Little Joe Strikes
Again
By: Lynne G.
During
dinner one evening, as the rain poured down and the howling winds blew through
the pines, Ben told his sons that he had to go to San Francisco for a couple of
weeks on business, and then to visit some old friends who he hadn't seen
for years. He also told his sons that Hop Sing was also going to
A very worried Hoss said "who's gonna cook for us Pa? I'm gonna plum starve to death. Ya know we don't cook so good". Ben sat there looking at his worried sons and he told them"between the three of you, I think you'll do just fine. Besides, cooking isn't that hard". "Hey big brothers, we can do it", said a very confident Little Joe. "Little brother-remember the last time you tried to make coffee, and you made a BIG mess in the kitchen?", said Adam. Little Joe made a face at him.
Very early
on a Monday morning, Adam drove Ben and Hop Sing to town so they could get the
stage for
Back at the ranch, Little Joe had been in the kitchen for sometime trying to make breakfast. A very hungry Hoss walked into the kitchen and looked at the food cooking and he said "little brother, there's egg shells in them eggs" Little Joe was wearing one of Hop Sings' approns and he said to Hoss " them shells jumped in the pan" and he had a big smile on his face.
Hoss looked down at the floor and asked "Why is there an egg broken on the floor?" Little Joe looked at the floor and he said"Oh, that egg, well it kinda fell out of my hand". Hoss just stood there looking at his baby brother, he shook his head slowly and walked out of the kitchen, sat down on the sattee, with a sick look on his face and he softly said " dadgumit!"
A few minutes later, Little Joe called Hoss to breakfast. When they sat down, Hoss looked at the food on the table, and he asked his little brother what was on the big platter. "Why, it's bacon and sausage, Hoss", said Little Joe.
"Well, it sure don't look like bacon and sausage to me" complained Hoss. " Just eat it" said Little Joe. Hoss started to eat and he made a sick look on his face, and he almost spit the food back out of his mouth as he said " YUCK!!!!!!!! Little brother, this stuff tastes like an old shoe or a boot." The boy said "VERY FUNNY HOSS." " I know, let's save for Adam." Hoss told his little brother. Hoss then took a sip of coffee and he spit it back out, and he said"what did ya do to the coffee? YUCK!!!!!!!!! " I don't know what happened Hoss. I even had Hop Sing teach me how to make it too. I think maybe I put too much coffee in the pot." said Little Joe. With that said, Little Joe got up from the table and he went back into the kitchen, and he came back with a plate of toast. Hoss smiled and took a bite of toast and he said "hey this is good little brother." " See Hoss, we won't starve now. We can eat toast." said a very proud Little Joe.
As soon as Adam got back from town, Hoss asked him if he would like some breakfast, and Adam said that he ate in town. Then Adam asked Hoss if he and Little Joe had their breakfast? Hoss made a face, and he said " well sorta. Adam laughed and said "that bad huh?" "Yup, and it WAS THAT BAD TOO !!!" but the toast was good." Dinner was just as bad too.
Since Adam was in charge, he told Little Joe that he had to do all of the cooking, which Little Joe was not so happy about.
Over the next several days, the cooking didn't get much better.
One day Little Joe announced that he wasn't going to make dinner that night, and that Adam and Hoss had to cook it. They both gave their little brother a very dirty look, as they walked out to the kitchen to get something started for dinner.
They decided to cook a roast and veggies. After they had put dinner in the oven, they both went back into the livingroom to finish their chess game. Adam told Little Joe it was a good thing that Hop Sing wasn' there to see his kitchen. Little Joe just stared at him.
Little Joe told his big brothers that he was going to go out to the barn to groom Cochise, and he left. What Adam and Hoss didn't know was that their little brother was planning to play a joke on them. Instead of going to the barn, he sneaked back into the kitchen through the side door. As he was softly gigging to himself, he put several bullets into the stove, and he quickly left the kitchen by way of the same door he had snuck into. Then he walked back in the front door and he sat down. Adam looked up at him, and he said " I thought you were going to the barn?" " Na, I'll do that later. I'm kinda tired now. Adam went back to the chess game.
