NaNoWriMaeve, chapter two

MAEVE: Daddy, can you put on a cartoon?
DADDY: Don't you want to watch the Bills game with me?
M: I do not.  Can we finish my story?
D: I think the world is ready for that, yes.

[Daddy's note: the first part of Maeve's epic yarn is here.]

M: okay, here's what happens next...

TIME TRAVELING SISTER AND BROTHER (Concluded)

by Maeve Garvey

The bad guys were named Boovi, Noovi and Shoovi.  They all have different powers.  Boovi had the power to make it rain.  Noovi could pull your pants down without you seeing so you’d get embarrassed and run away.  Shoovi could make the Bills lose if you’re being really really really really mean to him.

And they stole all of the time machines and destroyed them.

And one day a grown up boy stepped up to the three bad guys.  But Magenta and Mike did not know who the grown up boy was.  So they almost went down to ask.  But they were too scared to go ask the grown up boy who he was.  They just didn’t want to get fighting too by those three big bullies.

This guy looked like a farmer.  And he had a horse.  And then they realized cowboys look like farmers kinda!  And since they realized that, they just started laughing and laughing with their eyes closed.

When they stopped laughing, nobody was there anymore.  Not the cowboy or the three bad guys, Boovi, Noovi and Shoovi.  And they didn’t even know what the cowboy’s name was!

M: Daddy, where do cowboys live?  Like what do they live in?
D: Um, usually they sleep outside.  With the cows.
M: If they go and stay somewhere, where is that?
D: A ranch, I guess?
M: Right.

So they went outside to see where the cowboy went.  But they still could not find him.  Then they remembered cowboys like to stay at ranches so they ran to one of the ranches nearby their house and there was the cowboy!

Mike and Magenta walked up to the cowboy and asked, “What’s your name?”

They did not know what his name was because they didn’t even ask before.  And the cowboy responded, “My name is Dino, y’all!”  And that was his name.

D: "Dino"?  Why Dino?
M: Because I like it, Daddy.

And then Mike and Magenta said “Did you win the fight against Boovi, Noovi and Shoovi?”, really excited.

The cowboy responded again.  “Yes, y’all.  But they’re not dead.  They just ran away.  I was going to chase them, but they scared my horse and my horse ran away and I need to find him.”

Now Dino didn’t know where Boovi, Noovi and Shoovi were.  But Zoonth can fly so she can fly over the land and find them.

And then Dino asked, “Are y’all a cowboy?”

Mike and Magenta responded, “No.”

And Dino said, “Well, ya’ll don’t look like one anyway.  What are you then?”

Magenta responded, “I’m a nurse and my brother, Mike, is a lawyer.”

Then Dino said, “What is a lawyer?  I know what is a nurse, but I don’t know about lawyers.”

“Well, lawyers are people who help people who need help,” said Mike.

And then Magenta said, “Well, bye, we have to go back to our home, I mean house.”

M: [Looking over my shoulder.]  No, dad, I said "back to our home, I mean house" but you just wrote "back to our house".  You need to fix it.
D: Oh, I thought you were just correcting yourself.
M: No, it was Magenta correcting herself.

While the sister was walking home with her brother, Mike, she said “When we get home, we’re going to that time machine and I’m going to help you right away.  Because I have patients to help.  I’ll help you get to the moon.”

“And I’ll give you a gem that I find on the moon.  Well, I’m not going to give you a gem right away because I have to show my boss, then I get to take it home and THEN I’ll give it to you.  My lawyer buddies are going to the moon with me.  They’re coming over to my house and they’ll go back in time and we’ll all go to the moon together.

M: Daddy, when is this going to be done?

D: Are you getting tired of it?

M: I want to do something else.  But I want to finish it.

D: I'm not an expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure every writer ever has said exactly that at least once.

And ten minutes later, they came over and then Magenta helped them get back in time and then to the moon.  They were dressed in all their suiting.

D: Lawyers love wearing suitings.

M: No, I mean like astronauts, not like lawyers.

And they finally found Zoonth.

And when they got back to Earth (still back in time) Zoonth looked all over and found Shoovi, Boovi and Noovi AND THEY WERE KIDS because they were back in time!  So Zoonth brought them to their home and told their mother “Mike and Magenta came back in time and to the moon and they told me I should fly over your land and find these boys.  Because they came back in time, Boovi, Shoovi and Noovi are grown-ups where they came from and THEY’RE BAD GUYS APPARENTLY.”

So their mother said to her children “Never be bad guys because if you’re bad guys you can be killed or put in jail.”

And the kids said, “Yes, mom.”

And then Zoonth said, “I have to go back to the moon now.  Bye and thank you for cooperating.”

Then Zoonth went back to the moon.  But before Zoonth went to the moon, she told Mike and Magenta that Boovi, Noovi and Shoovi would never be bad guys again.

