[LJ Idol, Season 7-13] One, Two, Three!
Billy came full speed across the playground, skipping and slapping his leg like he was trying to get his horse to run faster.
"I FOUND them! I FOUND them! YEEEHAW! C'mere cowboys! YEEEEEE Doggies!"
A cry rose up from other kids further across the field and in the woods nearby, as they all skipped and slapped and whooped their way to the sandbox. Four other kids were in the sandbox, dancing in circles and patting their hands over their mouths while making indian calls.
"We gots you surrounded, we captured you!" yells Billy with glee.
Susie stops dancing and turned on Billy. "Nuh UH!" she squealed, "we're on sacred ground! So you gotta hide your eyes and count to 20 while we escape!"
Billy points at one of the other cowboys and jumps up and down. "Steve's a priester.. er a preach-man, a holy guy! And he says your lands now consernated, so we can get on it and captures you!"
The other indians gather up behind Susie and stand defiant as she crosses her arms and gives Billy a stern look. "Don't matter anyway! Ain't enough of you to capture us, we got you outnumbered."
Billy stops jumping and blinks, then looks around counting on his fingers. "Nuh uh, we got five and you got four. Five is more than four!"
"But I have treaties with Roger, if we get captured he'll become an indian and let us go! Right Roger? I bought it with my cupcake last week, plus he's my boyfriend!"
All the cowboys turn to look at Roger with disgust. He's staring at his feet, poking a toe into the dirt and avoiding eye contact. "It was chocolate with cream inside", he mumbles.
"ROGER! Alright, we'll letcha go, but Roger turns double traitor and is a cowboy again after you go!"
Billy and his posse cover their eyes and start counting, while the indians run off whooping and squealing.
"ONE! TWO! THREE!..."
---
Billy and Steve are sitting out in the grass facing each other, each with a big stack of cards.
"One, two, three!" they both yell, then each flip over cards from the top of their deck. Steve groans as Billy starts to laugh, and mashes his card under a big rock. Steve takes five cards off the top of his pile and gives them to Billy.
"Whatcha's playin'?" Roger asks as he walks up and looks over Billy's shoulder.
"We're WIZARDS!" yells Billy. "We got these Magic cards, and use them to cast spells and make monsters fight!"
Roger leans over and looks at the cards Billy has in front of him. "There's a lot of words on them! You can read all that?"
"Naw!" said Billy as he shakes his head back and forth energetically. "We just look at the pictures and the numbers and use our own rules. Wanna play?" Billy and Steve looked hopefully up at Roger, hoping they'd get to show him how smart their rules were.
"I dunno" mumbled Roger, assuming his usual head-down, tow dragging position. "I ain't got cards anyhow, 'cept some Pokemon ones."
Billy grabs a handful of cards from his pile and Steve's pile, and mash-shuffles them together before handing them to Roger. "Here you go, you can use these! I got them from my brother's room, so don't matter who uses which ones."
Billy and Steve scoot around so Roger can sit with them in a circle.
"Ok, here's the rules! We all flip cards, and see what comes up. One, two, three!" All three boys flip over a card, and look around quick to see what came up.
Steve points at Rogers card. "That's a land, you put it in front of you and keep it so you have places to put stuff." Steve reaches over and moves the card in front of Roger's pile.
"And me and Steve both got monsters!" Billy exclaimed excitedly. "Now they fight! Steve's monster has a bigger number then my monster, so he eats mine and gets both of them." Billy swipes both cards over to in front of Steve. "If it were a dragon, it'd take over one of my lands and take that too."
Roger nods, then points to the bit of card sticking out of under the rock. "What's that?!"
Billy picks the rock up and pulls the mangled card out of the dirt. "It's special, it's a mocks card. It's a magic rock like a necklace thing, see, so you crush it with a rock and the magic takes cards from everyone else!"
"COOL!" yells Roger, rocking back and forth and giggling. "I wanna mash one with a rock too!"
"There's only a couple left, but you might get one! Lets try again, maybe I'll get to explain about angels next!"
They each pick up their cards, and get ready to flip one again.
"ONE! TWO! THREE!..."
---
The door slams open, and Billy and Steve come running through the kitchen. His mom looks over at him and holds out her hand towards him. "WOAH! Slow down and be careful, you don't want to slip and hurt yourself. What have you boys been up to?"
Billy slides to a stop and looks up, panting. "HI MOM! HI MISSES ROGER! We were playing cowboys, then we were wizards, and now I gotta find my book so we can be dinosaurs!"
Billy's mom laughs, "Oh ok then, have fun but be careful."
The kids run off to the living room, then Billy quickly runs back and hugs his mom's legs. "Love you mommy!", then he's off like a flash again into the other room.
Roger's mom smiles and laughs. "How adorable! I wish I could be a kid again sometimes."
"I know," Billy's mom replies with a sigh, "no rules, and everything is so simple. Must be nice."
Billy's voice could be heard yelling from the living room, "See! told ya! Tannersaurus Rex DOES eat other dinosaurs! You gotta pick another, so we can explore and watch meteors without eating each other!"
