the boy came too close for his comfort. “You know, I can defend myself perfectly well, Einsteinâ€. He looked back in surprise. “Who are you?†The boy now had his gun drawn and pointing to Kurama, who stared with anger in eye, yet did not make a single move. Mitch stepped up. “I’m Mitchâ€.
Kurama was startled. “Mitch?†The boy stared hard and angrily at the girl, which made Kurama almost gag in frustration. Mitch did the same exact thing right back at him. The boy then looked up. “Who are the rest of you?†“Well that good sir will not be their decision, none the less none of your business, at least until we hear a name out of youâ€. The boy looked at her in startling anger. The safety was now off. “Don’t ever speak to me that way.†He glared viciously at her. “Fire awayâ€.
He stopped squinting in anger. “Everyone acts like I actually care about my lifeâ€. The boy rolled his eyes. Mitch was getting mad. “Don’t flippin roll your eyes at me. If I were humanly capable of killing you, huny I’d do itâ€. He looked at her in a softer blank stare. He lowed his gun. “Now, IF you don’t want to help, step aside, and let me contact a real man to tell us where we are and MAYBE, be descent enough to tell someone a simple fact like a name or-†“Heeroâ€. Mitch raised her chin with a smile on face. “Oh yea?†“Heero Yuy and this is a space colony that is near exploding so I recommend Mitch her small crusade of friends leaveâ€. Heero lead the way to the space shuttles.
Once Mitch and her “crusade of friends†where in, Heero reached for the lever. Mitch grabbed his arm. “What do you think you’re doing?†He looked at her with a blank stare. “Get in here!†She was now yelling. Heero pulled the lever and the doors closed. He mouthed “I have another way out I need to takeâ€. He then pressed the green button and the space shuttle detached from the space station.
NOTICE: I finished up chapter 5 incase you didn’t know that I was not finished so read the ending to it first before starting on chapter 6!
*morning*
Mitch popped her eyes open. She sat up quite fast, almost making her fall out of the tree. A quick look around, she saw she was alone. Everyone had left except Kagome and Kuwabara. Mitch was trying to climb down the tree but her foot couldn’t reach the ground. She couldn’t look down so she let go. To her misfortune, below her was the sleeping Kuwabara. A loud rumble of a sound was heard underneath her feet. She swallowed and looked down. His face was blue and purple and his eyes were red in sleep needing. “MITCH! WAT THE HECK IS YOUR PROBLEM?†“Sorry!†She jumped off of him. Once he recovered from shell shock, Mitch helped him to his feet. “Where is everybody?†Kuwabara looked around. “I have no idea. Hey, who’s that?†Mitch looked behind the tree. “I believe she is...Ka-gume, Kagomo. Can’t remember.†Kagome sprung to live. Mitch twitched. “IT’S KAGOME SMART ONE!†Mitch gave a hesitant smile. “Kagome darling!†She turned, and crept away. Kurama came running back. Mitch gave him a blank stare. “Uh, something wrong?†“Are you all alright?†He looked worried. “Uh, sure. We’re fine. But I uh...took a slight misstep while I was trying to descend from the tree.†Kurama looked at her, then around at Kuwabara with a medium sized shoe print of his cheek. Kurama smiled (as the usual).
“Where are we going?†Kuwabara was growing impatient with the continuous walking they were doing. “Yes, where is your destination, Mitch?†“SHH!†Mitch stopped everyone in their tracks by dramatically holding out her arms to stop them. And with a heroic look on her face, she looked left. She looked right. And continued to march forward. Kurama followed grinning. Kuwabara, mimicking Mitch, was followed close behind by Kagome, who was watching him closely. In a few minutes they were in front of the market again. Kagome and Kuwabara fell over. Mitch was proud in her success that she found what she was looking for with only her nose. “Oh, it’s you!†Miroku hurried over to them with Sango at his side. He was holding a bag in his hand. Mitch became very excited. “WAT’S THAT! WAT’S THAT!†She was bouncing up and down. “IS IT FOOD?†“Well, no it’s uh...medicine.†Mitch raised a brow. “...Medicine.†“Yes, medicine.†He opened up the bag and a bottle was found. “...Great.†Mitch stomped away. “Uh...†“She’s uh...just a bit hungry.†“But, we just ate last night.†Mitch growled in the background.
