How to ditch your uncle (open)
Sept 26, 2012 17:41:29 GMT -5
Post by doctorgonzo on Sept 26, 2012 17:41:29 GMT -5
Introduce them... to who exactly? . I sigh. I just wanted to get some clothes for the winter and I somehow acquired a pair of tag-alongs. I did wave to Demi... and make her cry... so in a way I am the one that got myself into this. I owe her one and since I can't exactly help her find her sister now. I can at least introduce her to the few people that I know.
I readjust my cowhide and start walking towards the leather shop. I must have made it a good 20 steps before I realized they weren't following. Maybe I should have told them to follow.
"You two coming? We are going here first" I point to a small shop.
The man who runs this shop is bald and middle aged with a grey beard. He is always smoking something and always seems like he just got out of bed. Maybe I should have introduced them to someone more pleasant... but no one else comes to mind.
"Hey! Old man! I have a hide here I need you to make into a coat, a pair of gloves, and some boots if you can."
The shop keep emerges from the back holding a lit cigar between his teeth."You little brat how many times do I have to tell you I am not THAT old! I have a name you know. Its Benny. What do you have to pay me in return for this work?"
"I'll let you have what is left of this hide when you are done" I hand him over the cow hide.
He examines it for about a minute before he speaks again."Not good enough," he declares "this hide was from a calf, There will be hardly anything left after I make your order."
"Ok..." I reach into a small satchel I carry with me and I pull out 2 dead crows and a rabbit. "I shot them with my sling this morning, one of the birds I shot right out of the sky!"
He examines the kills I have from this morning. "The rabbit is all I am interested in... but even with that I am barely breaking even. I need something a little more..." He looks up toward the doorway. Oh, right... I forgot those two came in with me. "Haw haw you little rascal Flint, running around with these two cuties. What a heart throb you must be!"
My face turns red, "Its not like that!" I shout "I ran into them today and... somethings happened and I am introducing them to some of the people I know around here!"
Benny gloats "Yes because you have so many friends that you are only going to be able to introduce them to some of them."
Well that was uncalled for... I am starting to get irritated. "Do you accept my order or not?"
"Fine, fine... a pair of boots, a pair of gloves, and a jacket for the rest of the hide... if anything is left, and a dead rabbit. There is one more thing I want though"
I really don't know what the hell else I have that I can possibly give him. My sling I guess but its too valuable to me and I doubt he can use it. He doesn't like crow meat and who does? "What else do you want"
He looks at Demi and says "Hows about a kiss on the cheek?"
That moron, if he was going to make a request like that he should have at least asked the nice one... I say a prayer hoping that Old Man Benny will live long enough to at least make my clothes.
I readjust my cowhide and start walking towards the leather shop. I must have made it a good 20 steps before I realized they weren't following. Maybe I should have told them to follow.
"You two coming? We are going here first" I point to a small shop.
The man who runs this shop is bald and middle aged with a grey beard. He is always smoking something and always seems like he just got out of bed. Maybe I should have introduced them to someone more pleasant... but no one else comes to mind.
"Hey! Old man! I have a hide here I need you to make into a coat, a pair of gloves, and some boots if you can."
The shop keep emerges from the back holding a lit cigar between his teeth."You little brat how many times do I have to tell you I am not THAT old! I have a name you know. Its Benny. What do you have to pay me in return for this work?"
"I'll let you have what is left of this hide when you are done" I hand him over the cow hide.
He examines it for about a minute before he speaks again."Not good enough," he declares "this hide was from a calf, There will be hardly anything left after I make your order."
"Ok..." I reach into a small satchel I carry with me and I pull out 2 dead crows and a rabbit. "I shot them with my sling this morning, one of the birds I shot right out of the sky!"
He examines the kills I have from this morning. "The rabbit is all I am interested in... but even with that I am barely breaking even. I need something a little more..." He looks up toward the doorway. Oh, right... I forgot those two came in with me. "Haw haw you little rascal Flint, running around with these two cuties. What a heart throb you must be!"
My face turns red, "Its not like that!" I shout "I ran into them today and... somethings happened and I am introducing them to some of the people I know around here!"
Benny gloats "Yes because you have so many friends that you are only going to be able to introduce them to some of them."
Well that was uncalled for... I am starting to get irritated. "Do you accept my order or not?"
"Fine, fine... a pair of boots, a pair of gloves, and a jacket for the rest of the hide... if anything is left, and a dead rabbit. There is one more thing I want though"
I really don't know what the hell else I have that I can possibly give him. My sling I guess but its too valuable to me and I doubt he can use it. He doesn't like crow meat and who does? "What else do you want"
He looks at Demi and says "Hows about a kiss on the cheek?"
That moron, if he was going to make a request like that he should have at least asked the nice one... I say a prayer hoping that Old Man Benny will live long enough to at least make my clothes.
