Stacey: Yeah, we had to save Garren from a small hoard of teddy bears.
Roni: That would be a sleuth of teddy bears.
Stacey: What?
Roni: A group of bears is called a sleuth.
Stacey: A sleuth? Like a detective?
Roni: Yes.
Stacey: Like that won't freak Garren out even more?
Roni: Garren's fine. There is a truce between him and the bears.
Stacey: A strained truce.
Roni: But a truce none the less.
Stacey: *ahem* OK then, we had to save Garren from a sleuth of teddy bears.
Roni: And injuries were minimal.
Stacey: When I got in there, the bears had Garren in an arm-lock in the closet.
Roni: I caught one trying to do a moonsault from the top shelf of the closet.
Stacey: And for those of you who aren't wrestling fans, like Roni here, the following video depicts a moonsault...just picture a 12 inch teddy bear doing this down onto an 8 foot dragon...
Roni: YES! Matt Hardy rules!
Stacey: Yes, Roni...we know.
Roni: *ahem* Anyway...the bears are all fine. Garren is fine. Indigo was able to break things up and calm Garren down.
Stacey: So everything here is back under control.
Roni: Except for the fact that Garren tied all of the teddy bears' bow-ties in knots and hung the knotted ribbons from the ceiling fans.
(The refrigerator closes in the kitchen.)
Roni: Who's in the kitchen?
Stacey: (looking over her shoulder) The teddy bears are making off with the root beer.
Roni: Doesn't the root beer belong to Garren?
Stacey: Yes. Yes, it does.
Roni: Where are the bears taking the root beer?
Stacey: I don't know. Why don't you go sleuth the teddy bears and find out?
Roni: Very funny. (Roni gets up and follows the teddy bears down the hall.)
(FLUSH)
Stacey: Well, I guess they're at it again. It sounds like the sleuth of bears have just flushed Garren's root beer down the toilet.
Indigo: I told Garren they'd get him back for the ribbons.
Stacey: He's not going to try to fight them again, is he?
Indigo: Not if we catch him first. (Indigo goes down the hall to look for Garren.)
Stacey: Sorry folks, Garren has been a little weirded out all week. He found this picture on the internet and is convinced that the teddy bears are part of an evil plot to take over Judy's imagination and to eliminate all dragons.
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| The true identity of Garren's nemesis. |
(Roni comes back in and sits down.)
Stacey: Is everything all right?
Roni: (huffing) They're all on their own!
Stacey: Why? What happened?
Roni: The bears flushed the root beer.
Stacey: I guessed that much.
Roni: So then Garren started to try to flush the bears.
Stacey: What? NO! Did you stop him?
Roni: Of course I did. But I wasn't able to keep the first bear from getting a bit wet.
Stacey: Aww. The poor little guy.
Roni: Are you kidding me? The bear flipped Garren with a hip-throw and gave him a swirlie.
Stacey: (laughing hysterically)
Roni: Luckily Indigo intervened. He has them separated. Garren is in one room, the bears in another.
Stacey: (still laughing)
Roni: So anyway...what we're really here for folks is to let you know that the print copy of Sally and the Marauders is going to be available on Amazon THIS WEEK.
Stacey: (still giggling)
Roni: If we can keep the dragon and the teddy bears from killing each other, we may be able to have a special guest or two sometime mid week for the official release of the book.
Stacey: Really? Who?
Roni: I've heard a rumor that Sally and Alexia may be showing up.
Stacey: Awesome!!!
Roni: Yes, very awesome. So stay tuned folks. We have a book release coming up very soon!
Stacey: See you soon!