Once at the tree again, everyone had an early lunch, thanks to Mitch, and was planning on what to do for the day. Kuwabara were fighting over a loaf of bread with Mitch and Kurama was trying to bargain. Inuyasha was beating on Kuwabara, telling him to just let go. Hiei, happy to have an excuse to beat up Kuwabara, joined in the fight. Yusuke was banging on Kuwabara’s head, for a laugh. Mitch got irritated. “WILL YOU STOP! YOU’RE-â€
And that was it, down into the ground they went and into an evacuating space shuttle.
There was a knock at the front door. Mitch listened hard to Botan and Keiko hiding any evidence of a struggle in the living room. The front door opened, and Botan and Keiko greeted what seemed to be three men. Mitch raised an eyebrow. *They don’t sound like folk who would be extremely upset of an outsider in the house*. But Mitch stayed behind closed door...s. There was much talking, which gave Mitch a head ache. And then foot steps were heard coming towards the closet. *ch, duh, your in the hallway COAT closet*. A small struggle was heard between Botan and one of the men, which gave Mitch enough time to hide behind the coats and burrow her feet into some of the jackets on the floor. The closet door opened, and a hanger was retrieved. Botan looked fairly surprised at the empty closet. Mitch shifted a bit to see a young, long haired red head talking to Botan joyfully. He hung up his coat, and closed the door. Mitch blew out the air she had been holding in. And she listened in to the conversation that was taking place just out side the door:
“What’s up, Botan?â€
“Er...nothing much, um...how was your day?â€
“Eh, not too shabby, although it was a pain to get Kuwabara to STOP PLAYING VIDEOGAMES!â€
“Dude, that was SOO yer fault!â€
“Eh, cramp it. So, Keiko, wat’s fer lunch?â€
“Gees, Yusuke, I’m not yer maid!â€
“I-I know. It’s just...never mind.â€
“What?â€
“I’m sorry†mumbled the one called Yusuke.
“Whatcha hidin?â€
“W-What?’
“Comeon, Keiko, I’ve known you for more years then I can count. WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?â€
“I’m...I’m not.â€
“A young female is hiding in the closet†said the voice of the red headed man. Both Botan and Keiko gulped and Mitch bonked her head against the back of the closet. The room went silent. Footsteps ran to the door and flung it open. Mitch jumped out and fell flat on her face. She jumped back up and once again, held up her hands in defeat. Coats and jackets were all over her. “There’s no need to hold up your hands, you’ve done nothing wrong†said the red head, who had now circled around Mitch to look at her square in the eye “I’m just wondering why you were hiding.â€
“Um...â€
“Botan, Keiko...†the man turned around to look at them “who is this charming young lady?†Mitch rolled her eyes. Botan was the one to speak. “Mary or Michele or sumfin like that.â€
“...Mitchâ€, Mitch answered. The red head look back at Mitch. He looked at her for a second, and lowered her hands. “My name is Kurama.†A big eyed fellow came up to her and shook her hand. “Ya, and I’m Yusuke.†Mitch gave a fake little laugh. She looked around and saw a taller red head boy looking at her and giggling. Mitch raised an eye brow. Yusuke turned around. He turned back and was smiling. He looked at Mitch. “Ya, that would be Kuwabara.†Mitch said “heyâ€. She saw one more new face. *oh...four boys.* And Mitch then had noticed he was frowning at her. She blinked a few times, shrugged, and looked away. Yusuke saw this reaction. “That’s Hiei.â€
“Ah.â€
“So...where do you come from?â€
“The wall.â€
All the guys gave a blink. Botan intruded. “Um...wat she means is she Flowd. She did it thru the wall!â€
“ Wat she...I wat?â€
The Kurama guy answered. “ Flowd. A body is sent thru an opposite stage of normal physics, causing it to phase thru a solid thru magic...†Mitch twitched. Kurama looked at her funny.
“Uh, basically he means you can pass thru walls and teleport to another plain†Botan corrected. “...usually after the 3rd star on the left of the 1st Full moon after your 16th birthday is glowing a remarkable shaded of light purple†finished Kurama.
“Of course.†Mitch thought for a second. “Hey, what a minute...you said-“
“Magic.†finished Kurama.
“No. No no no no. because then...â€
“You would be an ancestor of magic†finished Kurama...again. Mitch gave Kurama the eye.
Kurama looked at her thoughtfully. “Did you just turn 16?†he asked.
“Last night.â€
“I see...â€
“So...wat does this mean?â€
“It means you are now a witch.†Mitch just looked at him.
