\u201cWait!\u201d called Fay as the pirate band made ready to stampede down the basement stairway. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a few more boxes here in the kitchen!\u201d She tossed an armful toward the mob, and soon the empty-handed pirates were growling at their shipmates who\u2019d made a catch.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cDon\u2019t worry,\u201d said Fay. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty for everyone downstairs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOkay LaFarge,\u201d said Barnaby, with a little less of his usual pesky confidence. \u201cWhat happens when they scarf it all and are still grumpy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cMaybe,\u201d she replied mysteriously, \u201cthis will be our last pit stop. Just wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cArrrrrr,\u201d came Yellow Tooth\u2019s satisfied growl from the basement. \u201cI likes<\/em> me little prize!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI want a prize!\u201d whined Scratchy, as Fay and Barnaby crept halfway down the basement stairs.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI\u2019m sorry to say,\u201d said Skipper, who was now backing slowly up the stairs, \u201cthat the special boxes are here for flavor improvement experiments and they don\u2019t have prizes.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cNo prize?\u201d said Larko, squinting at the kids on the stairs. \u201cI don\u2019t get me own Flippin\u2019 Eights?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cNo Eights?\u201d said Hanky. He scooped a large handful from his box, and tried, unsuccessfully, to get it all in his mouth at once. \u201cPleehhhh!\u201d Hanky spat, spewing Jolly Rogers everywhere. \u201cPlehhh! Plehhh! Me cereal tastes like deer food! Horse poo! Cow paddies!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cGoose doodoo!\u201d added Scratchy, who also had one of the test boxes.<\/p>\n \n\tHanky glared around at his comrades. \u201cI\u2019ll be having YOURS,\u201d he said, snatching an upstairs box of cereal from Lizard.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cHey!\u201d protested Lizard, but he hardly had time to react before Scratchy lunged at Buttercup and wrested the cereal box prize from his grasp.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThem\u2019s my Flippin\u2019 Eights!\u201d hollered Buttercup. \u201cGive me back my Flippin\u2019 Eights!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIf you like horsey-doo eat it yourself!\u201d shouted Jimbo, shoving a handful of bad experimental cereal into Hatch\u2019s mouth.<\/p>\n \n\tFay led the quiet retreat up the basement steps.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cNice job making those boxes extra tasty, Skip,\u201d she whispered to Skipper. \u201cNow, while they\u2019re busy killing each other we lock the door…\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cGet the heck outa\u2019 here,\u201d added Barnaby.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAnd call the cops,\u201d said Skipper.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cTilly, grab Lynette and let\u2019s go!\u201d said Fay. She opened the front door right into the knee-high boots of Mr. Arg.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cLet\u2019s step back inside Missy,\u201d said Mr. Arg fixing her with his most withering glare. \u201cIt seems I need to have a word with your Poppa about his light-fingered young\u2019un.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cWait!\u201d called Fay as the pirate band made ready to stampede down the basement stairway. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a few more boxes here in the kitchen!\u201d She tossed an armful toward the mob, and soon the empty-handed pirates were growling at their shipmates who\u2019d made a catch. \u201cDon\u2019t worry,\u201d said Fay. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty for everyone downstairs.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emilygillespieclement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emilygillespieclement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emilygillespieclement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emilygillespieclement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emilygillespieclement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.emilygillespieclement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"http:\/\/www.emilygillespieclement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emilygillespieclement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emilygillespieclement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emilygillespieclement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}