All Noisy on the Belly Front
[At Starlight’s house…]
“Have any 4’s Ace?” asked Bright Eyes.
“Nope, go fishing,” said Ace. *Bright Eyes gets her card*
“Ace, have any…..aces? asked Starlight.
“Yes I do,” said Ace. *he hands his only ace to Starlight. Have any 2’s Patch?
“3 2’s,”s aid Patch. *she hands them to Ace* Any 5’s Melody?
“Nope, go fishing,” said Melody. *Patch draws* Any Queens Starlight?
“No queens,” said Starlight. *Melody draws* Got any 7’s Lancer?
“Aw man,” said Lancer. *he hands Starlight his 7 card* Got any Kings, Teddy?
“Me, Kings?” asked Teddy. No way. *Lancer draws* How about you, Lancer? Any Kings?
“Nope, sorry Teddy,” said Lancer. *Teddy draws* *Melody’s belly starts grumbling*
“Guess I’m hungry,” said Melody. I’ll just get a snack.
“Hurry back,” said Starlight. *Melody opens the fridge*
“There’s nothing in there,” said Melody. *the rest of the gang rush over*
“She’s right, it’s entirely empty!” said Bon Bon.
“There’s a note on the door,” said Bright Eyes. *she reads it* Gone to the store to refill fridge. Be back in an hour.
“I don’t think I can make it through the hour,” said Melody *the others’ bellies grumble*
“Me either,” said everyone else.
“Let’s try to continue the game to take our minds off of being hungry,” said Bright Eyes. *the gang return to their game* It was your turn Lancer.
“Right,” said Lancer. Any 5’s Starlight?
“I have 2,” said Starlight. *she hands them to Lancer*
“Great,” said Lancer. *He takes the cards* Any Ace’s Melody?
“Nope, go fishing,” said Melody. *their bellies grumble again*
“It’s amazing how it seems you get hungrier and hungrier each time you hear that noise,” said Lancer.
“You’re telling me,” said Teddy. I thought I was hungry a few minutes ago but now I’m starving.
“We should just keep playing until my mom gets back from the store,” said Starlight. It’ll give us something to do instead of listening to our bellies grumble.
“Starlight’s right,” said Melody. As much as we want food for our grumbling bellies, we’re not going to get it doing nothing. Let’s keep playing. *Lancer draws*
“I just asked so I got to draw,” said Lancer.
“Any 6’s Bon Bon?” asked Starlight.
“Got one,” said Bon Bon. *she hands it to Starlight, whom takes it* Any 8 ‘s Clover?
“Take them,” said Clover. *she hands them to Bon Bon, whom takes them* Any 9’s Sweetheart?
“Sorry, Clover, I truly don’t have any,” said Sweetheart. *Clover draws* *Starlight’s mom enters the house*
“Finally, food,” said Melody. *the gang rush over*
“Well I can see that I was greatly missed,” said Starlight’s mother. Okay, okay, hold on while I put the food away. [A few minutes later…] *the gang dig into the food*
“Finally, we can continue our game without needing to think about food,” said Teddy.
“You said a mouthful,” said Melody. *they laugh and return to their game* [An hour later…]
“I won,” said Melody.
“Great game, guys,” said Bright Eyes. We should do this again sometime.
“Yeah, but without being hungry,” said Lancer.
“Feels so much better now that I’m not hungry anymore,” said Bon Bon.
“Ditto,” said everyone else.
“We should be getting back home,” said Bon Bon.
“Yeah, our parents will worry about us,” said Clover.
“Okay, guys, see ya tomorrow,” said Starlight.
“See ya,” said the rest of the group.
“Talk about a feeding frenzy,” thought Starlight. Sometimes we just need some food for thought.