All of a sudden, bullets began to fire in the kitchen. Both Adam and Hoss dove to the floor. "WHAT THE-----?" By now, Little Joe was giggling so hard that he fell out of the chair and he was rolling on the floor, holding his stomach. He had tears running down his face too. A VERY MAD Adam jumped up , as did Hoss, and they both walked over to their little brother who was STILL rolling on the floor in laughter so hard that he couldn't stand up. He was trying to say" you two looked so funny," but his brothers couldn't understand a word he said. Adam and Hoss stood there looking at him and Adam yelled "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR? ARE YOU STUPID OR WHAT LITTLE BROTHER? YOU COULD HAVE KILLED SOMONE!!!!!!" Adam continued to yell at his little brother. " Heck no. I just wanted to add some excitement to your day big brothers." said a still giggling Little Joe.
Hoss bent over and he picked up his impish little brother and he sat him in a chair. "Settle down before you get sick, kid." said Adam. " Otta tan your hide little brother." Adam also said to his little brother. " PLEASE DON'T ADAM!!" begged Little Joe.
Another
evening, Little Joe suddenly said that he was going out to the kitchen to make
some popcorn, and he headed out to the kitchen. "Sounds
good. Do you know how to make popcorn?" asked
Adam. "Oh sure. It's easy." said Little Joe. As soon as the
popcorn started to pop, the boy knew enough that he had to shake the pot.
The one thing he forgot was that he also needed to hold down the lid to the
pot. Soon the popping corn blew the lid off the pot, and popcorn started
to fly all over the kitchen. A very loud " HELP"
came from the kitchen, and Adam and Hoss jumped up and ran to the
kitchen. They stood laughing at the sight of their baby brother being
attacked by popcorn. " How much popcorn did
you put in that pot, kid?" asked Adam. "
A LOT!!!!!" yelled Little Joe. When it finally stopped
popping, Adam laughed and said " geez, there's
enough popcorn here for everyone in
" Only two more days till Pa and Hop Sing get home," said Adam. "THANKGOODNESS" said Hoss. "One more day of Little Joe's cooking, is about all I can stand." said Adam. " I know what you mean Adam, but at least he is trying," laughed Hoss, and it will be great to eat FOOD again too."
Little Joe walked into the livingroom and said "hey, you two, I just got done planning tonights dinner, and its gonna be good too." "Oh no, we are in trouble again Adam," said Hoss as he made a funny face at his little brother. Adam laughed at him. Little Joe shook his head and stuck his tongue out at his big brothers. On his way to the kitchen, the boy stopped to get a hammer.
Soon, Adam and Hoss could hear a hammering sound coming from the kitchen. With confused looks on their faces, Adam asked Hoss, " What is he doing out there? On second thought, I really don't want to know. Hoss got up up from his chair and peeked into the kitchen, and he stood there with his mouth open, and he said, " Adam, come here. You really gotta see this." Adam put his book down, and walked over to Hoss and he peeked into the kitchen. He also stood there with his mouth open. He looked at Hoss, who was also confused at what their little brother was doing. Adam asked his little brother " what on earth are you doing, kid? Why are you hammering those potatoes?" Little Joe turned around to see his brothers standing there looking at him, and he said " I'm making mashed potatoes, why?' " Joe, Joe, Joe, you have to COOK them first," Adam told him as he was chuckling. " Ya do?" said a wide eyed Little Joe. Hoss was laughing so hard, that he almost fell over.
Adam got out a pot, and he put some water in it, and he told his little brother to cut the potatoes in pieces, then put them in the water and cook them. " Now kid, when they are cooked, they will be soft. Then you dump the water out of the pot, and you then put some butter and some milk in the potatoes, and then you only mash them." Adam said. "Hey thanks big brother. Hey Adam, if you know HOW to cook, why did I have to do all of the cooking, except for that one night?" asked Little Joe. " Because little one, I'm the BOSS. That's why," said Adam, with a big smile on his face. With that said, Hoss and Adam left the kitchen. " Hoss, ya gotta love him. At least he's trying hard." said Adam.
Over an hour later, Hoss sniffed the air and he said " Hey Adam, ya know, it kinda smells good in here," " You are right Hoss," said Adam as he too sniffed the air. As they both looked towards the kitchen, Little Joe came out of the kitchen and into the diningroom carrying two large platters of food, and he had flour all over his face and hair. " Little brother you got flour all over you," laughed Hoss. " I do ?' said Little J
They finally sat down to dinner, and Little Joe looked so proud of himself. He had made fried chicken, slightly burned, mashed potatoes, and lumpy gravy, beans, and coffee. " Hey, this ain't half bad," said a very surprised Hoss. " You did good little brother," said Adam.