Mike and Magenta and the lawyer buddies went back to the time machine.  Mike had the gem he got from the moon.  When they got back to their time, Mike ran to his office and showed his lawyer boss and his lawyer buddies.  They needed the gem for a case they were working on.

When he was running back home from work, he saw Boovi, Noovi and Shoovi and said “Are you guys bad guys now?”

Boovi, Noovi and Shoovi said, “No!  Our mother told us not to when we were just kids!  So we’re good guys not bad guys!  Anyway, we have a job like you.  Now we make books!”

When Mike got home, he gave the gem to his sister and everyone was happy again.  Everyone had time machines again because Boovi, Noovi and Shoovi never stoled them.

And Dino had his horse.  And Dino was very happy.

And everyone lived happily ever after.

The end.

D: Maeve, I absolutely love this.
M: I love you.
D: I love you too.

NaNoWriMaeve

MAEVE: What are you doing?  

DADDY: I’m writing a story.  It’s for something called nanowrimo.

M: What’s your story about?

D:  Two brothers.  One needs the other’s help with something.  I’m just starting out.  Want to help?  

M: Okay.  How about one brother needs the other’s help to go back to when people went to the moon.  Like time travel.  

D: That’s...  That’s actually better than what I was thinking.  How about I help you write your own story?

M: Okay.  One brother and one sister.  The brother needs help from his sister to use the time machine to go back into the time when people went to the moon.  Because astronauts don’t go to the moon anymore today.  When did people go, I mean when was the last time people went to the moon?

D: I’m not sure.  Before I was born, anyway.  Want me to look it up?

M: Yes.

D: Looks like it was 1972.

M: Okay, they had to go back to then.  To one nine seven two.

D: What should we name the brother?

M: I’m thinking Mike.  Like you.  I like it.

D: Okay I like that too.  How about the sister?

M: I think we should name the sister… what do you think?

D: Monkeyface.

M: No, not Monkeyface.  I think we should name her Magenta.

D: So why are they going to the moon?

M: To discover Commander Zoom.  You know, the guy from the song.  From the birthday song.  I think that’s a good idea.

D: I love it.  You should come up with your own hero though.  Someone already wrote Commander Zoom.  What’s your story?  Who is Mike and Magenta’s Commander Zoom?

M: Okay, how about Zoonth?  She’s a good guy and she lives on the moon.  It’s a girl.  She’s Commander Zoom’s wife!  They need Zoonth to go to Mars and fix Curiosity because Mike and Magenta can’t go on Mars, but Zoonth can.  

D: How do they know about Zoonth?

M: They looked her up on the computer.  People can’t go to Mars and they need to help Curiosity on Mars, so they looked on the computer for ideas and they found out about Zoonth.

D: Okay, are you ready to write the story?

M: Yes, here it is:

TIME TRAVELING SISTER AND BROTHER 

by Maeve Garvey

Once upon a time, there were two grown-ups that were sister and brother.  One was a lawyer and had to travel back in time.  And the sister was a nurse.  The lawyer never ever needed help in his entire life.  But THIS time he needed help to travel back when people were on the moon in 1972.  He did not know how to go back that far.  In fact, he never went farther than that.  But the sister did because sometimes she had to travel back with the sick people so some people in the olden days can help.  And she went back farther than her brother so she knew how to work the time machine.

But sometimes they had a fight because they had to use the same time machine.  Some bad guys broke all the time machines and there was only one left in the whole world because the brother and sister hid it.  They had the last ever time machine.

Before all of that, everyone had time machines.  Some families had two time machines.  One day bad guys came and took them all except Mike and Magenta hid one of their time machines and the bad guys didn’t know they had two time machines.

The bad guys were named Boovi, Noovi and Shoovi.  They all have different powers.  Boovi had the power to make it rain.  Noovi could

M: Daddy, mom is calling me.  Stop now and we can finish it tomorrow, okay?

D: To be continued…

Ride for Roswell's Team GarveyFish

ADDIE: Hi.  My name is Addie.  And we are, we are doing the Rise for Roswell.  And I made a picture for a tee shirt so when we put the picture on our tee shirt, it’s three fishes riding on the bicycle because we… ARE… TEAM GARVEYFISH!

I’m doing the Rise for Roswell and we’re getting money for people who have cancer and they’re sick and we want to help them, that’s why we’re doing this.  So we need your help.

MAEVE: Hi. My name is Maeve and we’re doing the Ride for Roswell and we need your help.  If you give us money, we’ll do thirty miles of riding.

DADDY: Um, three.

M: Right, three miles I mean.  It’ll be me and mommy and daddy and Addie and Clark and we’re all going bike riding but we can’t do it and we can’t help people with cancer without you giving us money and donations.  Daddy, can you put my letter on the blog?

D: Sure, I’ll put it right here. [The girls sent this letter, composed and illustrated by Maeve, to a few family members.]