“Oh.†Kurama looked at her left eye. “Oh...what happened?†He went to reach for Mitch’s cut from the broken bottle of Tori’s beer the night before. Mitch pulled away.
After a second of staring, there was a loud thump. Both Kurama and Mitch were startled. The Kuwabara and Yusuke were apparently fighting. Botan and Keiko were just watching. Hiei was trying to pull away Kuwabara. Kurama and Mitch both ran over to assist. Kurama was trying to pull away Yusuke. Mitch somehow ended up in the middle and had both Yusuke and Kuwabara pulling at her arms.
As the battle continued, Mitch felt a little weird and started phasing thru the floor. Before all had enough time to reacted, they were all teleported to a forest.
Mitch looked around. She was in sumone's house. The fire was going and a door was cracked open, it which voices came out of. Mitch hesitated, then tried to go to the door but she was stuck against the wall. The voices grew louder and Mitch struggled to get free from the wall. She tried to take off her over shirt, which was binding her to the wall, but it wouldn't come off. The door swung open and the voices stopped. Mitch felt around at grabbed a vase. She held it up to her face, but knew it was not covering anything. The vase exploded. Mitch held her hands up in defeat.
"Why did you break that vase? That was very expensive!"
"We have an intruder. Worry about the vase later." Mitch scrunched up her face to hear the conversation. *Are they for real?*
"What is your name?"
"Mitch" she said at once.
There was a small opening between one of her buttons. She looked thru and saw a purple-eyed woman peeking in at her. Mitch straightened up. “Take of the shirt!†she demanded. “Well, you see-“
“SILENCE, DEMON!â€
“But I’m not…I can’t…â€
“AND WHYYYY can’t you?â€
“Because, hehe, I’m stuck to the wall.â€
“YOU’RE LIEING!â€
“I AM NOT!...look†Mitch slithered down the wall to the point where the shirt would not let her go down any more.
“..Oh.â€
“Gees, Botan, hey, let me help you out.†A lady had come over to help Mitch out.
When the shirt was finally off, Mitch and the two women were being introduced.
“I am Botan. The woman who helped you out is Keiko. How did you get here?â€
“Well, it was the weirdest thing, I was running towards a door and I went right thru it, shirt and all.â€
The woman called Botan gave a somewhat scared face expression. “Er…what?â€
“Keiko,...this gurl must have Flowd!†Keiko gave a chuckle. “Botan please, she couldn’t have...that’s impossible. I mean she would have Flowd. She doesn’t have the power-“
“But we don’t know her...she might have...†Both women stared. “Um...†Mitch began to feel uncomfortable. “Well, we’re going to have to hide her and her shirt.â€
“Hey! W-what?†Mitch was confused, and refused to enter the closet. “Don’t ask questions just get in there!†And she was thrown in. “But WHY must I hide?†Botan grabbed the closet door. “...The men will be home soon...â€
After some conscience was regained, the first thing that was out of anyone’s mouth was, “I hate you Mitch.†A long walk got everyone out of the forest and into a plain, open field. Before the four beloved words could be spat out again, Kurama had apparently heard something in the distance. Mitch looked at him funny. “...Um-†“Shhh.†Mitch listened over the argument the others were having. After a while, after Hiei had joined the listening frenzy, Mitch heard something, too. Distant voices were heard along with shuffling feet. Far away, some folk were coming thru the forest, two men and two women. Kuwabara was walking over cheerfully to ask for directions but Kurama held him back. When the group of people were a few feet away, the white haired boy spoke first. “Hmf, who the hell are you?†The other boy spoke up. “Inuyasha, cool it. You’ll have to forgive him, he’s a little testy. I’m sorry, but we never got your name, miss?†He tried to take Mitch’s hand but Mitch just raised an eyebrow and pulled away her hand. “You will do no such thing good sir.†“Yes, I agree. Now keep you hands to yourself Miroku. I’m Sango.†Sango points. “Inuyasha. And that’s Kagome.†Kuwabara happily chatted, spilling all of his group’s secrets to the new comers.
Mitch was growing impatient. “CAN YOU GO NOW?-†“Do you know where the closest town is located?†Mitch gave Kurama an uncomfortable stare. “Of course, it’s just that wayâ€. Miroku pointed east. “Alright. Shall we go dear Mitch?†He turned to her and smiled. She puffed, and started walking. Once they reached the town, Sango asked, “Was there a particular reason why you wanted to come here?†Kurama looked at her and smiled. “I was getting a bit hungry.†Everyone fell over.