"I FOUND them! I FOUND them! YEEEHAW! C'mere cowboys! YEEEEEE Doggies!"
A cry rose up from other kids further across the field and in the woods nearby, as they all skipped and slapped and whooped their way to the sandbox. Four other kids were in the sandbox, dancing in circles and patting their hands over their mouths while making indian calls.
"We gots you surrounded, we captured you!" yells Billy with glee.
Susie stops dancing and turned on Billy. "Nuh UH!" she squealed, "we're on sacred ground! So you gotta hide your eyes and count to 20 while we escape!"
Billy points at one of the other cowboys and jumps up and down. "Steve's a priester.. er a preach-man, a holy guy! And he says your lands now consernated, so we can get on it and captures you!"
The other indians gather up behind Susie and stand defiant as she crosses her arms and gives Billy a stern look. "Don't matter anyway! Ain't enough of you to capture us, we got you outnumbered."
Billy stops jumping and blinks, then looks around counting on his fingers. "Nuh uh, we got five and you got four. Five is more than four!"
"But I have treaties with Roger, if we get captured he'll become an indian and let us go! Right Roger? I bought it with my cupcake last week, plus he's my boyfriend!"
All the cowboys turn to look at Roger with disgust. He's staring at his feet, poking a toe into the dirt and avoiding eye contact. "It was chocolate with cream inside", he mumbles.
"ROGER! Alright, we'll letcha go, but Roger turns double traitor and is a cowboy again after you go!"
Billy and his posse cover their eyes and start counting, while the indians run off whooping and squealing.
"ONE! TWO! THREE!..."
---
Billy and Steve are sitting out in the grass facing each other, each with a big stack of cards.
"One, two, three!" they both yell, then each flip over cards from the top of their deck. Steve groans as Billy starts to laugh, and mashes his card under a big rock. Steve takes five cards off the top of his pile and gives them to Billy.
"Whatcha's playin'?" Roger asks as he walks up and looks over Billy's shoulder.
"We're WIZARDS!" yells Billy. "We got these Magic cards, and use them to cast spells and make monsters fight!"
Roger leans over and looks at the cards Billy has in front of him. "There's a lot of words on them! You can read all that?"
"Naw!" said Billy as he shakes his head back and forth energetically. "We just look at the pictures and the numbers and use our own rules. Wanna play?" Billy and Steve looked hopefully up at Roger, hoping they'd get to show him how smart their rules were.
"I dunno" mumbled Roger, assuming his usual head-down, tow dragging position. "I ain't got cards anyhow, 'cept some Pokemon ones."
Billy grabs a handful of cards from his pile and Steve's pile, and mash-shuffles them together before handing them to Roger. "Here you go, you can use these! I got them from my brother's room, so don't matter who uses which ones."
Billy and Steve scoot around so Roger can sit with them in a circle.
"Ok, here's the rules! We all flip cards, and see what comes up. One, two, three!" All three boys flip over a card, and look around quick to see what came up.
Steve points at Rogers card. "That's a land, you put it in front of you and keep it so you have places to put stuff." Steve reaches over and moves the card in front of Roger's pile.
"And me and Steve both got monsters!" Billy exclaimed excitedly. "Now they fight! Steve's monster has a bigger number then my monster, so he eats mine and gets both of them." Billy swipes both cards over to in front of Steve. "If it were a dragon, it'd take over one of my lands and take that too."
Roger nods, then points to the bit of card sticking out of under the rock. "What's that?!"
Billy picks the rock up and pulls the mangled card out of the dirt. "It's special, it's a mocks card. It's a magic rock like a necklace thing, see, so you crush it with a rock and the magic takes cards from everyone else!"
"COOL!" yells Roger, rocking back and forth and giggling. "I wanna mash one with a rock too!"
"There's only a couple left, but you might get one! Lets try again, maybe I'll get to explain about angels next!"
They each pick up their cards, and get ready to flip one again.
"ONE! TWO! THREE!..."
---
The door slams open, and Billy and Steve come running through the kitchen. His mom looks over at him and holds out her hand towards him. "WOAH! Slow down and be careful, you don't want to slip and hurt yourself. What have you boys been up to?"
Billy slides to a stop and looks up, panting. "HI MOM! HI MISSES ROGER! We were playing cowboys, then we were wizards, and now I gotta find my book so we can be dinosaurs!"
Billy's mom laughs, "Oh ok then, have fun but be careful."
The kids run off to the living room, then Billy quickly runs back and hugs his mom's legs. "Love you mommy!", then he's off like a flash again into the other room.
Roger's mom smiles and laughs. "How adorable! I wish I could be a kid again sometimes."
"I know," Billy's mom replies with a sigh, "no rules, and everything is so simple. Must be nice."
Billy's voice could be heard yelling from the living room, "See! told ya! Tannersaurus Rex DOES eat other dinosaurs! You gotta pick another, so we can explore and watch meteors without eating each other!"