After dinner when Adam came back out of the kitchen he asked Little Joe why was there mashed potatoes on the ceiling? " Huh, I don't know. They just went up there Adam," said a very tired Little Joe. " Ah huh. A likely story," said Adam. "Tomorrow, we have to get the kitchen cleaned up before Hop Sing sees it. There is food on the walls , the floor and the ceiling, and on the stove too, thanks to our little brother here," said Adam. Little Joe made a face at him, and Adam laughed at him, which made Hoss laugh too.
The next
morning after breakfast, they started to clean up the kitchen. Hoss
brought in a ladder to reach the ceiling, and the upper part of the walls, and
several buckets of water. They were all working hard, but still kinda joking around, especially Little Joe. All
of a sudden Little Joe fell over backwards over a bucket of water, knocking
it over, and getting water all over the floor and himself.
" Little brother, this is NO time to be taking a
bath," laughed Hoss. Adam stood there laughing and he told his
baby brother to go and get some dry clothes on. "
Na, I'm fine big brother," said Little Joe with a with a big smile
on his face. It took most of the day to get the kitchen
spotless. That night, they went into
Next
morning while Adam headed off to
In the
afternoon, Ben and Hop Sing were home. " I
see the house is still standing Hop Sing," laughed Ben. " I hope my kitchen still there," said a worried
Hop Sing. As they walked into the house, Hop Sing hurried off to his
kitchen, while Ben looked around the room. " Hi
Pa" both Hoss and Little Joe said. " Hi
boys," said Ben. Hop Sing came back out to the livingroom, and he said," kitchen
vedy clean, Mr. Ben." Ben told his
sons that the house looked very clean. "How did the cooking go
then?" asked Ben " Oh just fine
The End.
Hi Jennie. Here is a new story for the reading room.
Title: Little Joe Strikes Again.
Rated: G
Story: Little Joe is forced to do the cooking at the ranch while Ben and Hop Sing are gone for two weeks.
" Little Joe Strikes Again"
During
dinner one evening, as the rain poured down and the howling winds blew through the
pines, Ben told his sons that he had to go to San Francisco for a couple of
weeks on business, and then to visit some old friends who he hadn't seen
for years. He also told his sons that Hop Sing was also going to
A very worried Hoss said "who's gonna cook for us Pa? I'm gonna plum starve to death. Ya know we don't cook so good". Ben sat there looking at his worried sons and he told them"between the three of you, I think you'll do just fine. Besides, cooking isn't that hard". "Hey big brothers, we can do it", said a very confident Little Joe. "Little brother-remember the last time you tried to make coffee, and you made a BIG mess in the kitchen?", said Adam. Little Joe made a face at him.
Very early
on a Monday morning, Adam drove Ben and Hop Sing to town so they could get the
stage for
Back at the ranch, Little Joe had been in the kitchen for sometime trying to make breakfast. A very hungry Hoss walked into the kitchen and looked at the food cooking and he said "little brother, there's egg shells in them eggs" Little Joe was wearing one of Hop Sings' approns and he said to Hoss " them shells jumped in the pan" and he had a big smile on his face.
Hoss looked down at the floor and asked "Why is there an egg broken on the floor?" Little Joe looked at the floor and he said"Oh, that egg, well it kinda fell out of my hand". Hoss just stood there looking at his baby brother, he shook his head slowly and walked out of the kitchen, sat down on the sattee, with a sick look on his face and he softly said " dadgumit!"
A few minutes later, Little Joe called Hoss to breakfast. When they sat down, Hoss looked at the food on the table, and he asked his little brother what was on the big platter. "Why, it's bacon and sausage, Hoss", said Little Joe.
