Splish, Splash Spat at the Orphanage

Those orphans at Nana Tuxing's are a rowdy bunch on a good day, but when one of them has a BAD day, look out! It seems that Rebecca Devlin had one of those bad moments and took out her frustration on her fellow orphan, Babs.

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[13:23] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): oh ello missy rebeccas

[13:24] Larah Westland (larah.daxter) smiles seeing her almost adopted daughter, "hullo there Rebecca"

[13:24] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): I is bathin mista bear buts he lost an eye an i tring to finds his eye

[13:25] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): oh my you has a pretty dress on

[13:25] Rebecca Devlin (nericiapen) kicks the door open and sees Babs at the wash tub...she marches over and scoops up as much water as she can and splashes Babs..."Don't you "hello missy Rebecca, me...you...you...stuff-toucher!"

[13:26] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): splutters wipeing the water of my face with the back of my wet hand

[13:26] Larah Westland (larah.daxter) hears the splashing water and looks over, waits for an explanation

[13:27] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): coughs and wipes my face on my sleeve

[13:27] Rebecca Devlin (nericiapen) narrows her eyes at Babs..."Don't you try to deny it neither...I see-ed them finger prints all over my dancin' trophy!"

[13:27] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): whats I's do?

[13:28] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): I was only lookin at it its pretty and shinys

[13:28] Larah Westland (larah.daxter) stops ironing and turns giving teh girls her full attention, "I believe Miss Rebecca is saying ya touched her dancing trophy, that right Miss Babs?"

[13:29] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): an I was tryin ta reads tha writins on it

[13:30] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): I mades ya bed afta lookin at it

[13:31] Larah Westland (larah.daxter) nods "well ya could have asked her. It aint polite ta touch another child's things. They might be thinking ya trying ta steal it, and I wont have that happening in the Orphanage. Matron wont stand for it and neither will I. Ya hear me?"

[13:32] Rebecca Devlin (nericiapen) stomps loudly and nods..."I done told ya not to go touchin' things...and Ma told ya the same thing...I heared her say it. Now I'm gotta waste my Sunday polishing your mess off'n it ya little Bendict Arnold and next time...you'll get worse than water...I'll yank out them red hairs and sell 'em to that 'pache feller."

[13:33] Larah Westland (larah.daxter) looks at Babs

[13:33] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): tears start to roll down my cheeks I din't means ta steals it I was only trying ta practice ma readings

[13:35] Rebecca Devlin (nericiapen): They's books for that.

[13:35] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): buts I just wanted see what it says on it

[13:35] Larah Westland (larah.daxter) sighs, Babs, stop those tears, ya aint a baby. But next time ya wish ta practice reading ask fer a book or go ta the library, there heaps of book in there, and ya owe Miss Rebecca an apology." looks straight at Babs, "and If I hear of this again, I shall be re thinking where that bed of yours is"

[13:36] Rebecca Devlin (nericiapen) crosses her arms and waits

[13:37] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): I is sorry missy beccas I din't means no harms was jes curious at what it said on its

[13:37] Rebecca Devlin (nericiapen): Well...I don't care about no 'scuses for WHY ya done it...just say you won't do it no more and I won't sell your hair.

[13:38] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): I won' I won't honest I nots steal never ever agains

[13:40] Larah Westland (larah.daxter) nods "ya better not, now leave that bear ta dry and go play. There are plenty of things ta do in the yard, or books at the library"

[13:40] Rebecca Devlin (nericiapen): alright then...but if'n you do...you're gonna get it.

13:41] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): I has to lets go of mista bear but but but mista bear never leaves me

[13:41] Barbara Babs Harmond (elmaran098): an I can't finds his eye too

[13:43] Rebecca Devlin (nericiapen) turns to Larah..."Can I borrow a polishin' Rag from the house, Ma?"

[13:43] Larah Westland (larah.daxter) nods "well hang that bear up and it'll dry before ya know it, and as fer the eye, it'll be at the bottom of the tub, or if not we'll find another one"