After a couple of minutes, Sango noticed that Kurama was staring to smile. “If you don’t mind me asking, Sir Kurama, what amuses you?†“Oh, please, Kurama is fine.†“Oh.†She watched him smile at her. He turned and looked back. “I was just thinking...don’t Mitch and Inuyasha somewhat...look the same?†Sango looked behind her. Both Mitch and Inuyasha were side by side, pouting. Sango smiled. “Ya, I guess so. So, here’s the market.†Everyone stopped in front of a salesman, selling fish and carrots. Miroku and Kurama hustled and bustled about who would pay the salesman.
In the evening, everyone was quite porked, except Kuwabara and Mitch. Kuwabara was sitting there, patting his stomach and picking his teeth and burping. Mitch was still licking the plate. Kurama was watching Mitch from the corner of his eye. He started grinning. “Well, I dunno about you guys but, I’m pooped.†Yusuke went over to a tree trunk, leaned against it, and went to sleep. Soon after, everyone else followed. Mitch tried to climb the tree but was failing. She was getting annoyed. “HOW DO I GET UP IN THIS FLIPPIN TREE?†“Hold your horses!†Mitch blinked. Inuyasha helped her up. “Hey thanks man.†“Yeah, yeah, just keep it down over there.†Mitch mimicked him. He grinned funny. Hiei grunted. And soon all were asleep.
It mighta been about 3 am when Mitch heard Jerrie growling at the moon. (Yea, monkeys growl).
"Jerrie, quit. You're never awake atdis time." Jerrie didn't stop. Infact, he got louder when Mitch ignored him. Mitch popped opened her eyes.
"Mungojerrie, wat in the seven seas r u doing? You-" She stopped. Out of the tinted window was a pale purple light that gleamed thru and poured across Mitch's face.
"Um..." She tried to get up to go to the window but she seemed very heavy." But when she was up, the light stopped moving. She stopped moving, too. Then the light swung by her face, which knocked her down on the bed, and zoomed away. Mitch was in a deep sleep.
Mitch awoke at 10...on Wednesday. She woke up with a jolt and saw the clock. Thinking it wasn't right, she checked the downstairs clock. Once downstairs, she noticed that all the clocks said the same thing. "Oh joy." She made sum toast w/ butter and jelly, and went over to Tori. He was sleeping harder than Mitch was but then again, that's wat happens when yer drunk. On the way out, as she finished putting on shoes, she tossed the emptyed wallet that she got lunch money from (which, by the way, was barely 3 dollars), and threw it back on him. He awaoke, also, which a jolt. (Runs in the family).
"Whatthe...Boy, you don't just take the money we live on for a day's lunch!" On her way out, Mitch shouted back "3 dollars? You see, that's why this is my house. I pay for 97% of the mortgage. Any broken rules and I might as well kick you out such as throwing empty bottles at people, savvy?" (yes, she loves Jack, dos!) She slammed the door behind her to drain out all the incoming insults. *He's really asking for it.*
Once in school, she got the same old lecture, from teachers and from students.
"You are going to get into sooo much trouble if you keep arriving late and-and leaving early" said Vanessa, Mitch's only real friend. Vanessa ws always a sort of follower who watched from the sidelines and agreed with watever was said by a so-called 'higher authority' which, to her, was Mitch.
"Vane, I really don't know why you care so much. I already have jobs."
"Oh rite, let's see, a frozen meat storer at a grocery store, a paint seller at Home Depot, a part-time mechanic-"
"Yes yes, but I'm pulling off well withit. The house is still being paid and-"
"MS. BOSWORTH." Mitch looked up to see a purple plum about 2500x it's normal size.
"Uh, really I prefer Mrs. you see, My husband, Johnny Depp is quite a politic and he can easily influence any critic, such as yerself, into letting me be excused to my next clas-"
"THIS WAY MS. BOSWORTH."
"Oi." So there was Mitch, following the giant plum called Ms. Baxter to the prison cell,...excuse me, I sneezed,... the princapal's office.
"Ya know, Ms. Baxter, I've been wondering. You have also not bared the life of a married woman. And I was just wonderi-"
"NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS."
They had arrived at there destination. Ms. Baxter knocked heavy 3x on the door baring the sign 'Mr. Bowser-Callerd High Principal'.
