Monday, May 19, 2025

Oh Yeah Headphones

Sweezus lets Terence and himself into the room.

Gaius and Kant are asleep on the four poster bed, either side of the bolster.

Scraaaape! goes the clothes horse, as it passes the door frame.

Shh! says Sweezus.

Shh! says Terence.

Rustle! goes the clothes horse.

Sweezus sets the clothes horse up in the self catering area, on its side, one edge to the wall.

Help me look for something to stop the other side from sliding, whispers Sweezus.

Terence looks.

He points to the fruit bowl.

Needs to be heavier, says Sweezus.

Terence points to a chair.

Sweezus moves the chair into position.

Better test it, says Sweezus.

He presses the horizontal bar of the clothes horse.

Scraaape!

It's slipping! says Terence.

Errhuh! coughs Gaius. His dream of dead puffer fish is disturbed.

Sweezus sticks up two fingers.

Terence wonders why.

Sweezus takes a second chair and places it next to the first one.

There is now just a small gap between that and the opposite wall. 

Now we can use the fruit bowl, says Terence (too loudly).

Rumble-rumble, rumbles Kant.  In his dream, Mrs Hill spirits an orange from a fruit bowl.

Sweezus places the fruit bowl beside the second chair.

Tests the clothes horse for slippage.

Great, no movement there.

He lifts Terence on.

Terence holds onto the bar.

Now he's supposed to get Sweezus's head phones and some galloping music.

He turns towards Sweezus to ask.

Oh yeah headphones. Sweezus remembers. Shit though, They're out in the car.

Gotta go out and get the head phones, whispers Sweezus. You stay there and don't start clicking or anything.

Okay, whispers Terence.

Sweezus goes out. 

Terence has nothing to do now but sit there.

It would be good if his horse had some reins.

He looks at its head (cotton drawers).

The two legs of the cotton drawers dangle like trunks of two elephants. Which kind of wrecks it.

But they might make good reins.

Terence leans forward ..... 


No comments: