#108 Don't Give Up, Mallory

[ozqueen]

“Here’s my drum.” Claire proudly held up a baby-wipe box with construction paper taped across the top. She thumped on the paper and sang, “Pa-rump-a-pump. Pa-rump-a-pump!”

Nicky’s drum was ten times the size of Claire’s. It was a big box that hung from a belt draped around his neck. “This strap lets me march!” he declared.

Just to prove it, he marched in a circle, beating the box with an old wooden spoon. This was going to be some parade.

“No, that’s not how you do it,” Adam cried as he and the other triplets entered the backyard. They’d been down in the basement, decorating their drums.

Nicky stopped and his shoulders drooped. “What am I doing wrong?”

“You’re not doing anything wrong,” Adam said. “It’s just that we’re supposed to be a band. A band marches together. Margo and Claire, go up there and march with Nicky.”

Margo and Claire followed Adam’s orders and fell in line behind Nicky.

Then Adam turned to Byron and Jordan. “Why don’t you guys lead?”

“Right, Coach!” Byron said with a salute. He trotted in front of Nicky. Jordan was beside him.

“We’ll circle the yard drumming,” Adam explained. “Then, when I blow the whistle, we’ll double time it.”

“Double time?” Nicky asked, wide-eyed.

Adam grinned. “Yeah. That means we march twice as fast as before.”

“Cool!” Margo cried.

Adam took his place at the front of the Pike Family Band. Then he picked up his whistle and blew it three times. “Ready?” he bellowed. “March!”

Omg ♥

BE MORE ADORABLE, WHY DON'T YOU, PIKES? ♥

Comments

[lucida.livejournal.com]

This scene is so adorable! I especially like Nicky's declaration of "this strap lets me march!" And then him marching around in a little circle, aww. ♥

I haven't read Don't Give Up Mallory in forever, so this is probably way off, but humor me? I'm imagining this scene taking place early in the morning. Their next-door neighbors (you know, the "foreign" neighbors that the Pikes found suspicious enough to spy on in Goodbye, Stacey, Goodbye) are woken by the commotion. They groan, then go to the window to find the source of all the noise. Then they spot six of the Pike kids marching around the house repeatedly, their heads held high as they bang on the drums with all their might. Mr Neighbor curses under his breath and Mrs Neighbor sighs and mutters "not again." They have got to get out of this town.

[ozqueen]

LOL YES! It's on a Saturday morning! Mrs Pike has to run errands so she leaves Mal in charge and they host DRUM PRACTICE. ♥
(Vanessa is at a friend's house, which is why she's missing.)

I don't know where John is. He probably fled the scene to avoid all the extra noise.

Poor neighbours ;)

(ew, sorry for the double post!)