"Well, it sure don't look like bacon and sausage to me" complained Hoss. " Just eat it" said Little Joe. Hoss started to eat and he made a sick look on his face, and he almost spit the food back out of his mouth as he said " YUCK!!!!!!!! Little brother, this stuff tastes like an old shoe or a boot." The boy said "VERY FUNNY HOSS." " I know, let's save for Adam." Hoss told his little brother. Hoss then took a sip of coffee and he spit it back out, and he said"what did ya do to the coffee? YUCK!!!!!!!!! " I don't know what happened Hoss. I even had Hop Sing teach me how to make it too. I think maybe I put too much coffee in the pot." said Little Joe. With that said, Little Joe got up from the table and he went back into the kitchen, and he came back with a plate of toast. Hoss smiled and took a bite of toast and he said "hey this is good little brother." " See Hoss, we won't starve now. We can eat toast." said a very proud Little Joe.
As soon as Adam got back from town, Hoss asked him if he would like some breakfast, and Adam said that he ate in town. Then Adam asked Hoss if he and Little Joe had their breakfast? Hoss made a face, and he said " well sorta. Adam laughed and said "that bad huh?" "Yup, and it WAS THAT BAD TOO !!!" but the toast was good." Dinner was just as bad too.
Since Adam was in charge, he told Little Joe that he had to do all of the cooking, which Little Joe was not so happy about.
Over the next several days, the cooking didn't get much better.
One day Little Joe announced that he wasn't going to make dinner that night, and that Adam and Hoss had to cook it. They both gave their little brother a very dirty look, as they walked out to the kitchen to get something started for dinner.
They decided to cook a roast and veggies. After they had put dinner in the oven, they both went back into the livingroom to finish their chess game. Adam told Little Joe it was a good thing that Hop Sing wasn' there to see his kitchen. Little Joe just stared at him.
Little Joe told his big brothers that he was going to go out to the barn to groom Cochise, and he left. What Adam and Hoss didn't know was that their little brother was planning to play a joke on them. Instead of going to the barn, he sneaked back into the kitchen through the side door. As he was softly gigging to himself, he put several bullets into the stove, and he quickly left the kitchen by way of the same door he had snuck into. Then he walked back in the front door and he sat down. Adam looked up at him, and he said " I thought you were going to the barn?" " Na, I'll do that later. I'm kinda tired now. Adam went back to the chess game.
All of a sudden, bullets began to fire in the kitchen. Both Adam and Hoss dove to the floor. "WHAT THE-----?" By now, Little Joe was giggling so hard that he fell out of the chair and he was rolling on the floor, holding his stomach. He had tears running down his face too. A VERY MAD Adam jumped up , as did Hoss, and they both walked over to their little brother who was STILL rolling on the floor in laughter so hard that he couldn't stand up. He was trying to say" you two looked so funny," but his brothers couldn't understand a word he said. Adam and Hoss stood there looking at him and Adam yelled "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR? ARE YOU STUPID OR WHAT LITTLE BROTHER? YOU COULD HAVE KILLED SOMONE!!!!!!" Adam continued to yell at his little brother. " Heck no. I just wanted to add some excitement to your day big brothers." said a still giggling Little Joe.
Hoss bent over and he picked up his impish little brother and he sat him in a chair. "Settle down before you get sick, kid." said Adam. " Otta tan your hide little brother." Adam also said to his little brother. " PLEASE DON'T ADAM!!" begged Little Joe.
Another
evening, Little Joe suddenly said that he was going out to the kitchen to make
some popcorn, and he headed out to the kitchen. "Sounds
good. Do you know how to make popcorn?" asked
Adam. "Oh sure. It's easy." said Little Joe. As soon as the
popcorn started to pop, the boy knew enough that he had to shake the pot.
The one thing he forgot was that he also needed to hold down the lid to the
pot. Soon the popping corn blew the lid off the pot, and popcorn started
to fly all over the kitchen. A very loud " HELP"
came from the kitchen, and Adam and Hoss jumped up and ran to the
kitchen. They stood laughing at the sight of their baby brother being
attacked by popcorn. " How much popcorn did
you put in that pot, kid?" asked Adam. "
A LOT!!!!!" yelled Little Joe. When it finally stopped
popping, Adam laughed and said " geez, there's
enough popcorn here for everyone in
" Only two more days till Pa and Hop Sing get home," said Adam. "THANKGOODNESS" said Hoss. "One more day of Little Joe's cooking, is about all I can stand." said Adam. " I know what you mean Adam, but at least he is trying," laughed Hoss, and it will be great to eat FOOD again too."
