I would very much like to know what happened with the screwdriver and the lollipop in greater detail, please. -- Escla
[AN: The problem with Noodle Incidents is that the telling of the tale never matches the imagination resulting from the implications]
Pib was bored. Mama had fallen asleep, which meant that Pib could get into the no-no's. Pib knew it was naughty, but the no-no's were way more interesting than any of the allowed stuff. Most of the time the worst Pib had to face was helping clean up the mess and some slow, slow lessons on how to behave properly.
Sometimes, the interesting things were worth the boredom that ended up paying for it. In this case, Pib found where Mama hid the lollipops, and where Bapa had some tools.
Lollipops plus Pib equals happy. The more interesting equation was screwdriver plus... In the most recent example, screwdriver plus maintenance hatch equals - an entire new world to explore. It was the most fun Pib had ever had. The screwdriver opened a lot of doors.
The huge amount of system failures a small child can cause with sticky hands and a screwdriver could not be believed by most cogniscents. in fact, Pib had settled somewhere warm to take a nap by the time the crew realised they should be tracing their path by the havoc wrought in the process.
Pib woke to the disappointed sigh from Bapa. "Oh, dear... Someone did a lot of naughty."
Pib blinked and murmured a complaint as they opened their eyes. "Wh'zz't?"
Bapa had cleaning cloths, one of which got all the sticky off of Pib's face and hands. "Come on, Mischief. There's a big mess caused by a little kid to clean up." Bapa recovered the screwdriver. "And this will teach me to put my tools away properly, won't it?"
"Bapa messy," opined Pib. "Mama says."
"Mama's right. Mama's always right," said Bapa. "Mama says sticky little kids need to help clean up their sticky little handprints."
Pib whined. This was the other side of getting too much fun. They reluctantly accepted a cleaning cloth with a sigh. Everyone cleaned up the messes they made, even when they needed a little help from others.
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