Living With The Jones
Getting To Know Them
The Jones family is contained with the parents, Lorelie and Frank, their three children Pat (13) Oliver (15) and the family's obsession; the month year old baby James.
The family lives with Frank's father, Edward Meep Jones. Of course with a couple of dead cats, and a hundred or so house spiders.
Lorelie is tall, skinny and pale and wears long black dresses. Oh, and when I mean long, I mean long. there is not one second that passes by without her tripping on the poor thing. Frank, however, is more elegant. he wears a dark, very dark brown suit with a flap cap on his black gelled hair.
Oliver wears a black sweater and naturally has trousers that have been a little ripped at the bottom. And it's quite the mystery of how he gets them.
The second eldest child, Pat, wears a black crepe dress with a color, and of course her hair is tied into a very messy bun.
The very youngest child, James, is practically a baby. He wears a black overall with a tiny white skull on the back. You should see it, it's adorable!
Lorelie
Hmm, very cute, don't you think Oliver? (She said to her eldest son)
Oliver
No mother. Not at all. He's just an innocent, useless baby! (Oliver told)
Lorelie
You're right. I dont like that he's innocent either. He must be sinful or guilty of wrongdoing!
Lorelie
Otherwise... he's not a Jones
She walked out of the livingroom and took the baby outside with her. She opened the door which lead to the Jones's cemetery. She looked at Oliver, winked and went.
Oliver
UHG! Why? Why must we have a useless baby in the house when there's no space!
The Jones family lived in a very big black house, but it was filled with old antiques and painting of the Jones ancestory. Every room, every hallway, every bedroom, every bathroom was filled with minimum of two old paintings.
Grandpa Eddie
Wherefore so depress'd oliv'r? Thee shouldest beest heartbroken!
Oliver
I am heartbroken grandpa Eddie. The bad one.😔
Pat
You know, you should be happy, (Pat said, coming down from the stairs) While James is still a baby, mom and dad won't have time to tell us to do work, clean up, or do our homework.😈 (she said with an evil smile on her paper pale face)
Oliver
Pat, you're a genius!!!
Lorelie
Children! Why don't you start cleaning up the house? Frank and I are exhausted from taking care of the baby. Actually, tired of taking care of all three of you!😡 (Lorelie shouted from the baby's room)
And poor, poor James. He still wasn't asleep. It is 1 am, and he should have went to sleep an hour ago!
A Strange Lady At The Door
Great, just my luck! Pat and Oliver are fighting. AGAIN!
Oliver
Good job. You lied to me! You said it was going to work!😤
Pat
I did not lie, I merely said an idea. I never said it was going to work!
Oliver
What are you doing? (Oliver asked with a raised eyebrow) 🤨
Pat
I'm looking for Otto. I haven't seen him since the morning!
Pat
You haven't seen him, have you?
Oliver
No. But what I really don't understand is how you have lost a hand-sized spider! What if something happens?!
Oliver
If he goes to the neighbor's! You know what they eat! (he was very angry and crossed his arms and stared at Pat with his black beady eyes)
Pat
Oh please! How could he through the freezer-room, the slaughter-room, and of course though the Casscrt-room?! (she yelled at her brother)
Frank
- Children, stop it with your fighting! You're too young! 😫
Lorelie to her husband, Frank-
Lorelie
Frank, we cannot take care of three children at one time! It's too much for me to handle!
Frank agreed. He and Lorelie planned out to get a nanny. The perfect nanny for the children. A nanny to take care of both Oliver and Pat. The two of them rarely agree on things, especially if it has to do with politics.
Lorelie suggested the nanny must be very morbid, to set an example to the children of course. She doesn't want the nanny to frighten the children with her calming and... nice words.
The very next day, the children heard a doorbell ring. The questioned themselves.
WHO COULD IT BE? they thought
OH, MAYBE IT WAS OTTO, pat thought
Lorelie
Children, please open the door!
The children were fighting on their way out, who was going to be the first one to open the door.
Lorelie
Ah, and remember! Do run with scissors! (she told them)
They opened the door. Standing in front of them was a tall, strange woman, smiling. She wore a coat, with a matching cloche hat.
Pat
Why are you smiling? (Pat asked the lady)
Oliver
🙄Don't be rude Pat! Who are you?! (Oliver asked in a way, he thought was polite)
Nanny
Oh no children! You should say "Please, do come in nanny".
"NANNY?!" Pat and Oliver shrieked.
Is Anyone Normal Here?
Lorelie welcomed the nanny inside the house.
Pat forced a smile on her face
Frank
MRS. Jones. Welcome nanny. (Frank gladly corrected her)
"Who is she?" the children asked.
Never in their lives have the seen this lady, and now she controls them? Uh-uh, not on Pat's watch.
Lorelie
Possession pie! (Lorelie yelled to everyone, her famous pie 🥧)
All of a sudden, everyone who were in their room lifted their chins, and smelled Lorelie's Possession Pie. Even the nanny smelled it, though, she had a different adjective to describe it. Mmm, it smelled of coal, and aging and death.
Frank
Smells wonderful, don't you think nanny?
Nanny
Mm-hm. Quite... lovely. Please, call me Raechel. (she said what she didn't mean. Lovely.)
Oliver
No. We mustn't call you Raechel. We must call you Nanny, otherwise the reader might be confused.
Oliver knew there was someone above him, reading out every thing the family did. Isn't that right Oliver?
Grandpa Eddie
Prithee, cutteth the biggest piece of pie f'r the nanny. (Gramps suggested, since the nanny is a guest, she should have the biggest piece of pie.)
The nanny took a small bite of the black matte pie. She tasted.something gelly, something crunchy, something like-
The nanny was running around, and around the room. Oliver and Pat thought this was fun, so they too started running around. But before they joined, Lorelie gave them both a knife, two big knives.
Lorelie
You forgot these! Go on! 🔪🔪
And sure enough, the fighting began again between Pat and Oliver.
Nanny
Is there everyone in your family who is normal?
Pat
Of course, we have me!
Nanny
But umm, you were running around like maniacs with knives in your hands. Oh, just don't be offended.
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