Little Joe walked into the livingroom and said "hey, you two, I just got done planning tonights dinner, and its gonna be good too." "Oh no, we are in trouble again Adam," said Hoss as he made a funny face at his little brother. Adam laughed at him. Little Joe shook his head and stuck his tongue out at his big brothers. On his way to the kitchen, the boy stopped to get a hammer.
Soon, Adam and Hoss could hear a hammering sound coming from the kitchen. With confused looks on their faces, Adam asked Hoss, " What is he doing out there? On second thought, I really don't want to know. Hoss got up up from his chair and peeked into the kitchen, and he stood there with his mouth open, and he said, " Adam, come here. You really gotta see this." Adam put his book down, and walked over to Hoss and he peeked into the kitchen. He also stood there with his mouth open. He looked at Hoss, who was also confused at what their little brother was doing. Adam asked his little brother " what on earth are you doing, kid? Why are you hammering those potatoes?" Little Joe turned around to see his brothers standing there looking at him, and he said " I'm making mashed potatoes, why?' " Joe, Joe, Joe, you have to COOK them first," Adam told him as he was chuckling. " Ya do?" said a wide eyed Little Joe. Hoss was laughing so hard, that he almost fell over.
Adam got out a pot, and he put some water in it, and he told his little brother to cut the potatoes in pieces, then put them in the water and cook them. " Now kid, when they are cooked, they will be soft. Then you dump the water out of the pot, and you then put some butter and some milk in the potatoes, and then you only mash them." Adam said. "Hey thanks big brother. Hey Adam, if you know HOW to cook, why did I have to do all of the cooking, except for that one night?" asked Little Joe. " Because little one, I'm the BOSS. That's why," said Adam, with a big smile on his face. With that said, Hoss and Adam left the kitchen. " Hoss, ya gotta love him. At least he's trying hard." said Adam.
Over an hour later, Hoss sniffed the air and he said " Hey Adam, ya know, it kinda smells good in here," " You are right Hoss," said Adam as he too sniffed the air. As they both looked towards the kitchen, Little Joe came out of the kitchen and into the diningroom carrying two large platters of food, and he had flour all over his face and hair. " Little brother you got flour all over you," laughed Hoss. " I do ?' said Little J
They finally sat down to dinner, and Little Joe looked so proud of himself. He had made fried chicken, slightly burned, mashed potatoes, and lumpy gravy, beans, and coffee. " Hey, this ain't half bad," said a very surprised Hoss. " You did good little brother," said Adam.
After dinner when Adam came back out of the kitchen he asked Little Joe why was there mashed potatoes on the ceiling? " Huh, I don't know. They just went up there Adam," said a very tired Little Joe. " Ah huh. A likely story," said Adam. "Tomorrow, we have to get the kitchen cleaned up before Hop Sing sees it. There is food on the walls , the floor and the ceiling, and on the stove too, thanks to our little brother here," said Adam. Little Joe made a face at him, and Adam laughed at him, which made Hoss laugh too.
The next
morning after breakfast, they started to clean up the kitchen. Hoss
brought in a ladder to reach the ceiling, and the upper part of the walls, and
several buckets of water. They were all working hard, but still kinda joking around, especially Little Joe. All
of a sudden Little Joe fell over backwards over a bucket of water,
knocking it over, and getting water all over the floor and himself.
" Little brother, this is NO time to be taking a
bath," laughed Hoss. Adam stood there laughing and he told his
baby brother to go and get some dry clothes on. "
Na, I'm fine big brother," said Little Joe with a with a big smile
on his face. It took most of the day to get the kitchen
spotless. That night, they went into
Next
morning while Adam headed off to
In the
afternoon, Ben and Hop Sing were home. " I
see the house is still standing Hop Sing," laughed Ben. " I hope my kitchen still there," said a worried
Hop Sing. As they walked into the house, Hop Sing hurried off to his
kitchen, while Ben looked around the room. " Hi
Pa" both Hoss and Little Joe said. " Hi
boys," said Ben. Hop Sing came back out to the livingroom, and he said," kitchen
vedy clean, Mr. Ben." Ben told his
sons that the house looked very clean. "How did the cooking go
then?" asked Ben " Oh just fine
The End.