As they walked he explained, "You see, we cause trouble in all kinds of ways."

some baked taters, and veggies with a salad should provide the family with a flashback of recently bygone suppers of yesterday.

"In this house I'm hiding the remote control
and this sheep will search his house for a week."

Mongrel heck yea!

25% in!!!

"And in this house we're stealing the chocolate cake mix
and putting out fresh broccoli instead."

I have no idea what I will fix for dinner. If it weren't for the runt i probably would skip dinner. I'm feeling lazy tonight.

And in here we're singing this hippo to sleep in the bath so he gets all pruney."

"I just don't understand why you would do all of these things," Sari said.
"Why do we have to have so many things go wrong?
Why can't you just make everything right

Yes, good point," the alligator sighed, "but let me show you one more thing,"
and he took her into the invisible alligator main headquarters.

"This is your book, Sari.
All the things listed in this book are the troubles we've caused you--
and all the things you've learned how to do in your whole life."
It was a big book.
He looked at her expectantly.

Nope. I don't get it." she said sadly, and left the alligators' lair
so she could go back home and get in bed. "Bye."

The stairs leading home were covered in rocks.
Sari took a moment to pick them all up as she walked
so no one would trip and fall.