Chapter 2: Mr. and Mrs. Ogre

About thirty minutes later, Callie and Cassandra came upon stone cottage. Smoke seeped out of the chimney and the plants in the flower boxes gently swayed in the breeze. The house was on seated atop fertile soil that was obviously used for gardening. The sisters nervously approached the flowered path.

Cassandra: Look Callie! It looks like someone lives here. Do you think they'll help us?

 

Callie: I don't know, Cass. I hope so. But we'd better be real careful, we don't know these people. They could be axe murderers or something.

 

Cassandra: I sure hope they're nice. Their house is really pretty, I want to live here!

 

Callie: They might be really hungry and turn us into soup.

 

Cassandra: "exasperated" Oh, Callie!

 



Humberto: What are we having for dinner tonight, Alivia? And please don't say salad.

 

Alivia: We're having marinated deer steak with mashed potatoes and gravy with a side of glazed baby carrots.

 

Humberto: "excited" Really?!

 

Alivia: No, we're having salad.

 

Berto grunts in disappointment.

 

Alivia: Well, if you want something different, why don't you go fishing?

 

Humberto: I guess...

 

A knock at the door interrupts them, and they both hurry over to the door.

 



 Callie: "screaming" No! Ogres! Run, Cassie!

Alivia: "grabbing hold of Callie's arm" No, don't leave! We're not going to hurt you, promise!

Cassandra: "squinting suspiciously" You're not?

Alivia: "shakes head" Absolutely not. We get so lonely up here that any and all company is welcome. If you need shelter, you can sleep in our bed. Right Berto?

Humberto: Uh, well...

Alivia: Good, then its decided then. You two will stay here tonight. Now, why don't you tell us how you ended up this deep in the Hollow Woods?

Sometime later...

Callie: ...and then we ended up here.

Humberto: That's terrible! I'm so sorry for you two.

Alivia: You two can stay here for as long you want! Ever since our son died we've been aching to raise a youngin', but we haven't had much luck. We would be just happy as pie if you would come live with us.

Callie: Oh, I don't know...

Cassandra: We don't have much of a choice, Callie. If Lyn ever sees us, she'll sick her boyfriend on us! "turning to Alivia" We'd love to become apart of your family.

Alivia: "clapping excitedly" Oh yay, we're gonna have youngins' again!

Humberto: Well, these youngins' need to go to bed, Liv. If they're gonna be stayin', they're gonna be workin'!

Callie and Cassandra: "perplexed" Work?

Alivia: Oh yes, there's much to do tomorrow. You two better get ready for bed.

Later that night...

Cassandra: Callie?

Callie: "yawning" Yeah, Cass?

Cassandra: What do you think they're gonna make us do? We've never had to work before, we may not know how to do it.

Callie: We'll figure it out, Cass. Now go to sleep.

Cassandra: Ok. Night Cal.

Callie: Night Cass.

Coming Soon

Chapter 3: Earning Your Keep