Loaded For Bear
Originally posted on August 5, 2007
Continued from “Lower'n A Snake's Belly”
Eli: So how much did you hear, anyway?
Cassandra: Hear what? When?
Eli: When the Mistress of the Manor was serving up Grilled Eli – weren’t you eavesdropping?
Cassandra: How did you….. um, No, of course I wasn’t! I would never listen in on a private conversation! How could you insinuate…..?......
(looks up and gasps)
Eli: Guessed, didn’t I? You really should have….
Cassandra: Shhhh, Eli - be quiet.
Eli: Come on Cassandra, admit it, I promise I won’t even be mad. It had to have been a pretty funny to listen in while Draculina…
Cassandra: Shhhhhhh! Eli………in those woods…..I think that’s a…………
(jumps up, lobs the honey jar at the woods and says in a harsh whisper)
Cassandra: ….bear!……
Eli: Now there’s a new one. I realize we’re out here in the middle of nowhere, Cassandra, but don’t you think we should at least go into the tent first?
Cassandra: (gets up, brushes off her clothing and says with great dignity) It was a bear, I tell you, and this is thanks I get for saving your ungrateful hide. Hmmph.
Eli: (teasingly) OK Tiny, you chased the big bad bear away from me. You saved my life. Heh, heh, you are so cu………
Cassandra: Don’t you dare use the “C” word, Eli. You realize I just sacrificed the honey that was for my tea and now I don’t have anything left to sweeten it for the rest of this trip.
Eli: Awwww, Tiny, you’re already sweet enough……
Cassandra: All I can say is……… you had better be worth it.
Eli: Well? I’m waiting for that assessment, Darlin.’
