Board :Tales of the People
Author :Archon Iyagi
Subject :"Grandma's trunk" by Kuururu
Date :10/23

<b>      [ Grandmama's Trunk ]

    "Grandmama, Grandmama." What is here?
                            What is there?

     A little boy with very bright eyes point from
     one end of the room to another, with curious
     smile!

     He open everything he can find, and find
     everything he can open!

     The old grandma smile softly, watching him.

     "Let him stay a while, I don't want him to see
     too much bloodshed." The father say quietly to
     the old woman, "I will take care of things back
     home." He looked back before leaving.

     "Nnhhrrg!" The sound of the little boy straining
      and grunting can be heard!

     "It won't open, Grandmama!" The boy sitting in
     the middle of the room with a big trunk in front
     of him!

     "Aye, my dear! The lock is tricky on that, and
     sometimes I get it open, but it won't open again
     for a long time." The old woman smile back at the
     little boy as he struggle... and struggle!

     And STRUGGLE!
                         ...until he finally give up!
 
     Meanwhile...
<B>      --------------------------------------------------

<b>      [ Somewhere else ]

     Assassin : What is your wish?
     Noble man: My rival is thinks he can hide his son
                away! Hold him until I give the signal.
     Assassin : I can do that, but it will cost you.
     Noble man: I will pay you whatever you ask.
     Assassin : Then consider it done!

<b>      ---------------------------------------------------

     Back home the boy is just getting ready for bed
     until he hear... a SCREAM!

<b>      "Kyaaaaaaah!"

     He run downstairs and peek his head out, seeing one
     of the servants captured by a man dressed in black.

     He spy the little noble boy peeking out from the
     wall and caught him before he could blink!

     Before everyone knew it, he held the boy hostage
     until he could lock them all away inside one of the
     rooms, jamming door shut with mouthful of threats!

     "Come out and the boy will never see to live another
     day! Stay, and he just might!"

     The man tied the boy up and began to steal things
     from around the house!

     The little boy seeing this man was veeeery greedy!
     He watch the man take as much as he can until he can
      take no more!

     Boy frown, unhappy... but determine not to cry...!
     But! The little noble boy get an idea!

     "Heyhey." Say the boy.
     "What." The man glare back, already thinking of
     muffling the boy!

     "Whatever you do, please don't open my grandmama's
     trunk, ok? She hide all her best treasure there, it
     reaaaaally mean a lot to her!"

     The man just grin at the boy, "Oh, I won't."
     But then he did!

     He pull out the trunk from the side of the room and
     started to try to open it, even as the little boy
     was yelling at him not to!

     Pulling the trunk just next to the little boy as he try
      to open the lock, staying close to make sure the boy
      not run away.

     "Grr." He struggle to open the box, but it won't open!
     For hours the man not give up, harder the lock, the
      better the treasure!

     Hours... hours... "POP!" The lock opened up on the
     giant trunk! And the man begin to lean in to look.

     The boy KICKED him square in the back from the chair
     he tied to, sending the man falling in with the lid
     SLAMMING shut on top! CLICK!

     The trunk now shaking wildly from the man inside!
     "LEMME OUT!"
     "Uh uh!"

     Little boy wiggle free and everyone else free!
     They realize who the man was when he shouting threats!

     So they send the trunk to the nobleman by messenger!

     "What's this...?" Say the rival as he work on prying
     the lid open, having many servants helping.

<b>      POP!
     He look in... to find a muffled, tied up assassin!

<b>     "YOU!"

     Kuururu