2 Squirrels

"Ralphie, Big Yellow. Ralphie, get up here it's Big Yellow!" "I'm not as excited about Big Yellow as you are. I've made this quite clear." "But the STOP! The STOP, Ralphie! We made a bet!" "Brendan, I'm not gonna sit here and bet over people's lives." "Holy hazelnuts, Ralphie! It's nearly here. One stop away!" "I refuse to participate. These are human children." "Last night you bet me no one would ever run the STOP." "That was the walnut liqueur talking." "Did you see that?" "What?" "That car went right past the STOP!" Breaking ranks through the branches They jumped across rows of trees. There maple brown fuzz now rejoined, Brushing against each other in the Early angling sunlight. Squad car sirens took to the air. "Ya see that, Ralphie! Someone DID run the STOP!" "With all those children." "With all those children." "But Ole Blue took care of it. "Yes they did." "I'm going back to sleep." "The city bus comes thru in couple minutes." "Good-night." "It's MORNING TIME!..... ... ... sorry for yelling."