"Come in" came a voice from behind the door. Ms. Baxter opened the door and stepped politely to the side to let Mitch. in. Mitch just ...stood there, giving Baxter a funny look saying 'you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me' but, as usual, the plum gave an annoyed face blew small breathes on her. Mitch stepped in.
The principal was half the size of Ms. Baxter and somewhat nicely groomed. *Interesting* Ms. Baxter waddled to the side of Mitch, giving this star-light stare at Mr. Bowser, who asked Baxter to plaese sit down with a tender voice. "O, thank you, good sir." Mitch rolled her eyes. "Good sir?" Baxter shot a look at Mitch, and sat down to cross one leg over theother high one, revealing fatty skin. Mitch looked away and coughed very loudly and choked half-way thru.
Mr. Boswer turned to look at Mitch and gave a funny look at her pants. Mitch looked down. She closed her eyes, then looked back up at him in disgust. He had noticed the fact that Mitch, unlike Baxter, had not crossed her legs. "Continue Mr. Bowser." He looked up. " Yes, um. Your name dear?"
"Mitch."
"Well, a highly unnecessary naem for such a sweet gurl, no?"
No answer.
"Very well. I shall look for your name." he flipped thru some pages and spoke out loud. "Bosworth, Crio-"
"MITCH...please." He looked up. Mitch gave a funny smile.
"Very well Ms...Mitch." Mitch nodded.
"You seem to be arriving late & to be leaving at an earlier time then the other students." Mitch cracked her neck, which made Baxter and Boswer give a surprised disgusted look.
"Will you explain yourself?" She looked at him.
" I left school, a frozen meat storer at a grocery store, a paint seller at Home Depot, fixed 19 cars engines, came home, paid the daily mortgage bill, and tried to get sum sleep. But obviously there is not time to sleep when I have school again a couple of hours after I take care of keeping a roof of Tori, my cat, and my head" She watched his expression. "s." she finished.
He cleared his throat, looked at the papers with Mitch's face printed on them, and said " I will let you go easy if you promise you will try to stay on task."
"Anything, just as long as I may leave before Ms. Baxter's skirt comes up ant higher. Thank you." And she left Ms. Baxter blowing hot air on her again.
At lunch, Vanessa was waiting. "So, how did it go?" Mitch sat down.
"Aw, sameo, sameo." And she had barely bitten a fry when the argument from a few tables down had turned into a food fight. "Well this just makes my day alot better, ay?" She and Vanessa ducked to table-height and ran for the back door of the lunch room. Vanessa grabbed Mitch. "Wait! We can't leave school!"
"Vanessa, it's either leave this school now or have the teachers on peroal." ( Can't spell.)
She thought about it. "Fine." Then she followed Mitch to the door but before Mitch could grab the doorknob, she fell thru the door."
"Oi," was all that could be said after reading such a ridiculous letter. The paper deserved to be crumbled and thrown in a pocket. A piece of paper shouldn't be wasted on such a useless note. After a few minutes it was decided that the paper would be burned, the letter that went something like this:
We would love to see you again. We don't know why you left. Your Grandfather will be dead soon. There is no need to hate him because he does not like a half-breed. I still love you. Doesn't that matter? I didn't have a fourth child so that he could have a child that won't respect their forefathers.
Now listen. I have made you a room in the guestroom. When your father gets tired of you, you will sleep in the attic space. That way Grandfather won't harass you. Won't that be fun? I will call back in a few days. See you soon.
"Grandma, the next time I see you, I will be dead and rotten and have committed the worst crime in the history of history," she muttered, smashed up the paper in her right fist, and turned to go inside.
Tori was sitting on the couch drinking beer when a foot stepped into the kitchen. He turned and saw his child enter.
"Where have you been, boy?"
"Outside, getting mail. And I'm not a boy."
"Well there sure ain't no girls in dis family."
"Besides mothers?"
"Shut yer trap. Watru doin?"
"Makin food."
"Why? We got pizza."
"I see that."
"Whatever. Gimmea slice."
"No." A bottle smashed in front of Mitch's face. A piece of bottle cut her cheek. She moved away and walked towards the hallway. "Don't throw things in my house."
Mitch closed the door to her room, which was not a room at all, it was the attic, and finished her Lime Cider before throwing the cup out the window and lying down on the bed uncovered. She rolled over, belched, and told Jerrie, her monkey, to go eat celery. And all seemed well until she fell asleep.