Newbrassky

[Silver Creek Slim]

"Okay. They'z probably eatin' or sleepin'." Slim follows the FFg to Trinity's room.

[Delmonico]

<Delmonico tries for more complicated and bizzare things, like this!>

Trinity and Tom are passed out in the door yard covered with honey.   The afternoon is fairly warm for a October day.  Trying to finish up with their winter prep-er-at-ions a colony of ants has scouts out which soon find the honey covered pair.  Shortly there after a long line of ants come into the yard, pick up Tom and Trinity and carry them back to their nest.  Just like to old Looney Toons cartoon with the picnic and the ants, the hole expands to let them take the two honey covered guys into the nest, just like the watermelon in that old cartoon.

Of course the last ant has to stomp them in like it the old cartoon.

[Delmonico]

With supper done Delmonico goes out to call in Trinity and Lucky Tom.  He sees they are not in the yard, on the porch, in the bunkhouse, barn or any where to be found.   He decides they've done wandered off on another foolish adventure.

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[Lucky Irish Tom]

As Delmonico is standing on the porch thinking how foolish it is for Trinity and Irish to have run off again a marvel of science occurs.  Prodigious amounts of methane have built up within Trinity after eating nothing but beans for several days on the trail.  Trinity cannot contain the venting of the vapors, and due to the fact that the ants have carried him underground in warm weather the rapidly expanding pocket of gas is not to be contained either.

Suddenly Del hears a rumbling and a vast amount of the front yard erupts skyward in a fountain of soil and ants.  As things settle down Del notices that a crater some twelve feet across and about fifteen feet deep exists in the yard, and in its center stand two very dirty individuals Trinity and Irish.  Trinity looks at Del and says, "Is it time to eat yet?"

The University of New brass key Entomology Department recieves reports of dead ants falling out of the sky all over the State, a phenomenon they are at a loss to explain.

[Trinity]

Trinity pats his belly and says: "'Scuse me, but boy do Ah feel better now!!"

He sticks his finger in his ear to scratch it and pulls out a three legged ant.  "Sorry pard..."  *squish*

[Delmonico]

Delmonico looks at the two and says, "Ya can't have no supper till you replace yer divet."

[litl rooster]

litl rooster riding back off see's the explosion and wonders if those fire ants were the ignitors of the methane gas

 

[Delmonico]

Delmonico comes out with a broom and sweeps the ants, Tom and Trinity off the porch.  He goes back in to fix breakfast.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim comes out to the porch to stare at the crater. 

[Delmonico]

delmonico decides he ain't gonna get those two to fix their mess in the yard and he knows the FFg ain't gonna like a large crator in the yard.  Delmonico ain't gonna shovel that much dirt so he does the only logical thing, he orders a Steam Shovel on his Coal Oil Computor.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim smells something cookin' so he goes into the kitchen. "Del, what's fer breakfast?"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother stares at the hole, then picks up two buckets and runs around the crater, picking up the honey covered ants. When those buckets are full, she gets two more and fills those up. She ships the ants to New Yarhk where they are sold at a ridiculously high price as delicacies, earning her a small fortune.

Back on the porch, she regards the crater.

"Could we turn it into a pond? A pond would be nice."

[Silver Creek Slim]

"Are there enough springs to fill the crater or will we have to divert water from the Dismal?"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

" I haven't been down there to look to see if there is a spring. If you go look, Slim, I'll make sure Delmonico doesn't push you in."

[Delmonico]

"There are springs but they are below us, so you'll have to pump it, but it t'wont't do no good cause the water will flow right through the sand to the water table and in a day or so it'll be right back at yer spring."

"Yer gonna have to get some of that new fangled Portland Cement and mix up some of that concrete stuff and line the hole.  there is plenty of sand and gravel down in the river for agravate ta hold it together.  I'll order some from Louyville Newbrasky dowd toward the end of the Plattee.  I'll keep the order for the steam shovel cause I can use it to get yer agrivate."

[Silver Creek Slim]

"What ya say ma'am, ya want a cement pond?"

[litl rooster]

please send a letter to Litl' Rooster's Water Authority, stating the purpose of the use of water, and I might allow some from the Dismall to fill the crater, I do like fishing ya know.

[Trinity]

"You ain' tryin' ta agrivate the FFG, are you Del?"

[Delmonico]

Delmonico sneaks out of the house and saddles his mule, by watchin' from the hills he see a campfire downstream from the ranch about 12 miles.   Tieing his mule up a half mile away, Delmonico muzzles it.  He then takes off his boots and spurs and puts on a pair of moccasins with hard soles (cactus ) 

He then sneaks up 10 yards from litl roosters camp, watches him get readt to prepare supper.  When he goes to fill the coffee pot, Delmonico quietly pees right into the stream. (that's important )  When litl rootser puts the coffee in and puts it on the fire, he knows he's succesful and goes back gets his mule and rides back to the ranch.

[Trinity]

Trinity goes upstairs to his room.  As he enters his room he is greeted by the two mothers and the passel of little ones.  Trinity is overjoyed.  He clears a space on the messy bed to lay and pet the pups.  As he reaches for the first one, he promptly falls asleep.