Bedlam After Eating Cupcakes

Pastor Moon opens the catalogue of novelty pens to choose a pen for Sweezus.

The perfect one! says Pastor Moon, pointing to a pen shaped like a crucifix.

Dad! says Bunny. That pen would be... it would be just.... an epic fail!

Why? says Pastor Moon, offended.

Think about it, dad, says Bunny. If you were Sweezus, getting that, how unhappy would you be?

But Pastor Moon is not too big on empathy. How could anyone not think a crucifix is good?

Arthur! calls Bunny. What d'you think he'd rather get? Crazy Fish or Boxing Frog?

No answer.

Arthur has gone home. It is only up the road.

Arthur, says Mrs Hume. You missed almost all the party!

How did it go? asks Arthur.

The children have eaten all the pink iced cupcakes! says Mrs Hume. I fear it will be bedlam here tonight.

Mrs Hume is right. The children have become over excited. It is Arthur's turn to supervise their bath.

Fish gets in first. He stands and pees into the water. Then he sits down. Butterfly comes in.

Arthur wonders if he should mention that the bath is full of pee. Too late. Butterfly climbs in. She'll never know.

Fish begins to cry because his stubbed toe is hurting. He is inconsolable and crying for his dad.  

Butterfly wants Mrs Hume to get her out of the bath.

I can do it, says Arthur, picking up a towel.

Noooooo! says Butterfly. I want Grandma! Get Grandma!  Grandma! Grandma!

But Mrs Hume is downstairs stacking up the dishwasher, and she doesn't feel obliged to come.

Arthur doesn't know what to do with both the children crying. He feels in both his pockets and finds the bloody sponge.

Dramatically, he drops it in the bath.

The bathwater turns red. The children both stop crying and ask Arthur for their towels.

Good children, says Arthur. In a perfect world this is exactly what should happen. Now dry yourselves and put yourselves to bed.