A: And if you help us, you can be part of TEEEEEAAM GAAAAARVEYFISH!  We’re Team GarveyFish because we’re Garveys and we have a fish.  Get it?  It makes sense.  And if you help us we’ll love you.

M: Anyone who helps us is on Team GarveyFish too!  What else should we give people?

A: How about we send them a video if they give us money.  I will send them a video that says “HOW DOOOO YOU DOOOOO?”

M: A Harlem Shake video!  A Harlem Shake video!

A: We could give them a hat.  Or Clark.  Or a hat with Clark on it.

M: I want to make a Harlem Shake video.

D: How about if we raise a thousand dollars, you can make a special video to thank everyone.

M: I have a question.  Will we be Harlem Shaking in the video?

D: Up to you, pipsqueak.  Anything else we should tell people?

A: The place.  You have to say the place where people can send the money.  Say this: if you can help us and send us money and we can use the money for people with cancer all you have to do is go to here.  And then put the website.  http://rideforroswell2013.kintera.org/garveyfish Now, daddy, can I tell you about riding a bike?

In case you're curious...

About what I look like, Maeve asked that I share this portrait she made of her daddy.

I do sing, but my kilt leaves more to the imagination.

Founding Father, Swim Fanatic

[Today we are baking bread. It’s a recipe from Mrs. Hoffman's cook book. While on a break, Addie and Maeve are eating lunch and talking about why we have a day off tomorrow. Professor Addie wishes to share this history lesson with all the blog readers.]

ADDIE: Hey, guys, do you want to hear something? There was a president in the olden days who invented books, fire and flippers. Well, guys, I don’t remember his name though. They were first, I mean the flippers, they were made of wood. And then they were made of rubber because he didn't like how they were once. 

MAEVE: Did he invent remotes too?

A: No. [Shakes head incredulously at such a ridiculous notion.] That’s all that he invented. He was cool. 

M: Is it the guy on daddy’s shirt?

A: No.

D: Who is the guy on my shirt? Does anyone know?

M: Michael Jackson?

D: Ooh, so close. It’s William Shakespeare.

A: [Unimpressed, back to the matter that hand.] And what’s really cool is that once my teacher went to see a statue of that boy. Of the president. He was sitting down and he had hair things on the sides of his head like here and here.

D: Was it George Washington?

A: YES IT WAS!

D: Anything else you want to say?

M: HAPPY PRESIDENTS' DAY!
A: HAPPY PRESIDENTS' DAY!

XOXOXO.

MAEVE: Hi.  Yesterday was Valentine’s Day!  Yesterday I also got a lot a lot of valentines.  I got a little of candy.  And I kept saying to my teacher “Happy Valentine’s Day!  I’m your valentine!”  I can’t believe my teacher got a big apple.  Well not really big, probably like medium sized.  It’s a chocolate apple.  I think my friend gave it to her and I’m in first grade so my friend is in first grade. 

And I keep telling my teacher that Addie is going to drive her nuts next year and I don’t know why.  And next year I’m going to be seven.  

Here is a joke.  [Reading.]  Knock knock.  Whos there?  Stopwatch.  Stopwatch who?  Stopwatch you’re doing and have a Happy Valentine’s Day!  XOXOXO! 

Now I’m going to tell you the same joke but mixed up.  Stopwatch you’re doing and have a Happy Valentine’s Day.  Stopwatch.  Who’s there?  Knock knock.  XOXOXO.  Love Papa and Gramma. 

Happy Valentine’s everyone!  Or yesterday.  And that’s it.  Bye bye!

I left my heart in Presefitso.

MAEVE: Hi, Everyone.  I'm eating apples while we're getting ready for the game.  And daddy is cutting the cheese!

DADDY: Heh.  Um, do you know what that means?

M: Yes.  That means nothing.  Also, my mom is walking past me.  And Addie is right there.  Clarkie is I don't know.  Oh wait, Clarkie is in the kitchen.  My daddy is wearing a weird tee shirt.

ADDIE: it’s a Buffalo Bills tee shirt. [Sabres, actually.  But so long as they're eating their apples, I won't nitpick.]

M: And mama is wearing one too.  Mama is making chili and I'm not going to eat any of it.  I'm going to eat chicken nuggets.  WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!  [Maeve told me exactly how to spell her evil laugh.]

A: Tonight, we're going to watch the Super Bowl. Because it’s the Super Bowl day!  And I love the Super Bowl because people get to come over and we also get to watch the Super Bowl.  There's the Baltimore Raisins and the... Daddy, who is it?

D: The San Francisco 49ers.

A: And the Presefitso Forty Ninels.  Happy Super Bowl!

M: Daddy, can I put my picture on the blog?  The one on the iPad?  It's colorful and blue and gray and black with spots on it.  I'll put it right at the end of the blog.

And that's it for today, folks!  Bye bye!