Babysitting!

[stoicsidekick]

Dated for Friday, November 24Bush still wasn’t entirely sure how he had been talked into this

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[missjeanlouise]

I was kinda surprised whenever Mr. William and Mr. Archie said they were gonna be lookin' after me and Christopher Robin for a couple of days, but when I heard it was 'cos Ray an' Mr. Horatio were goin' off for a bit, well then, that was jus' fine with me. It was a strange arrangement here, 'tween everyone, an' I dunno how it woulda worked in Maycomb, but I like 'em all well enough that I don't think much on it.

Anyhow, I've been tryin' to play quietly an' not be much of a nuisance. I don't think Ray an' Mr. Horatio would be too happy if we were misbehavin'. I'm colorin' on a leftover copy of the newspaper someone here printed, when I notice my red crayon's gone an' rolled away. I get up and pad 'cross the room to go pick it up.

[nowwearesix]

Christopher Robin was colouring as well, ignoring the letters on the newspaper page in favour of drawing a friendly green forest of cheerful rounded oak trees. Pooh sat next to him, remarking on how like home the forest looked, and Piglet pointed out where a beehive or a pile of twigs ought to be.

He missed Ray and Horatio a little already, and somewhere deep inside was a bit worried that something would happen and one or both of them wouldn't come back. But he didn't say anything about that, because he liked Mr Bush and Mr Kennedy quite well, after all.

[prone_to_dying]

Archie watched both children closely but drew the line at starting to color himself. He decided he probably should leave that to Chrisopher and Scout. Still, he did not mind fetching the red crayon for the girl or sitting down next to the boy. "That's a nice shade of green."

[stoicsidekick]

And in all honesty, William was quite surprised Archie hadn't joined in the coloring after all. Still, he paused in his carving as Archie spoke, a smile flickering briefly as he watched the trio.